August 31 2016, by Eric Danis
August 31, 2016 World Rankings Update
A successful trip to Spain sees Connor Drinan return to the Top 10 for the first time while EPT Barcelona winner Sebastien Malec moves up over 2,100 spots to a career best #1145 …
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Fedor Holz | GER | 4,797.54 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 4,494.03 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 4,347.19 | 5 | +2 |
| #4 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,299.76 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 4,266.47 | 3 | -2 |
| #6 | Connor Drinan | USA | 4,230.13 | 13 | +7 |
| #7 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 4,056.87 | 9 | +2 |
| #8 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 4,044.50 | 6 | -2 |
| #9 | Thomas Marchese | USA | 4,014.38 | 7 | -2 |
| #10 | David Peters | USA | 3,995.10 | 8 | -2 |
| #11 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,931.83 | 10 | -1 |
| #12 | Erik Seidel | USA | 3,872.57 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,859.59 | 11 | -2 |
| #14 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 3,723.05 | 25 | +11 |
| #15 | Andjelko Andrejevic | SRB | 3,664.29 | 16 | +1 |
| #16 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,640.78 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,629.90 | 17 | = |
| #18 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 3,603.66 | 23 | +5 |
| #19 | Sean Winter | USA | 3,597.59 | 21 | +2 |
| #20 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,594.08 | 14 | -6 |
| #21 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,561.90 | 20 | -1 |
| #22 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 3,556.29 | 27 | NEW |
| #23 | Cary Katz | USA | 3,536.02 | 22 | -1 |
| #24 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 3,519.01 | 28 | NEW |
| #25 | Barry Hutter | USA | 3,500.31 | 19 | -6 |
Out of Top 25: #28 Joseph McKeehen, USA (-4); #33 Jack Salter, UK (-15)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Keith Johnson | UK | 2,302.07 | 290 | 148 | +142 |
| Adam Owen | UK | 2,290.69 | 295 | 154 | +141 |
| Mihails Morozovs | LAT | 2,383.15 | 271 | 132 | +139 |
| Pascal Hartmann | GER | 2,297.90 | 261 | 153 | +108 |
| Christopher Frank | GER | 2,194.05 | 284 | 176 | +108 |
| Anton Astapau | BLR | 2,414.15 | 209 | 124 | +85 |
| Jan Bendik | SLV | 2,138.40 | 272 | 193 | +79 |
| Louis Salter | UK | 2,082.37 | 293 | 215 | +78 |
| Iliodoros Kamatakis | GRE | 2,389.87 | 199 | 129 | +70 |
| Goran Mandic | CRO | 2,218.40 | 233 | 170 | +63 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Amichai Barer | CAN | 1,997.59 | 157 | 255 | -98 |
| Corey Hochman | USA | 2,015.53 | 165 | 248 | -83 |
| Nathan Bjerno | USA | 2,038.08 | 174 | 234 | -60 |
| Tobias Reinkemeier | GER | 1,989.69 | 198 | 258 | -60 |
| Oliver Price | UK | 2,106.12 | 144 | 203 | -59 |
| Daniel Colman | USA | 2,023.60 | 185 | 244 | -59 |
| Jeremy Ausmus | USA | 2,300.60 | 94 | 151 | -57 |
| Tom Hall | UK | 2,096.56 | 153 | 208 | -55 |
| Chris Klodnicki | USA | 2,046.26 | 176 | 230 | -54 |
| Craig McCorkell | UK | 1,921.78 | 236 | 283 | -47 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 202 | Kyle Bowker | USA | 301 | |
| Piotr Franczak | POL | 212 | Scott Davies | USA | 302 | |
| Diego Zeiter | SUI | 222 | Ryan Tepen | USA | 303 | |
| Paul Newey | UK | 225 | Frederik Jensen | DEN | 304 | |
| Patrick Leonard | UK | 226 | Jonathan Borenstein | USA | 305 | |
| Ricardo Alvarado | USA | 243 | Peter Eichhardt | SWE | 306 | |
| Gavin O’Rourke | IRL | 270 | Vineet Pahuja | USA | 307 | |
| Andreas Freund | AUT | 273 | Andrey Zaichenko | RUS | 316 | |
| Rumen Nanev | BUL | 275 | Esther Taylor-Brady | USA | 319 | |
| Rafael Moraes | BRA | 282 | Matthew Salsberg | CAN | 321 | |
| Jerry Odeen | SWE | 285 | Matt Waxman | USA | 326 | |
| Jesse Yaginuma | USA | 294 | Matas Cimbolas | LIT | 328 | |
| Dorian Alejandro Rios Pavon | VEN | 298 | Allen Kessler | USA | 338 | |
| Mortiz Dietrich | AUT | 300 | George Danzer | GER | 344 |
2016 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE |
| #1 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,637.69 |
| #2 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 3,336.54 |
| #3 | David Peters | USA | 3,097.44 |
| #4 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,095.05 |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,045.89 |
| #6 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,008.21 |
| #7 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 2,992.47 |
| #8 | Jason Mercier | USA | 2,931.51 |
| #9 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,926.70 |
| #10 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 2,875.65 |
| #11 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 2,874.72 |
| #12 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 2,806.98 |
| #13 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,801.86 |
| #14 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 2,749.82 |
| #15 | Brian Yoon | USA | 2,710.58 |
Full rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/
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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.
