January 04 2017, by Eric Danis
January 4, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
Marchese, Schindler, Mateos making a push in the standings, each stepping into career-best spots in this week’s GPI World Poker Rankings update…
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Fedor Holz | GER | 4,730.90 | 1 | = |
| #2 | David Petrers | USA | 4,502.58 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Dan Smith | USA | 4,314.81 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 4,295.23 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Thomas Marchese CB | USA | 4,186.53 | 6 | +1 |
| #6 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 4,092.96 | 5 | -1 |
| #7 | Jake Schindler CB | USA | 4,045.07 | 8 | +1 |
| #8 | Adrian Mateos CB | ESP | 4,011.71 | 9 | +1 |
| #9 | Erik Seidel | USA | 3,879.64 | 11 | +2 |
| #10 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,853.60 | 21 | +11 |
| #11 | Jack Salter CB | UK | 3,852.59 | 13 | +2 |
| #12 | Sean Winter | USA | 3,793.18 | 15 | +3 |
| #13 | Connor Drinan | USA | 3,783.74 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,782.12 | 10 | -4 |
| #15 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,759.97 | 7 | -8 |
| #16 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,746.54 | 14 | -2 |
| #17 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,743.73 | 17 | = |
| #18 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 3,684.19 | 18 | = |
| #19 | Cary Katz | USA | 3,639.54 | 20 | +1 |
| #20 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,560.27 | 29 | +9 |
| #21 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 3,549.41 | 23 | +2 |
| #22 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 3,542.86 | 24 | +2 |
| #23 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,538.47 | 16 | -7 |
| #24 | Andjeklo Andrejevic | SRB | 3,487.21 | 26 | +2 |
| #25 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 3,477.73 | 25 | = |
Out of Top 25: #28 Igor Kurganov (RUS) -6; #37 Jason Mercier (USA) -18
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Rafael Moraes CB | BRA | 252 | 119 | +133 |
| Patrick Leonard CB | UK | 205 | 140 | +65 |
| Stevan Chew | AUS | 264 | 221 | +43 |
| Viliyan Petleshkov CB | BUL | 247 | 207 | +40 |
| Frederik Jensen | DEN | 241 | 202 | +39 |
| Andrey Shatilov | RUS | 262 | 223 | +39 |
| Rocco Palumbo | ITA | 291 | 252 | +39 |
| Martin Kozlov CB | AUS | 204 | 167 | +37 |
| Alexander Lakhov | RUS | 209 | 173 | +36 |
| Gavin O’Rourke | IRL | 231 | 196 | +35 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Adrian Allain | FRA | 128 | 227 | -99 |
| Nick Yunis | CHI | 116 | 206 | -90 |
| Anthony Gregg | USA | 108 | 181 | -73 |
| Daniel Negreanu | CAN | 178 | 248 | -70 |
| Bill Klein | USA | 210 | 276 | -66 |
| Daniel Strelitz | USA | 110 | 170 | -60 |
| Natasha Mercier | LIB | 215 | 269 | -54 |
| Ian O’Hara | USA | 152 | 201 | -49 |
| Oliver Price | UK | 221 | 267 | -46 |
| Scott Seiver | USA | 125 | 166 | -41 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| 301 | Mark Herm | USA |
| 302 | Keith Johnson | UK |
| 303 | Ryan Van Sanford | USA |
| 304 | Alexander Greenblatt | USA |
| 305 | Ben Palmer | USA |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Zvi Stern 300 | ISR | 260 | Mark Herm | USA | 301 | |
| Andrew Hulme 300 | UK | 268 | Keith Johnson | UK | 302 | |
| Eugene Katchalov | UKR | 273 | Ryan Van Sanford | USA | 303 | |
| Eddy Sabbat | USA | 274 | Peter Eichhardt | SWE | 309 | |
| Christian Christner | GER | 275 | Shannon Shorr | USA | 315 | |
| Kacper Pyzara | POL | 285 | Samuel Stein | USA | 317 | |
| Ognyan Dimov | BUL | 289 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 318 | |
| Lucas Blanco 300 | ESP | 291 | Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 324 | |
| Amos Ben Haim | CHI | 292 | Brian Hastings | USA | 327 | |
| Mikita Badziakouski 300 | BLR | 293 | Eric Wasserson | USA | 345 | |
| Brendon Rubie | AUS | 294 | Daniel Colman | USA | 355 | |
| Salman Behbehani | USA | 295 | Michael Mizrachi | USA | 356 | |
| Alex Goulder | UK | 298 | Michael Watson | CAN | 363 | |
| Brandon Steven | USA | 299 | John Monnette | USA | 395 | |
| Michael Dentale | USA | 300 | Roman Valerstein | USA | 396 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
Full January 4, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/300/2017-01-04/
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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.
