November 26 2015, by Eric Danis

GPI300: Kitai, Seidel back in Top 10; Antonio, Cody drop out of 300

Eight wasn’t enough for Kaverman … meanwhile, a pair of Top 10 fixtures are back up and the Magician is one of the players to disappear from the 300 …

VIEW FROM THE TOP

Byron Kaverman GPI

Byron Kaverman (GPI#1, =) begins his ninth straight week ranked atop the GPI World Poker Rankings. Kaverman, who also tops the 2015 GPI PoY race, will carry both leads into the final month of the 2015 poker season.

A pair of former Top 10 standouts have made a return to the elite group. After a two week absence, Triple Crown winner Davidi Kitai (GPI#9, +3) returns to the Top 10 this week. Kitbul has been ranked inside the Top 10 for all but 9 weeks so far in 2015 … meanwhile, for the first time since August 2014, former World #1 Erik Seidel (GPI#10, +3) also returns to the Top 10 this week.

Congratulations to WSOP bracelet winner Justin Oliver (GPI#292, +53) and Riley Fuller (GPI#297, +16), who each enter the GPI300 for the very first time of their careers.

Jake Cody (GPI#304, -67) and Antonio Esfandiari (GPI#314, -73) are two of the bigger names to drop out of the GPI300 this week.

RANK PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST CHANGE
#1 Byron Kaverman USA 4,415.13 1 =
#2 Jason Mercier USA 4,263.66 2 =
#3 Anthony Zinno USA 4,006.85 3 =
#4 Nicholas Petrangelo USA 3,885.15 4 =
#5 Bryn Kenney USA 3,816.24 6 +1
#6 Steve O’Dwyer USA 3,811.83 5 -1
#7 Dan Smith USA 3,792.67 7 =
#8 Martin Finger GER 3,685.07 10 +2
#9 Davidi Kitai BEL 3,632.05 12 NEW
#10 Erik Seidel USA 3,624.77 13 NEW

Out of the Top 10 this week: Dominik Nitsche (GPI#11, -3), Kevin MacPhee (GPI#17, -8)

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST THIS CHANGE
Jussi Nevanlinna FIN 2,001.48 268 183 +85
Brian Altman USA 2,216.27 211 127 +84
Kilian Kramer GER 2,210.02 196 129 +67
Darryll Fish USA 2,204.52 195 132 +63
Jean Gaspard USA 2,212.90 178 128 +50
Randy Pfeifer USA 1,837.72 269 228 +41
Senh Man Ung UK 1,869.42 255 217 +38
Rainer Kempe GER 2,025.26 210 175 +35
Georgios Zisimopoulos GRE 2,418.73 127 93 +34
Aleksandr Gofman RUS 1,959.07 227 194 +33

DOWN THE LADDER

PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST THIS CHANGE
Phillip Hui USA 1,748.78 222 277 -55
Andy Frankenberger USA 1,744.75 231 281 -50
Charles Chattah UK 1,765.08 228 268 -40
Ben Vinson UK 1,729.85 253 293 -40
Samuel Chartier CAN 2,209.25 93 130 -37
Salman Behbehani USA 1,891.08 176 213 -37
Max Greenwood CAN 1,800.61 215 250 -35
Roberto Romanello UK 1,891.56 179 212 -33
Mark Darner USA 1,857.23 188 221 -33
Brian Green USA 2,035.02 146 173 -27

WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?

››› GPI300: IN ››› NATION GPI# ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ NATION GPI#
Michael Dentale USA 231 Jake Cody UK 304
Timothy Adams CAN 236 Vinny Pahuja USA 305
Tobias Peters NED 262 Harrison Gimbel USA 310
Joey Weissman USA 273 Eric Baldwin USA 311
Justin Oliver CAN 292 Antonio Esfandiari USA 314
Riley Fuller USA 297 Kelly Minkin USA 318
Justin Schwartz USA 298 Viet Van Vo USA 354

 

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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.