December 08 2016, by Eric Danis
December 7, 2016 World Poker Rankings Update
As Fedor Holz (World #1) continues to dominate the GPI World Poker Rankings, Cate Hall (World #89), Natasha Mercier (World #189) and the legendary Eli Elezra (World #209) all hit career highs on this week’s update:
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Fedor Holz | GER | 4,996.77 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 4,315.64 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters | USA | 4,301.92 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,276.49 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Dan Smith | USA | 4,117.41 | 10 | +5 |
| #6 | Erik Seidel | USA | 4,002.63 | 5 | -1 |
| #7 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,994.29 | 6 | -1 |
| #8 | Thomas Marchese | USA | 3,969.47 | 7 | -1 |
| #9 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,945.61 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Connor Drinan | USA | 3,926.81 | 8 | -2 |
| #11 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,880.85 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,839.97 | 13 | +1 |
| #13 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,813.92 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Sean Winter | USA | 3,800.25 | 20 | +6 |
| #15 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,738.68 | 14 | -1 |
| #16 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 3,690.70 | 17 | +1 |
| #17 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,666.20 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,660.23 | 19 | +1 |
| #19 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 3,629.60 | 22 | +3 |
| #20 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,623.10 | 18 | -2 |
| #21 | Cary Katz | USA | 3,613.93 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 3,590.16 | 23 | +1 |
| #23 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,589.78 | 33 | NEW |
| #24 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,553.83 | 26 | NEW |
| #25 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,553.54 | 25 | = |
Out of Top 25: #26 Ivan Luca ARG (-2); #28 Dominik Nitsche GER (-12)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| David “Doc” Sands | USA | 260 | 167 | +93 |
| Upeshka Desilva | USA | 174 | 105 | +69 |
| Natasha Mercier CB | LIB | 252 | 189 | +63 |
| Eli Elezra CB | USA | 272 | 209 | +63 |
| Samuel Chartier | CAN | 113 | 65 | +48 |
| Adam Owen | UK | 220 | 173 | +47 |
| Maurice Hawkins | USA | 289 | 246 | +43 |
| Daniel Stern | USA | 100 | 59 | +41 |
| Ryan D’Angelo | USA | 236 | 195 | +41 |
| Will Failla | USA | 170 | 131 | +39 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Jeff Rossiter | AUS | 162 | 232 | -70 |
| Derek Wolters | USA | 239 | 295 | -56 |
| Frederik Jensen | DEN | 253 | 296 | -43 |
| Alex Goulder | UK | 216 | 255 | -39 |
| Peter Eichhardt | SWE | 227 | 263 | -36 |
| Zohair Karim | USA | 196 | 229 | -33 |
| Je Wook Oh | USA | 185 | 216 | -31 |
| Thomas Muehloecker | AUT | 251 | 282 | -31 |
| Shaun Deeb | USA | 218 | 247 | -29 |
| Iaron Lightbourne | UK | 262 | 291 | -29 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Jerry Wong CB | USA | 175 | Brent Roberts | USA | 301 | |
| Bill Klein CB | USA | 202 | Anton Wigg | SWE | 302 | |
| Mark Dube | USA | 238 | Mike Gorodinsky | USA | 304 | |
| Jose “Nacho” Barbero | ARG | 259 | Amos Ben Haim | CHI | 305 | |
| Benjamin Keeline CB | USA | 267 | Tobias Reinkemeier | GER | 307 | |
| Tom Middleton | UK | 269 | Salman Behbehani | USA | 308 | |
| Vinny Pahuja | USA | 274 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 318 | |
| Michael Rocco | USA | 277 | Corey Hochman | USA | 320 | |
| Martin Kozlov | AUS | 278 | Calvin Anderson | USA | 321 | |
| Roman Valerstein | USA | 279 | Matt Waxman | USA | 325 | |
| Alexandru Papazian | ROU | 281 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 326 | |
| Jeff Madsen | USA | 284 | Eugene Katchalov | UKR | 332 | |
| Michael Addamo | USA | 290 | Michael Dentale | USA | 333 | |
| Adam Friedman | USA | 292 | Matthew Davenport | UK | 340 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
2016 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE |
| #1 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,644.80 |
| #2 | David Peters | USA | 3,343.09 |
| #3 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 3,336.54 |
| #4 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,255.23 |
| #5 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,192.88 |
| #6 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,127.87 |
| #7 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,109.86 |
| #8 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 3,046.64 |
| #9 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,008.21 |
| #10 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,002.78 |
| #11 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 2,992.47 |
| #12 | Jason Mercier | USA | 2,931.51 |
| #13 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,926.70 |
| #14 | Dietrich Fast | GER | 2,907.40 |
| #15 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 2,875.65 |
Full December 7, 2016 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/300/2016-12-07/
*Cover photo courtesy of World Poker Tour
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Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.
