February 15 2017, by Eric Danis
February 15, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
A quiet update sees the Top 12 remain intact as Nick Petrangelo leads the way for a 5th straight week…
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,571.32 | 1 | = |
| #2 | David Peters | USA | 3,499.71 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,309.63 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,264.27 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,130.44 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,098.44 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,078.29 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,023.44 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,007.59 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,975.14 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 2,915.33 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,908.85 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,885.39 | 14 | +1 |
| #14 | Jason Koon CB | USA | 2,882.78 | 17 | +3 |
| #15 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,855.27 | 16 | +1 |
| #16 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 2,802.65 | 18 | +2 |
| #17 | Andjelko Andrejevic | SRB | 2,741.93 | 13 | -4 |
| #18 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,739.11 | 15 | -3 |
| #19 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,730.71 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,722.75 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 2,694.56 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,679.45 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Jason Mercier | USA | 2,672.97 | 23 | = |
| #24 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 2,658.94 | 25 | +1 |
| #25 | Dietrich Fast | GER | 2,649.53 | 26 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: Charlie Carrel, UK (World #27, -3)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Loni Harwood | USA | 294 | 222 | +72 |
| Patrick Mahoney CB | AUS | 245 | 188 | +57 |
| Linh Tran CB | VIE | 288 | 235 | +53 |
| Anthony Ruberto | USA | 295 | 244 | +51 |
| David Vamplew | UK | 187 | 145 | +42 |
| Jonathan Turner | USA | 264 | 223 | +41 |
| Jesse Yaginuma | USA | 252 | 214 | +38 |
| Michael Comisso CB | USA | 296 | 265 | +31 |
| Richard Dubini | ARG | 165 | 138 | +27 |
| Andy Hwang | USA | 195 | 169 | +26 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Jerry Wong | USA | 159 | 275 | -116 |
| Jeff Rossiter | AUS | 145 | 251 | -106 |
| Daniel Sterlitz | USA | 133 | 212 | -79 |
| Michael Addamo | AUS | 140 | 217 | -77 |
| Mike McDonald | CAN | 173 | 248 | -75 |
| Faraz Jaka | USA | 190 | 255 | -65 |
| Scott Clements | USA | 196 | 259 | -63 |
| Jean Gaspard | USA | 208 | 270 | -62 |
| Justin Young | USA | 99 | 155 | -56 |
| Corey Hochmann | USA | 239 | 292 | -53 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Andrey Shatilov | RUS |
| #302 | Ihar Soika | BLR |
| #303 | David Prociak CB | USA |
| #304 | Simeon Naydenov | BUL |
| #305 | Natasha Mercier | LIB |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| James Akenhead | UK | 274 | Zohair Karim | USA | 311 | |
| Stoyan Obreshkov | BUL | 286 | Dan Heimiller | USA | 314 | |
| Nick Yunis | CHI | 289 | Chino Rheem | USA | 315 | |
| Salvatore Dicarlo | USA | 291 | Daniel Colman | USA | 318 | |
| Andrey Kotelnikov | RUS | 293 | Jared Jaffee | USA | 322 | |
| Arthur Conan 300 | FRA | 294 | Joseph Serock | USA | 339 | |
| William Kassouf 300 | UK | 295 | Alex Difelice | CAN | 344 | |
| Anton Astapau | BLR | 296 | James Gilbert | USA | 361 | |
| Mark Herm | USA | 297 | Marvin Rettenmaier | GER | 370 | |
| Nick Pupillo | USA | 298 | Chris Klodnicki | USA | 372 | |
| David Stefanski | USA | 299 | Daniel Buzgon | USA | 386 | |
| Vojtech Ruzicka | CZE | 300 | Timothy Burt | USA | 431 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1,592.85 |
| #2 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 1,424.52 |
| #3 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 1,257.50 |
| #4 | David Yan | NZL | 956.39 |
| #5 | Nathan Bjerno | USA | 796.36 |
| #6 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 788.13 |
| #7 | Ben Heath | UK | 771.68 |
| #8 | Lucas Greenwood | CAN | 765.12 |
| #9 | Sergi Reixach | ESP | 760.80 |
| #10 | Daniel Weinman | USA | 751.83 |
| #11 | Nadya Magnus | USA | 734.58 |
| #12 | Roland Israelashvili | USA | 729.34 |
| #13 | Anton Astapau | BLR | 716.70 |
| #14 | Manig Loeser | GER | 713.79 |
| #15 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 706.80 |
Full February 15, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-02-15/300/
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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.
