March 22 2018, by Eric Danis
March 21, 2018 World Poker Rankings: Re-Enter the Dragon
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› David Pham (World #35) is at it again. Three weeks after re-entering the GPI300, “The Dragon” has once again hit a career-best ranking. Pham has won two big events this month: The Wynn Spring Classic Championship and the WSOP Circuit Los Angeles Main Event
›› Meanwhile, William Alex Foxen (World #5) continues his rise in the rankings. Foxen cracks the GPI World Top 10 for the first time this week on the heels of a Super High Roller victory at APPT Macau
›› A fifth career win sees 2017 GPI Female Player of the Year Kristen Bicknell (World #31) return as #1 on the GPI Female World charts. Bicknell has been ranked #1 or #2 in the Female standings for 32 straight weeks
›› Congratulations go out to HPT Belterra Champion Aaron Johnson (World #253) who makes his GPI300 debuts this week
›› 2018 GPI PoY: Nick Pupillo, Ari Engel and Joseph McKeehen remain ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively despite each adding to their point totals this week
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Adrian Mateos (17 weeks) | ESP | 3,752.69 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,419.07 | 3 | +1 |
| #3 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,406.84 | 2 | -1 |
| #4 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,402.28 | 4 | = |
| #5 | William Alex Foxen CB | USA | 3,304.16 | 11 | +6 |
| #6 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,278.34 | 5 | -1 |
| #7 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,222.81 | 6 | -1 |
| #8 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,195.39 | 7 | -1 |
| #9 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,192.61 | 8 | -1 |
| #10 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 3,176.97 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,118.26 | 12 | +1 |
| #12 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,106.37 | 9 | -3 |
| #13 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,030.64 | 18 | +5 |
| #14 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 3,024.65 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,007.25 | 13 | -2 |
| #16 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,993.44 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 2,990.40 | 16 | -1 |
| #18 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,968.20 | 17 | -1 |
| #19 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,940.49 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Darren Elias | USA | 2,857.83 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,838.27 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Ryan Riess CB | USA | 2,824.39 | 23 | +1 |
| #23 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,802.70 | 22 | -1 |
| #24 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 2,793.65 | 25 | +1 |
| #25 | Timothy Miles | USA | 2,760.54 | 24 | -1 |
Out of the Top 25: None
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Christian Harder | USA | 245 | 154 | +91 |
| Andres Korn CB | ARG | 283 | 201 | +82 |
| Stanislav Koleno CB | SLV | 259 | 182 | +77 |
| Shankar Pillai | USA | 280 | 209 | +71 |
| Andy Frankenberger | USA | 262 | 195 | +67 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | GER | 213 | 147 | +66 |
| Peter Vitantonio | USA | 250 | 186 | +64 |
| Peter Eichhardt | SWE | 270 | 210 | +60 |
| David Pham CB | USA | 91 | 35 | +56 |
| Uri Reichenstein | ISR | 268 | 212 | +56 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Cliff Josephy | USA | 195 | 287 | -92 |
| Jonathan Karamalikis | AUS | 173 | 236 | -63 |
| Paul Volpe | USA | 220 | 273 | -53 |
| Christian Christner | GER | 77 | 129 | -52 |
| Daniel Strelitz | USA | 215 | 267 | -52 |
| Erik Seidel | USA | 65 | 114 | -49 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 184 | 231 | -47 |
| Francois Billard | CAN | 78 | 123 | -45 |
| Michael Tureniec | SWE | 237 | 279 | -42 |
| David Laka Calzada | ESP | 224 | 264 | -40 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Allen Kessler | USA |
| #302 | Chad Eveslage | USA |
| #303 | Eddy Sabat | USA |
| #304 | Viktor Ustimov CB | RUS |
| #305 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau CB | BLR |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Aaron Johnson 300 | USA | 253 | Allen Kessler | USA | 301 | |
| Mukul Pahuja | USA | 259 | Samuel Phillips | USA | 327 | |
| Mohsin Charania | USA | 274 | Seth Davies | USA | 328 | |
| Valentin Vornicu | USA | 292 | Michael Wang | USA | 329 | |
| Sean Winter | USA | 297 | James Calderaro | USA | 349 | |
| Robert Heidorn | GER | 298 | Kevin Saul | USA | 362 | |
| Faraz Jaka | USA | 299 | Esther Taylor-Brady | USA | 406 | |
| Matt Bond | AUS | 300 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 429 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2018 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 1,797.41 | = |
| #2 | Nick Pupillo | USA | 1,676.96 | = |
| #3 | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,666.18 | = |
| #4 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 1,601.68 | = |
| #5 | Joao Simao | BRA | 1,452.97 | = |
| #6 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 1,441.01 | NEW |
| #7 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 1,430.66 | -1 |
| #8 | Timothy Miles | USA | 1,411.31 | -1 |
| #9 | Stephen Song | USA | 1,394.85 | +4 |
| #10 | Toby Lewis | UK | 1,383.74 | -2 |
| #11 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 1,371.99 | -2 |
| #12 | Daniel Negreanu | CAN | 1,345.64 | -2 |
| #13 | Gianluca Sperenza | ITA | 1,339.32 | -2 |
| #14 | David Peters | USA | 1,298.40 | NEW |
| #15 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 1,295.56 | NEW |
Full March 21, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-03-21/300/
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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.
