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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