March 01 2017, by Eric Danis
March 1, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
Bryn Kenney returns his career-best #2 spot in the GPI World Poker Rankings for the first time since May 2016. Kenney now sets his sights on finally reaching #1…
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | David Peters | USA | 3,453.94 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,255.49 | 3 | +1 |
| #3 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,234.88 | 2 | -1 |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,130.44 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,089.31 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,065.68 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Dan Smith | USA | 2,956.33 | 8 | +1 |
| #8 | Jason Koon CB | USA | 2,951.83 | 11 | +3 |
| #9 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,936.25 | 10 | +1 |
| #10 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,925.64 | 12 | +2 |
| #11 | Niall Farrell CB | UK | 2,882.44 | 13 | +2 |
| #12 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,863.96 | 9 | -3 |
| #13 | Fedor Holz | GER | 2,855.10 | 7 | -6 |
| #14 | Samuel Panzica CB | USA | 2,786.55 | 33 | NEW |
| #15 | Koray Aldemir CB | GER | 2,781.33 | 22 | +7 |
| #16 | Sergio Aido CB | ESP | 2,748.19 | 19 | +3 |
| #17 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,737.93 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,733.76 | 16 | -2 |
| #19 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,723.66 | 20 | +1 |
| #20 | David Yan | NZL | 2,701.11 | 37 | NEW |
| #21 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,696.15 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Erik Seidel | USA | 2,663.65 | 23 | +1 |
| #23 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 2,651.52 | 14 | -9 |
| #24 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 2,616.80 | 25 | +1 |
| #25 | Andjelko Andrejevic | SRB | 2,582.22 | 18 | -7 |
Out of the Top 25: Chance Kornuth USA (World #68, -51); Steve O’Dwyer USA (World #71, -47)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Paul Newey | UK | 209 | 115 | +94 |
| Javier Zapatero CB | ESP | 194 | 103 | +91 |
| Michael Wang | USA | 283 | 206 | +77 |
| Loni Harwood | USA | 211 | 135 | +76 |
| Daniel Strelitz | USA | 264 | 188 | +76 |
| Adrien Allain | FRA | 208 | 133 | +75 |
| Eli Elezra | USA | 273 | 214 | +59 |
| Manig Loeser | GER | 177 | 120 | +57 |
| Darren Elias | USA | 82 | 26 | +56 |
| Lucas Greenwood CB | CAN | 268 | 212 | +56 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Sergey Lebedev | RUS | 111 | 297 | -186 |
| Ivan Luca | ARG | 79 | 233 | -154 |
| Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreira | BRA | 114 | 262 | -148 |
| Upeshka De Silva | USA | 168 | 264 | -96 |
| Patrick Mahoney | USA | 188 | 281 | -93 |
| Patrick Leonard | UK | 182 | 266 | -84 |
| Andrew Hulme | UK | 201 | 282 | -81 |
| Thomas Muehloecker | AUT | 156 | 232 | -76 |
| Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 192 | 265 | -73 |
| Felix Stephensen | NOR | 189 | 261 | -72 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Alexander Condon | USA |
| #302 | Romain Lewis CB | FRA |
| #303 | Jonathan Borenstein | USA |
| #304 | Alan King Lun Lau | HKG |
| #305 | Michael Addamo | AUS |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Phillip Hui CB | USA | 151 | Jonathan Borenstein | USA | 303 | |
| Alex Difelice CB | CAN | 180 | James Chen | TAI | 311 | |
| Aditya Prasetyo | USA | 209 | Corey Hochman | USA | 313 | |
| Jared Jaffee | USA | 218 | Mario Lopez | ARG | 316 | |
| Dan Wilson 300 | IRL | 225 | Thiago Nishijima | BRA | 318 | |
| DJ MacKinnon 300 | USA | 226 | David Vamplew | UK | 319 | |
| Govert Metaal | NED | 238 | Gerald Karlic | AUT | 325 | |
| Kristen Bicknell 300 | CAN | 248 | Ihar Soika | BLR | 326 | |
| Benjamin Yu | USA | 260 | Mihails Morozovs | LAT | 331 | |
| Ryan Laplante | USA | 263 | Garrett Greer | USA | 333 | |
| Alexander Greenblatt CB | USA | 271 | Iliodoros Kamatakis | GRE | 334 | |
| Kevin Andriamahefa | USA | 276 | Adam Geyer | USA | 337 | |
| Dan Heimiller | USA | 278 | Kevin MacPhee | USA | 355 | |
| Nick Pupillo | USA | 280 | Mike McDonald | CAN | 362 | |
| Piotr Franczak | POL | 286 | Pascal Hartmann | GER | 375 | |
| Riley Fuller | USA | 287 | Joao Vieira | POR | 378 | |
| Andy Hwang | USA | 288 | Rafael Moraes | BRA | 383 | |
| Cliff Josephy | USA | 289 | Mike Shariati | USA | 414 | |
| Benjamin Perez 300 | USA | 290 | Moritz Dietrich | AUT | 416 | |
| Jasper Van Putten | NED | 292 | Nick Yunis | CHI | 426 | |
| Antonio Esfandiari | USA | 293 | Natasha Mercier | LIB | 442 | |
| Alex Ziskin 300 | USA | 295 | Artem Metalidi | UKR | 463 | |
| Kalidou Sow 300 | FRA | 296 | Gleb Kovtunov | UKR | 559 | |
| Tobias Hausen | GER | 298 | Andrey Shatilov | RUS | 566 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1,780.53 |
| #2 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 1,597.35 |
| #3 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 1,257.50 |
| #4 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 1,175.05 |
| #5 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 1,147.45 |
| #6 | Manig Loeser | GER | 1,121.64 |
| #7 | Roland Israelashvili | USA | 1,057.54 |
| #8 | Park Yu Cheung | HKG | 958.34 |
| #9 | David Yan | NZL | 956.39 |
| #10 | Alan King Lun Lau | HKG | 931.71 |
| #11 | Daniel Colman | USA | 915.02 |
| #12 | Ben Heath | UK | 905.61 |
| #13 | Lucas Greenwood | CAN | 894.42 |
| #14 | Nadya Magnus | USA | 869.03 |
| #15 | Blake Bohn | USA | 867.90 |
Full March 1, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-03-01/300/
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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.
