January 31 2019, by Eric Danis
January 30, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› Three wins so far this season helps German star Rainer Kempe (GPI #2) moves up to a career-best #2 this week as he sets his sights on Global #1 Alex Foxen
›› Belgium’s Bart Lybaert (GPI #13) has already collected a pair of wins this year, pushing him to a career-best ranking as well
›› Congratulations go out to Jack O’Neill (GPI #269), who makes his debut ranked inside the GPI300 this week
GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | William Alex Foxen (17 weeks) | USA | 4,016.97 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Rainer Kempe CB | GER | 3,669.23 | 5 | +3 |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,662.88 | 2 | -1 |
| #4 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,482.70 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,466.26 | 3 | -2 |
| #6 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,326.70 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,300.89 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Ryan Riess | USA | 3,298.84 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,273.59 | 10 | +1 |
| #10 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 3,263.54 | 9 | -1 |
| #11 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,225.30 | 12 | +1 |
| #12 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,207.10 | 13 | +1 |
| #13 | Bart Lybaert CB | BEL | 3,152.20 | 19 | +6 |
| #14 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 3,123.95 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 3,103.46 | 17 | +2 |
| #16 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,097.29 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,079.20 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,016.51 | 18 | = |
| #19 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,012.57 | 11 | -8 |
| #20 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 2,986.11 | 21 | +1 |
| #21 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,977.22 | 26 | NEW |
| #22 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,970.07 | 23 | +1 |
| #23 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 2,965.19 | 24 | +1 |
| #24 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,958.39 | 20 | -4 |
| #25 | Jeremy Ausmus | USA | 2,921.13 | 27 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: #27 Michael Addamo (AUS) -5 // #29 Jan Schwippert (GER) -4
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #107 | Chino Rheem | USA | 214 | +107 |
| #51 | Toby Lewis | UK | 131 | +80 |
| #134 | Nikolay Fal CB | RUS | 197 | +63 |
| #213 | Sorel Mizzi | CAN | 274 | +61 |
| #74 | Ioannis Angelou-Konstas | GRE | 132 | +58 |
| #212 | Michael Dentale | USA | 268 | +56 |
| #183 | Martin Gerrits CB | NED | 228 | +45 |
| #251 | Craig Mason | USA | 291 | +40 |
| #208 | Ubaid Habib | USA | 243 | +35 |
| #192 | Paul Tedeschi | FRA | 226 | +34 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #148 | Seng Leow | MAS | 104 | -44 |
| #232 | Joseph Couden | USA | 188 | -44 |
| #187 | Joshua Kay | USA | 146 | -41 |
| #131 | Kalidou Sow | FRA | 92 | -39 |
| #244 | Ian Steinman | USA | 209 | -35 |
| #299 | Ray Qartomy | USA | 265 | -34 |
| #204 | Brett Bader | USA | 171 | -33 |
| #279 | Christopher Bolek | USA | 246 | -33 |
| #296 | Phachara Wongwichit | THA | 266 | -30 |
| #221 | Anthony Spinella | USA | 195 | -26 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Joe Cada | USA | -1 |
| #302 | Christian Harder | USA | -1 |
| #303 | Lucas Greenwood | CAN | -1 |
| #304 | James Calderaro | USA | -44 |
| #305 | Mike Takayama | PHI | -1 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Michael Del Vecchio | USA | 209 | Joe Cada | USA | 301 | |
| Gavin O’Rourke | IRL | 242 | James Calderaro | USA | 304 | |
| Jack O’Neill 300 | UK | 269 | Steve Sung | USA | 306 | |
| Kitty Kuo | TAI | 271 | Michael Marder | USA | 307 | |
| Mike Shin CB | USA | 282 | Nikolai Sears | USA | 310 | |
| Kyle Cartwright | USA | 286 | Josias Santos | BRA | 318 | |
| Will Failla | USA | 294 | Thai Ha | VIE | 383 | |
| Marton Czuczor | HUN | 300 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
Full January 30, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-01-30/300/
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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.
