March 28 2018, by Eric Danis
March 28, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Stephen Chidwick and Justin Bonomo continue to play musical chairs with the #2 and #3 spots (they have been doing so since early February). While spending plenty of time ranked 2nd in the World, neither have ever reached #1 in the rankings
›› Kristen Bicknell (World #24) is once again on the move. The 2017 GPI Female Player of the Year is the first woman to enter the GPI Top 25 in 40 months! Vanessa Selbst was the last female ranked in the Top 25 in November 2014
›› Two weeks after re-entering the GPI300, German Robert Heidorn is up in the rankings again this week. The German is this week’s top riser, moving up 139 spots to a career-best #159 in the World following a successful APPT Macau
›› Congratulations go out to Viktor Ustimov (World #196), Arkadiy Tsinis (World #212), Benjamin Richardson (World #250) and Vadzim Lipauka (World #279), who all make their GPI300 debuts this week
›› 2018 GPI PoY: side event victory and a Main Event deep run at the Foxwoods Poker Classic sees Nick Pupillo take over the #1 spot in the GPI PoY race. The American holds a slim lead over former leader Georgios Zisimopoulos of Greece
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Adrian Mateos (18 weeks) | ESP | 3,752.03 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Stephen Chidwick CB | UK | 3,504.94 | 3 | +1 |
| #3 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,419.07 | 2 | -1 |
| #4 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,373.97 | 4 | = |
| #5 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,304.16 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,276.24 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,222.81 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,176.79 | 9 | +1 |
| #9 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,176.76 | 8 | -1 |
| #10 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 3,153.14 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,145.90 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,108.90 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,027.68 | 13 | = |
| #14 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 3,024.65 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Brian Altman CB | USA | 3,015.47 | 18 | +3 |
| #16 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 2,998.35 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,993.44 | 16 | -1 |
| #18 | Nick Petrangelo CB | USA | 2,982.18 | 17 | -1 |
| #19 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,940.49 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Darren Elias | USA | 2,884.26 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,825.35 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Ryan Riess | USA | 2,824.39 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Jan Schwippert CB | GER | 2,812.54 | 37 | NEW |
| #24 | Kristen Bicknell CB | CAN | 2,811.66 | 31 | NEW |
| #25 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,798.83 | 23 | -2 |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Nikita Bodyakovskiy (BLR) -2 // #27 Timothy Miles (USA) -2
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Robert Heidorn CB | GER | 298 | 159 | +139 |
| Maxi Lehmanski | GER | 295 | 197 | +98 |
| John Juanda | INA | 130 | 75 | +55 |
| Paul Hofer | GER | 207 | 152 | +55 |
| Jefferey Fielder | USA | 208 | 154 | +54 |
| Fabrice Soulier | FRA | 270 | 228 | +42 |
| Aaron Mermelstein | USA | 220 | 180 | +40 |
| Joshua Kay CB | USA | 190 | 153 | +37 |
| Alexander Lakhov | RUS | 257 | 223 | +34 |
| Davidi Kitai | BEL | 118 | 85 | +33 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Michael Hahn | USA | 205 | 267 | -62 |
| Uri Reichenstein | ISR | 212 | 272 | -60 |
| William Givens | USA | 171 | 230 | -59 |
| Ian O’Hara | USA | 175 | 234 | -59 |
| Albert Daher | LIB | 57 | 104 | -47 |
| Anders Korn | ARG | 201 | 246 | -45 |
| Salvatore Dicarlo | USA | 262 | 297 | -35 |
| Max Silver | UK | 127 | 161 | -34 |
| Dmitry Gromov | RUS | 204 | 238 | -34 |
| Mihai Niste | ROU | 157 | 188 | -31 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Valentin Vornicu | USA | -9 |
| #302 | Romain Lewis | FRA | -75 |
| #303 | Stephen Song | USA | -7 |
| #304 | Sean Winter | USA | -7 |
| #305 | Daniel Laidlaw | AUS | +29 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Viktor Ustimov CB | RUS | 196 | Valentin Vornicu | USA | 301 | |
| James Chen | TAI | 206 | Romain Lewis | FRA | 302 | |
| Arkadiy Tsinis CB | USA | 212 | Stephen Song | USA | 303 | |
| Jimmy Guerrero | FRA | 221 | Sean Winter | USA | 304 | |
| Marshall White | USA | 235 | Jan Bendik | SLV | 306 | |
| Jake Schwartz | USA | 249 | Faraz Jaka | USA | 307 | |
| Benjamin Richardson | AUS | 250 | Anthony Ruberto | USA | 308 | |
| Joshua Turner | USA | 252 | Omar Lakhdari | MAR | 315 | |
| Vadzim Lipauka | BLR | 279 | Jeff Gross | USA | 321 | |
| Blake Bohn | USA | 280 | Sonny Franco | FRA | 322 | |
| Chen Lin | TAI | 282 | Tomas Soderstrom | SWE | 328 | |
| Ravi Raghavan | USA | 294 | Matt Bond | USA | 356 |
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 | Nick Pupillo | USA | 1,824.63 | +1 |
| #2 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 1,797.41 | -1 |
| #3 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 1,762.53 | +4 |
| #4 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 1,714.51 | +2 |
| #5 | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,666.18 | -2 |
| #6 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 1,601.68 | -2 |
| #7 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 1,595.25 | +4 |
| #8 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 1,537.95 | +7 |
| #9 | Timothy Miles | USA | 1,474.85 | -1 |
| #10 | Joao Simao | BRA | 1,452.97 | -5 |
| #11 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 1,396.44 | NEW |
| #12 | Stephen Song | USA | 1,394.85 | -3 |
| #13 | Toby Lewis | UK | 1,383.74 | -3 |
| #14 | Loni Harwood | USA | 1,383.70 | NEW |
| #15 | Daniel Negreanu | CAN | 1,345.64 | -3 |
Full March 28, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-03-28/300/
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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.
