May 11 2017, by Eric Danis
May 10, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Nick Petrangelo (World #1) beats his personal best consecutive weeks at #1 streak; he’s now been #1 for six straight weeks
›› Former World #2 Davidi Kitai (World #23) returns to the Top 25 following his thrilling 7th place finish in the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo Main Event
›› After coming dangerously close to dropping out of the GPI300 for the first time since October 2013 just a few short weeks ago, Max Silver (World #94) has righted the ship, winning a 2K side event at the PokerStars Championship in Monte Carlo
›› A trio of former World Top 10’s are back inside the GPI300 this week: GPL Berlin Bears Team Manager Philipp Gruissem (World #212), John Juanda (World #213) and former World #1 Daniel Negreanu (World #299)
›› Congratulations go out to Jimmy Guerrero (World #254), Arne Coulier (World #278) and reigning WPTDeepStacks bestbet Jacksonville Champion Jeremy Meacham (World #290) who all make their GPI300 debut this week
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,525.80 | 1 | = |
| #2 | David Peters | USA | 3,487.01 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,450.90 | 4 | +1 |
| #4 | Bryn Kenney | GER | 3,368.67 | 3 | -1 |
| #5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,314.73 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Jason Mercier | USA | 3,218.68 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,147.51 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,116.05 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,100.83 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,090.34 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,062.13 | 13 | +2 |
| #12 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,058.72 | 11 | -1 |
| #13 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,057.63 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 3,041.03 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,034.22 | 17 | +2 |
| #16 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 3,027.93 | 19 | +3 |
| #17 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,980.23 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,959.97 | 16 | -2 |
| #19 | David Yan | NZL | 2,905.40 | 18 | -1 |
| #20 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,893.17 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,858.76 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,775.83 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 2,769.07 | 34 | NEW |
| #24 | Daniel Strelitz | USA | 2,765.80 | 24 | = |
| #25 | Erik Seidel | USA | 2,757.28 | 25 | = |
Out of the Top 25: Charlie Carrell (World #40, -17)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Tobias Peters | NED | 285 | 161 | +124 |
| Julian Stuer CB | GER | 149 | 46 | +103 |
| Thomas Muehloecker | AUT | 236 | 136 | +100 |
| Max Silver | UK | 192 | 94 | +98 |
| Igor Kurganov | RUS | 177 | 80 | +97 |
| Fabrice Soulier | FRA | 283 | 190 | +93 |
| Dmitry Yurasov | RUS | 247 | 168 | +79 |
| Dominik Nitsche | GER | 261 | 182 | +79 |
| Ivan Luca | ARG | 178 | 100 | +78 |
| Diego Zeiter CB | SUI | 156 | 87 | +69 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Andrew Hulme | UK | 182 | 291 | -109 |
| Dorian Rios Pavon | VEN | 128 | 210 | -82 |
| Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 159 | 237 | -78 |
| Guo Dong | CHN | 110 | 175 | -65 |
| Ludovic Geilich | UK | 160 | 222 | -62 |
| Craig Varnell | USA | 97 | 158 | -61 |
| Alex Difelice | CAN | 200 | 253 | -53 |
| Kully Sidhu | UK | 73 | 122 | -49 |
| Ramin Hajiyev | AZE | 151 | 198 | -47 |
| Chris Klodnick | USA | 235 | 279 | -44 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Jesse Cohen | USA |
| #302 | Mike Sexton | USA |
| #303 | Scott Davies | USA |
| #304 | Natasha Mercier | LIB |
| #305 | Arthur Conan | FRA |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Pavel Plesuv CB | MDA | 131 | Scott Davies | USA | 303 | |
| Philipp Gruissem | GER | 212 | Linh Tran | VIE | 312 | |
| John Juanda | INA | 213 | Anthony Gregg | USA | 314 | |
| Dermot Blain | IRL | 216 | Anton Astapau | BLR | 315 | |
| Christopher Frank | GER | 220 | William Givens | USA | 316 | |
| Kilian Kramer | GER | 224 | Kyle Bowker | USA | 319 | |
| Jimmy Guerrero CB | FRA | 254 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 323 | |
| Dominik Panka | POL | 271 | Alexander Denisov | RUS | 324 | |
| Steffen Sontheimer | UK | 274 | Reginald Roberts | USA | 328 | |
| Celina Lin | CHN | 277 | DJ MacKinnon | USA | 329 | |
| Arne Coulier CB | BEL | 278 | WeiYi Zhang | CHN | 331 | |
| Jeremy Meacham CB | USA | 290 | Atanas Kavrakov | BUL | 334 | |
| Maria Ho | USA | 294 | Simon Deadman | UK | 345 | |
| Allen Kessler | USA | 295 | David Vamplew | UK | 352 | |
| Tobias Hausen | GER | 297 | Stevan Chew | AUS | 381 | |
| Daniel Negreanu | CAN | 299 | Andrew Chen | CAN | 386 | |
| Ben Palmer | USA | 300 | Senh Man Ung | UK | 434 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 2,840.97 | = |
| #2 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,463.57 | +1 |
| #3 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 2,420.79 | +5 |
| #4 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 2,392.76 | +5 |
| #5 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,262.69 | +2 |
| #6 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,208.79 | -4 |
| #7 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,176.14 | -3 |
| #8 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 2,109.57 | -3 |
| #9 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,108.44 | -3 |
| #10 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 1,938.12 | = |
| #11 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 1,854.35 | NEW |
| #12 | Andreas Klatt | GER | 1,723.27 | NEW |
| #13 | Yang Zhang | CHN | 1,660.39 | -2 |
| #14 | Felipe Ramos | BRA | 1,629.23 | +9 |
| #15 | Anthony Spinella | USA | 1,601.87 | -1 |
Full May 10, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-05-10/300/
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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.
