March 08 2017, by Eric Danis
March 8, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
After moving up over 70 spots on the charts last week, WPT L.A. Poker Classic winner Daniel Strelitz (World #36 CB) moves up another 150+ spots this week as he eyes the Top 25…
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | David Peters | USA | 3,457.98 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,234.88 | 3 | +1 |
| #3 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,203.87 | 2 | -1 |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,130.44 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,093.96 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,032.75 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Dan Smith | USA | 2,956.33 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,951.83 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,951.10 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,935.30 | 19 | +9 |
| #11 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,925.64 | 10 | -1 |
| #12 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,885.75 | 17 | +5 |
| #13 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,882.44 | 11 | -2 |
| #14 | Fedor Holz | GER | 2,855.10 | 13 | -1 |
| #15 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,813.44 | 12 | -3 |
| #16 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,781.33 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,756.96 | 16 | -1 |
| #18 | David Yan CB | NZL | 2,701.11 | 20 | +2 |
| #19 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,696.15 | 21 | +2 |
| #20 | Ben Heath CB | UK | 2,679.77 | 29 | NEW |
| #21 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,675.22 | 18 | -3 |
| #22 | Erik Seidel | USA | 2,663.65 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,659.81 | 27 | NEW |
| #24 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 2,651.52 | 23 | -1 |
| #25 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 2,640.39 | 14 | -11 |
Out of the Top 25: Davidi Kitai BEL (World #27, -3); Andjelko Andrejevic SRB (World #31, -6)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Daniel Strelitz CB | USA | 188 | 36 | +152 |
| Darryll Fish CB | USA | 205 | 67 | +138 |
| Jared Jaffee | USA | 218 | 110 | +108 |
| Mark Herm CB | USA | 246 | 141 | +105 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 162 | 81 | +81 |
| Timothy Reilly | USA | 239 | 160 | +79 |
| Craig Varnell | USA | 167 | 92 | +75 |
| Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 245 | 179 | +66 |
| Andrew Hulme | UK | 282 | 220 | +62 |
| Ryan D’Angelo CB | USA | 138 | 77 | +61 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Matt Salsberg | CAN | 158 | 262 | -104 |
| Zohair Karim | USA | 174 | 277 | -103 |
| Michael Wang | USA | 206 | 300 | -94 |
| Anthony Spinella | USA | 145 | 208 | -63 |
| Bryan Piccioli | USA | 217 | 271 | -54 |
| Kane Kalas | USA | 223 | 274 | -51 |
| Rex Clinkscales | USA | 143 | 188 | -45 |
| Rajaee Wazwaz | USA | 123 | 167 | -44 |
| Paul Tedeschi | FRA | 153 | 197 | -44 |
| Dylan Linde | USA | 195 | 238 | -43 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | William Davies | UK |
| #302 | Romain Lewis | FRA |
| #303 | Alan King Lun Lau CB | HKG |
| #304 | Michael Addamo | AUS |
| #305 | Preben Stokkan CB | NOR |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Eric Baldwin | USA | 169 | William Davies | UK | 301 | |
| Simeon Naydenov | BUL | 170 | Benjamin Perez | USA | 310 | |
| Jonathan Borenstein CB | USA | 184 | Daniel O’Brien | USA | 316 | |
| Joseph Serock | USA | 203 | Eli Elezra | ISR | 323 | |
| Garrett Greer | USA | 245 | Alexander Greenblatt | USA | 330 | |
| Kevin MacPhee | USA | 278 | Louis Salter | UK | 331 | |
| Alexander Condon | USA | 281 | Aleksandr Gofman | RUS | 361 | |
| Celina Lin 300 | CHN | 285 | Yung ‘Andy’ Hwang | USA | 415 | |
| Ian O’Hara | USA | 293 | Gordon Vayo | USA | 428 |
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 | 1,974.95 |
| #2 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 1,597.35 |
| #3 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 1,257.50 |
| #4 | Ben Heath | UK | 1,238.88 |
| #5 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 1,175.05 |
| #6 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 1,147.45 |
| #7 | Roland Israelashvili | USA | 1,139.87 |
| #8 | Manig Loeser | GER | 1,121.64 |
| #9 | Nadya Magnus | USA | 1,047.62 |
| #10 | Allen Kessler | USA | 1,008.84 |
| #11 | Park Yu Cheung | HKG | 958.34 |
| #12 | David Yan | NZL | 956.39 |
| #13 | Nathan Bjerno | USA | 951.89 |
| #14 | Alan King Lun Lau | HKG | 931.71 |
| #15 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 929.31 |
Full March 8, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-03-08/300/
*Cover photo courtesy of World Poker Tour
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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.
