September 03 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Petrangelo, Kanit making moves
Petrangelo keeps on pushing while Kanit, Kitai are back in the Top 10 …
VIEW FROM THE TOP
Jason Mercier (GPI#1, =) is beginning to settle in at the top of the GPI World Poker Rankings. The Florida star begins his 7th week ranked atop the GPI300, the 60th of his career. Although he’s still on top, Mercier’s lead did shrink this week. He lost 20 points to current GPI PoY leader Anthony Zinno (GPI#2, =) in the standings.
A week after making his debut ranked inside the World Top 10, Nicholas Petrangelo (GPI#5 CB, +4) is on the move yet again. Petrangelo gains four spots this week to move to yet another career-best position at #5. The Massachusetts man earned two results during the EPT Barcelona Festival placing 70th in the Main Event and 3rd in the High Roller event.
Two familiar faces make a return to the World Top 10 this week as Mustapha Kanit (GPI#9, +45) and Davidi Kitai (GPI#10, +6) are back up. Each player earned points in the High Roller at EPT Barcelona with Kanit earning the victory.
Other top moves within the GPI300 include GPI Poker World Cup Team France members Paul Tedeschi (GPI#144, +151) and Bertrand Grospellier (GPI#157, +60). ElkY’s rise was much-needed as he was dangerously close from becoming the first-ever GPI#1 to fall outside the GPI300; he was ranked #281 in the World just two weeks ago.
Congratulations go out to the following nine players, who each make their first-ever appearance inside the GPI300 this week: Dmitry Ivanov (GPI#192), Niklas Astedt (GPI#242), Charles Chattha (GPI#250), Mario Lopez (GPI#261), Jussi Nevanlinna (GPI#263), Christoph Vogelsang (GPI#289), Arie Ori Miller (GPI#294), Jyri Merivirta (GPI#299) and EPT Barcelona finalist Steven Warburton (GPI#259).
RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
#1 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,245.59 | 1 | = |
#2 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 4,026.49 | 2 | = |
#3 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 3,982.06 | 3 | = |
#4 | Scott Seiver | USA | 3,917.99 | 5 | +1 |
#5 | Nicholas Petrangelo | USA | 3,817.84 | 9 | +4 |
#6 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,700.93 | 4 | -2 |
#7 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,592.90 | 7 | = |
#8 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,590.78 | 6 | -2 |
#9 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 3,580.03 | 54 | NEW |
#10 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 3,549.00 | 16 | NEW |
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
PLAYER | COUNTRY | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
Paul Tedeschi | FRA | 2,159.72 | 295 | 144 | +151 |
Johnny Lodden | NOR | 2,137.04 | 296 | 149 | +147 |
Leo Fernandez | ARG | 2,073.93 | 283 | 164 | +119 |
Yann Dion | CAN | 2,058.32 | 271 | 166 | +105 |
Oleksii Khoroshenin | UKR | 2,394.93 | 176 | 114 | +62 |
Paul Hoefer | GER | 1,936.56 | 259 | 198 | +61 |
Bertrand Grospellier | FRA | 2,102.62 | 217 | 157 | +60 |
Frederik Jensen | DEN | 2,441.82 | 163 | 105 | +58 |
Andrey Shatilov | RUS | 2,120.51 | 208 | 152 | +56 |
Shyam Srinivasan | CAN | 2,433.39 | 155 | 108 | +47 |
DOWN THE LADDER
PLAYER | COUNTRY | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
Ivan Soshnikov | RUS | 1,725.94 | 177 | 288 | -111 |
Doug Polk | USA | 1,894.54 | 158 | 217 | -59 |
Tyler Reiman | USA | 1,889.22 | 161 | 219 | -58 |
Steve Gross | USA | 1,700.13 | 238 | 296 | -58 |
Noah Vaillancourt | CAN | 1,697.52 | 244 | 297 | -53 |
Daniel Colman | USA | 2,425.01 | 58 | 110 | -52 |
Joanne Liu | TAI | 1,759.73 | 235 | 277 | -42 |
Justin Young | USA | 1,920.16 | 166 | 205 | -39 |
Matthew Stout | USA | 2,025.55 | 135 | 172 | -37 |
Darryll Fish | USA | 1,865.01 | 195 | 230 | -35 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
››› IN ››› | COUNTRY | GPI# | ‹‹‹ OUT ‹‹‹ | COUNTRY | GPI# | |
Farid Jattin | COL | 135 | Daniel Idema | CAN | 302 | |
Richard Dubini | ARG | 177 | Randy Pfeifer | USA | 306 | |
Dmitry Ivanov | RUS | 192 | Robert Schultz | GER | 307 | |
Nicolas Chouity | LIB | 218 | Ryan Fee | USA | 308 | |
Roman Korenev | RUS | 220 | Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | CAN | 309 | |
Liv Boeree | UK | 235 | Jens Lakemeier | GER | 310 | |
Niklas Astedt | SWE | 242 | Jesse Rockowitz | USA | 312 | |
Andrea Dato | ITA | 243 | Joni Johkimainen | FIN | 313 | |
Aku Joentausta | FIN | 248 | James Collopy | USA | 314 | |
Michael Tureniec | SWE | 249 | Joey Weissman | USA | 315 | |
Charles Chattha | UK | 250 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 316 | |
Timur Margolin | ISR | 251 | Eric Afriat | CAN | 324 | |
Steven Warburton | UK | 259 | James Gilbert | USA | 325 | |
Benjamin Spindler | GER | 260 | Alexander Kuzmin | RUS | 327 | |
Mario Lopez | ARG | 261 | Matt Salsberg | CAN | 329 | |
Jussi Nevanlinna | FIN | 263 | Jason Ryan Helder | USA | 340 | |
Oleksandr Gnatenko | UKR | 273 | Kevin Eyster | USA | 347 | |
Naoya Kihara | JPN | 279 | Konstantin Puchkov | RUS | 348 | |
Christoph Vogelsang | GER | 289 | Daniel Buzgon | USA | 353 | |
Andrey Pateychuk | RUS | 293 | Dermot Blain | IRL | 355 | |
Arie Ori Miller | ISR | 294 | Ryan D’Angelo | USA | 362 | |
Lasse Frost | NOR | 295 | Tristan Wade | USA | 366 | |
Jyri Merivirta | FIN | 299 | Vinny Pahuja | USA | 371 |
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