September 16 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Quiet poker week still sees Mercier extend his lead
Jason Mercier is so good, he’s managing to extend his lead while sitting in Aruba …
VIEW FROM THE TOP
Jason Mercier (GPI#1, =) used his own brand of “white magic” this week, extending his lead atop the GPI World Poker Rankings while sitting beachside in Aruba. Mercier is spending his 9th straight week at the top, the 62nd of his career.
While Mercier only gained a few points, his widened his lead thanks for World #2 Byron Kaverman (GPI #2, =) dropping over 175 points this week. The majority of Kaverman’s points were lost as his 15th place finish at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star last March entered a second aging period.
The only move inside the Top 10 sees Stephen Chidwick (GPI#7, +1) and Davidi Kitai (GPI#8, -1) pull a switcheroo as the UK pro jumps ahead of the Belgian star.
Congratulations go out to Griffin Paul (GPI#273 CB), Jason Les (GPI#288 CB) and Antonin Duda (GPI#299 CB), who all enter the GPI300 for the very first times of their poker careers.
And finally, a tip of the cap to Dan Shak (GPI#305), who drops out of the GPI300 for the very first time … EVER … this week. Shak was ranked #220 in the World when the very first GPI World Poker Rankings were released in June 2011 – he spent over four years ranked in the elite group.
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,248.27 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 4,075.59 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 4,006.18 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Scott Seiver | USA | 3,936.44 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Nicholas Petrangelo | USA | 3,817.84 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,699.56 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,696.84 | 8 | +1 |
| #8 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 3,601.95 | 7 | -1 |
| #9 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,590.78 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 3,580.03 | 10 | = |
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Mayu Roca Uribe | COL | 2,310.81 | 200 | 120 | +80 |
| Farid Jattin | COL | 2,587.23 | 132 | 74 | +58 |
| Viet Van Vo | USA | 2,016.25 | 237 | 179 | +58 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | GER | 2,197.32 | 174 | 133 | +41 |
| Phillip Hui | USA | 1,939.23 | 243 | 202 | +41 |
| Igor Kurganov | RUS | 2,501.01 | 134 | 94 | +40 |
| Brian Green | USA | 1,958.42 | 232 | 196 | +36 |
| Chris De Maci | USA | 1,996.34 | 211 | 184 | +27 |
| Daniel Strelitz | USA | 1,926.29 | 228 | 206 | +22 |
| Scott Davies | USA | 2,613.60 | 92 | 72 | +20 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Bobby Oboodi | USA | 1,694.20 | 226 | 291 | -65 |
| Ray Qartomy | USA | 1,826.76 | 189 | 241 | -52 |
| Ryan Riess | USA | 1,908.23 | 165 | 215 | -50 |
| Benjamin Zamani | USA | 1,987.63 | 140 | 186 | -46 |
| Andrea Dato | ITA | 1,724.71 | 240 | 286 | -46 |
| Darren Elias | USA | 2,453.77 | 63 | 104 | -41 |
| Matas Cimbolas | LIT | 1,923.32 | 176 | 208 | -32 |
| Daniel O’Brien | USA | 2,101.47 | 127 | 157 | -30 |
| John Racener | USA | 2,462.60 | 77 | 102 | -25 |
| Blake Bohn | USA | 2,157.09 | 118 | 141 | -23 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Cary Katz | USA | 233 | Timothy West | USA | 302 | |
| Jens Lakemeier | GER | 260 | Michael Dentale | USA | 303 | |
| Griffin Paul | USA | 273 | David Levi | USA | 304 | |
| Kevin Eyster | USA | 275 | Dan Shak | USA | 305 | |
| Andrey Pateychuk | RUS | 277 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 309 | |
| Jason Les | USA | 288 | Rajaee Wazwaz | USA | 314 | |
| Jesse Rockowitz | USA | 296 | Noah Vaillancourt | CAN | 325 | |
| Ryan Fee | USA | 298 | Miroslav Alilovic | FRA | 333 | |
| Antonin Duda | CZE | 299 | Daniel Weinman | USA | 341 | |
| Marc Etienne McLaughlin | CAN | 300 | Aaron Lim | AUS | 357 |
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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.
