March 14 2019, by Eric Danis
March 13, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› A successful run at the Triton Poker Series in South Korea sees Jason Koon (GPI #11) move back up in the rankings. Koon is up seven spots this week
›› Nick Pupillo (GPI #24) moves into the GPI Global Top 25 for the very first time of his career
›› Australia’s David Wang (GPI #139) is the biggest mover inside the Top 300 this week
›› 2019 GPI PoY Race: Bryn Kenney moves up yet again in the 2019 GPI Player of the Year race. The former American Player of the Year is now second in the 2019 race
GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | William Alex Foxen (23 weeks) | USA | 3,920.80 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,754.95 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,633.42 | 4 | +1 |
| #4 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,620.17 | 3 | -1 |
| #5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,557.69 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,479.65 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,423.41 | 8 | +1 |
| #8 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,335.45 | 7 | -1 |
| #9 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,308.90 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Ryan Riess | USA | 3,285.01 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,280.45 | 18 | +7 |
| #12 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,221.38 | 11 | -1 |
| #13 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,198.73 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 3,167.27 | 13 | -1 |
| #15 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 3,145.06 | 14 | -1 |
| #16 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,144.39 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 3,103.82 | 16 | -1 |
| #18 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,096.59 | 17 | -1 |
| #19 | Ali Imsirovic | BIH | 3,062.26 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,054.28 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Michael Addamo | AUS | 3,048.12 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,015.25 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Manig Loeser | GER | 3,009.12 | 23 | = |
| #24 | Nick Pupillo CB | USA | 2,981.56 | 26 | NEW |
| #25 | Sean Winter | USA | 2,978.66 | 25 | = |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Isaac Haxton (USA) -2
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #139 | David Wang CB | AUS | 253 | +114 |
| #94 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 157 | +63 |
| #159 | Jacob Bazeley | USA | 204 | +45 |
| #227 | Joseph Serock | USA | 271 | +44 |
| #261 | Spencer Champlin | USA | 298 | +37 |
| #163 | Ryan Hughes | USA | 199 | +36 |
| #247 | Blake Bohn | USA | 278 | +31 |
| #138 | Jonathan Abdellatif | BEL | 166 | +28 |
| #97 | Jared Griener | USA | 124 | +27 |
| #258 | Hamid Izadi CB | USA | 285 | +27 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #271 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 212 | -59 |
| #255 | Stanley Lee | USA | 227 | -28 |
| #273 | Scott Baumstein | USA | 246 | -27 |
| #114 | Jared Jaffee | USA | 91 | -23 |
| #240 | Wei Guo Liang | CHN | 217 | -23 |
| #188 | Sorel Mizzi | CAN | 167 | -21 |
| #244 | Omar Lakhdari | ALG | 223 | -21 |
| #161 | Vadzim Lipauka | BLR | 143 | -18 |
| #89 | Ioannis Angelou-Konstas | GRE | 72 | -17 |
| #66 | Aleksandr Gofman | RUS | 50 | -16 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Loni Harwood | USA | -4 |
| #302 | Robin Hegele | GER | -2 |
| #303 | Shannon Shorr | USA | -2 |
| #304 | Ben Lamb | USA | -1 |
| #305 | Evangelos Beichrakis | GRE | +1 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Mohsin Charania | USA | 225 | Loni Harwood | USA | 301 | |
| James Carroll | USA | 278 | Robin Hegele | GER | 302 | |
| Brett Bader | USA | 284 | Blake Whittington | USA | 318 | |
| Allen Kessler | USA | 298 | Daniel Negreanu #1 | CAN | 351 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2019 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| 1st | Sean Winter | USA | 1,919.38 | = |
| 2nd | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1,767.30 | +1 |
| 3rd | Rainer Kempe | GER | 1,610.25 | -1 |
| 4th | David Peters PoY | USA | 1,467.91 | +5 |
| 5th | Jack Salter | UK | 1,463.21 | -1 |
| 6th | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 1,461.56 | -1 |
| 7th | Toby Lewis | UK | 1,435.53 | -1 |
| 8th | Ariel Celestino | BRA | 1,393.44 | +7 |
| 9th | Pete Chen | TAI | 1,377.91 | +3 |
| 10th | Chino Rheem | USA | 1,351.81 | -3 |
| 11th | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 1,302.08 | -3 |
| 12th | Brock Wilson | USA | 1,275.52 | NEW |
| 13th | Daniel Tang | HKG | 1,266.64 | -3 |
| 14th | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 1,222.77 | -3 |
| 15th | James Romero | USA | 1,209.62 | -2 |
Full March 13, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-03-13/300/
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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.
