December 09 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Seidel returns as Prague/Vegas festivities begin
Major tournaments in Prague and in Las Vegas are underway as the end to the 2015 season is near …
VIEW FROM THE TOP
Make it 11 straight weeks at the top of the GPI World Rankings for Ohio-born Byron Kaverman (GPI#1, =). Kaverman, who is currently in Prague, was unable to score any points at partypoker WPT Prague earlier this week.
The great Erik Seidel (GPI#10, +1) is once again ranked in the Top 10 this week. The former World #1 will hope to score some late-season points in order to remain in the lead group heading into 2016.
It was a short return to the Top 10 for former World #2 Paul Volpe (GPI#12, -6) who drops out once again this week.
Congratulations go out to LAPT Grand Final Champion Yuri Martins Dzivievski (GPI#240, +134), who enters the GPI300 for the very first time of his poker career.
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 4,420.40 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,119.12 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 4,094.10 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,811.83 | 5 | +1 |
| #5 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,783.29 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,738.40 | 8 | +2 |
| #7 | Nicholas Petrangelo | USA | 3,707.13 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Kevin MacPhee | USA | 3,695.71 | 10 | +2 |
| #9 | Martin Finger | GER | 3,680.05 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Erik Seidel | USA | 3,617.50 | 11 | NEW |
Out of the Top 10 this week: Paul Vople (GPI#12, -6)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Frederik Jensen | DEN | 2,116.59 | 213 | 145 | +68 |
| Timur Margolin | ISR | 1,836.99 | 300 | 234 | +66 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | USA | 1,893.80 | 280 | 216 | +64 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | GER | 2,395.68 | 157 | 94 | +63 |
| Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,405.57 | 155 | 93 | +62 |
| Matthew Stout | USA | 2,137.95 | 201 | 140 | +61 |
| Javier Zarco | ESP | 1,811.00 | 294 | 245 | +49 |
| Yury Gulyy | RUS | 2,108.57 | 196 | 150 | +46 |
| Christopher De Maci | USA | 1,956.50 | 243 | 200 | +43 |
| Norbert Szecsi | HUN | 1,828.00 | 277 | 236 | +41 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Alex Goulder | UK | 1,792.31 | 187 | 259 | -72 |
| Mayu Roca Uribe | COL | 1,808.60 | 175 | 246 | -71 |
| Simeon Naydenov | BUL | 1,730.07 | 225 | 295 | -70 |
| Naoya Kihara | JPN | 1,735.53 | 226 | 292 | -66 |
| Richard Dubini | ARG | 1,743.19 | 222 | 287 | -65 |
| Eugene Katchalov | UKR | 1,967.23 | 138 | 199 | -61 |
| Alexander Kuzmin | RUS | 1,732.27 | 238 | 293 | -55 |
| David Tuthill | USA | 2,018.96 | 123 | 177 | -54 |
| Jackduyph Duong | USA | 1,989.55 | 140 | 191 | -51 |
| Calvin Anderson | USA | 1,803.50 | 202 | 251 | -49 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Maxim Panyak | RUS | 192 | Leo Wolpert | USA | 302 | |
| Harrison Gimbel | USA | 209 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 304 | |
| Daniel Weinman | USA | 226 | Charles Chattha | UK | 306 | |
| Stuart Rutter | UK | 239 | Roman Korenev | RUS | 307 | |
| Yuri Martins | BRA | 240 | Niklas Astedt | SWE | 311 | |
| Jordan Cristos | USA | 257 | Eli Elezra | USA | 318 | |
| Ihar Soika | BLR | 266 | Eric Blair | USA | 321 | |
| Richard Kirsch | USA | 280 | Jason Les | USA | 322 | |
| Henrik Hecklen | DEN | 283 | Joey Weissman | USA | 334 | |
| Riley Fuller | USA | 289 | Steve Gross | USA | 341 | |
| Kane Lai | USA | 299 | Daniel Strelitz | USA | 397 | |
| Nicholas Rampone | USA | 299 | Leo Fernandez | ARG | 427 |
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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.
