May 16 2019, by Eric Danis

May 15, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update

THIS WEEK’S NOTES

›› Two victories at the Triton Series in Montenegro sees former Global #1 Bryn Kenney (GPI #2) jump up 10 spots in the rankings

›› Daniel Tang (GPI #22) makes his Top 25 debut this week, moving up 8 spots to a career-best #22

›› Congratulations go out to Anton Morgenstern (GPI# 176) and Wai Leong Chan (GPI #216), who make their GPI300 debuts this week

›› 2019 GPI PoY Race: Sean Winter remains on top with Kenney and Rainer Kempe hot on his tail

 

GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25

RANK PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST CHANGE
#1 William Alex Foxen (32 weeks) USA 3,952.43 1 =
#2 Bryn Kenney #1 USA 3,635.90 12 +10
#3 Rainer Kempe GER 3,617.78 2 -1
#4 Stephen Chidwick #1 UK 3,489.18 3 -1
#5 David Peters #1 USA 3,472.22 4 -1
#6 Manig Loeser GER 3,404.75 6 =
#7 Steve O’Dwyer #1 USA 3,367.56 5 -2
#8 Christopher Michael Soyza MAS 3,311.27 7 -1
#9 Ryan Riess USA 3,291.89 8 -1
#10 Jake Schindler USA 3,279.33 10 =
#11 Jason Koon USA 3,277.67 13 +2
#12 Justin Bonomo USA 3,276.27 11 -1
#13 Kristen Bicknell CAN 3,221.83 21 +8
#14 Benjamin Pollak FRA 3,216.16 9 -5
#15 Michael Addamo AUS 3,145.82 14 -1
#16 Bart Lybaert BEL 3,118.50 15 -1
#17 Nikita Bodyakovskiy BLR 3,106.48 18 +1
#18 Pavel Plesuv MDA 3,085.53 19 +1
#19 Nick Petrangelo #1 USA 3,081.07 23 +4
#20 Joseph McKeehen USA 3,058.33 16 -4
#21 Timothy Adams CAN 3,026.75 20 -1
#22 Daniel Tang CB HKG 2,990.07 31 NEW
#23 Dylan Linde USA 2,989.35 22 -1
#24 Isaac Haxton USA 2,986.32 25 +1
#25 Koray Aldemir GER 2,955.86 17 -8

Out of the Top 25: #31 Almedin Imsirovic (BHA) -7

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

RANK PLAYER NATION LAST CHANGE
#111 Seng Yee Leow MAS 215 +104
#78 Milad Oghabian Langar CB IRI 178 +100
#180 Vladimir Troyanovskiy RUS 270 +90
#186 Daniel Dvoress CAN 255 +69
#90 Steffen Sontheimer GER 150 +60
#170 Jeffrey Hakim LIB 226 +56
#77 Igor Yaroshevskyy UKR 132 +55
#213 Blair Hinkle USA 265 +52
#187 Kenny Hallaert BEL 237 +50
#240 Nikolay Fal RUS 285 +45

DOWN THE LADDER

RANK PLAYER NATION LAST CHANGE
#254 Jerry Wong USA 127 -127
#221 Diogo Veiga POR 149 -72
#242 Aymon Hata UK 176 -66
#201 Alexander Lynskey AUS 136 -65
#235 Cliff Josephy USA 173 -62
#245 Taylor Black USA 186 -59
#231 Marty Mathis USA 177 -54
#229 Adam Owen UK 182 -47
#259 Viliyan Petleshkov BUL 219 -40
#271 Joshua Reichard USA 232 -39

ON THE BUBBLE

RANK PLAYER NATION +/-
#301 Ben Heath UK -89
#302 Michael Rossitto CB ITA +151
#303 Mike Shin USA -19
#304 Michael Marder USA +2
#305 Peter Eichhardt SWE -2

WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?

GPI300: IN ››› NATION GPI# ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT NATION GPI#
Faraz Jaka USA 175 Ben Heath UK 301
Anton Morgenstern 300 GER 176 Mike Shin USA 303
Blake Whittington CB USA 193 Rex Clinkscales USA 308
Iori Yogo CB JPN 199 Ray Qartomy USA 309
Ben Lamb USA 202 Benjamin Tollerene USA 312
Wai Leong Chan 300 MAS 216 Alex Ziskin USA 324
Peter Jetten CAN 227 Chris Moorman UK 332
Henrik Hecklen DEN 228 Kevin Eyster USA 335
Vlad Darie ROU 239 Keven Stammen USA 351
Mike Takayama PHI 264 Filipe Oliveira POR 357
Alexander Denisov RUS 273 Dejuante Alexander USA 361
Georges Hanna LIB 296 Aaron Johnson USA 393
Scott Margereson UK 299 Chance Kornuth USA 395

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 2,627.05 =
2nd Bryn Kenney USA 2,533.85 NEW
3rd Rainer Kempe GER 2,416.04 -1
4th James Romero USA 2,240.06 =
5th Sam Greenwood CAN 2,223.45 =
6th Brian Altman USA 2,218.96 -3
7th Kristen Bicknell CAN 2,067.32 NEW
8th William Alex Foxen USA 2,061.27 +2
9th Daniel Tang HKG 1,998.97 NEW
10th Christopher Michael Soyza MAS 1,952.72 -4

 

Full May 15, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-05-15/300/

 

 

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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.