May 03 2019, by Eric Danis
May 1, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› Rainer Kempe (GPI #2) returns to the #2 spot on the Global Poker Rankings – he was last ranked 2nd earlier this year, in February
›› WSOP bracelet winner Julien Martini (GPI# 77) is the biggest mover inside the GPI300 this week moving up to a career-best #77
›› Congratulations go out to Kazuhiko Yotsushika (GPI# 232) and Hakim Zoufri (GPI #268), who make their GPI300 debuts this week
›› 2019 GPI PoY Race: Sean Winter regains the top spot in the GPI PoY race after sitting in second for the past two weeks
GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | William Alex Foxen (30 weeks) | USA | 3,910.47 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Rainer Kempe CB | GER | 3,496.19 | 4 | +2 |
| #3 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,491.28 | 3 | = |
| #4 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,464.15 | 2 | -2 |
| #5 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,387.09 | 7 | +2 |
| #6 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,367.97 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,343.37 | 5 | -2 |
| #8 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,297.32 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,279.33 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,250.84 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Bart Lybaert CB | BEL | 3,117.13 | 17 | +6 |
| #12 | Michael Addamo CB | AUS | 3,101.57 | 22 | +10 |
| #13 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,068.75 | 14 | +1 |
| #14 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,064.22 | 15 | +1 |
| #15 | Ryan Riess | USA | 3,032.78 | 11 | -4 |
| #16 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,032.46 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,016.74 | 13 | -4 |
| #18 | Manig Loeser | GER | 3,011.45 | 18 | = |
| #19 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 3,005.10 | 20 | +1 |
| #20 | Dylan Linde CB | USA | 2,998.00 | 21 | +1 |
| #21 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 2,957.02 | 19 | -2 |
| #22 | Nick Pupillo CB | USA | 2,953.96 | 26 | NEW |
| #23 | Almedin Imsirovic | BIH | 2,931.69 | 28 | NEW |
| #24 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,924.10 | 23 | -1 |
| #25 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 2,922.35 | 29 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: #28 Nikita Bodyakovskiy (BLR) -16 // #30 Joseph Cheong (USA) -5 // #47 Sam Greenwood (CAN) -23
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #77 | Julien Martini CB | FRA | 181 | +104 |
| #95 | Sylvain Loosli | FRA | 172 | +77 |
| #241 | Bas de Laat CB | NED | 299 | +58 |
| #251 | Omar Lakhdari | ALG | 295 | +44 |
| #70 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 108 | +38 |
| #101 | David Rheem | USA | 132 | +31 |
| #83 | James Romero CB | USA | 113 | +30 |
| #74 | Matthias Eibinger CB | AUT | 101 | +27 |
| #65 | Seth Davies | USA | 88 | +23 |
| #131 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | UKR | 153 | +22 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #259 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | RUS | 80 | -179 |
| #221 | Seng Yee Leow | MAS | 141 | -80 |
| #255 | Darryll Fish | USA | 175 | -80 |
| #186 | Michael Sklenička | CZE | 120 | -66 |
| #113 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 53 | -60 |
| #266 | Tommy Nguyen | CAN | 208 | -58 |
| #150 | Taylor Black | USA | 97 | -53 |
| #249 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 197 | -52 |
| #247 | Daniel Wang | AUS | 198 | -49 |
| #138 | Steffen Sontheimer | GER | 91 | -47 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Yan Tsang | HKG | +88 |
| #302 | Ismael Bojang | BEL | -17 |
| #303 | Iori Yogo | JPN | +9 |
| #304 | Joni Jouhkimainen | FIN | +23 |
| #305 | Georges Hanna CB | LIB | +82 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Kazuhiko Yotsushika 300 | JPN | 232 | Ismael Bojang | GER | 302 | |
| Hakim Zoufri 300 | NED | 268 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 306 | |
| Brent Roberts | USA | 277 | Jasthi Kumar | USA | 313 | |
| Nan Hong | CHN | 288 | Tom Hall | UK | 314 | |
| Mihai Manole | ROU | 292 | Craig Mason | USA | 317 | |
| Ryan Phan | USA | 293 | Steve Sung | USA | 321 | |
| Danny Wong | USA | 294 | John Andress | USA | 322 | |
| Scott Margereson | UK | 295 | Matthew Stout | USA | 323 | |
| Evangelos Beichrakis | GRE | 296 | Yunsheng Sun | CHN | 326 | |
| Scott Clements | USA | 297 | Randy Lew | USA | 343 | |
| Byron Kaverman #1 | USA | 298 | Joshua Kay | USA | 351 | |
| Michael Marder | USA | 299 | Tomas Jozonis | LIT | 360 | |
| Vlad Darie | ROU | 300 | Annand Ramdin | USA | 396 |
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 | 2,447.24 | +1 |
| 2nd | Brian Altman | USA | 2,218.96 | -1 |
| 3rd | Rainer Kempe | GER | 1,891.32 | = |
| 4th | James Romero | USA | 1,877.16 | NEW |
| 5th | Sonny Franco | FRA | 1,790.53 | NEW |
| 6th | Aaron Massey | USA | 1,772.45 | -2 |
| 7th | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1,767.30 | -2 |
| 8th | Nick Pupillo | USA | 1,741.92 | NEW |
| 9th | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,737.08 | -3 |
| 10th | Ariel Celestino | BRA | 1,679.71 | -3 |
Full May 1, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-05-01/300/
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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.
