May 23 2019, by Eric Danis

May 22, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update

THIS WEEK’S NOTES

›› Reigning and defending GPI Female Player of the Year (2017, 2018) Kristen Bicknell reaches a career-high #11 in the Global Rankings this week – one step away from the Top 10

›› WPT Choctaw final table participant Nick Pupillo (GPI #22) makes a return to the Top 25 in eight of the past 11 weeks

›› Congratulations go out to another WPT Choctaw FT player, Trung Pham (GPI #294), makes his GPI300 debut

›› 2019 GPI PoY Race: Sean Winter is still on top while Sam Greenwood gains two spots to reach 3rd in the chase for PoY

 

GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25

RANK PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST CHANGE
#1 William Alex Foxen (33 weeks) USA 3,952.43 1 =
#2 Bryn Kenney #1 USA 3,635.90 2 =
#3 Rainer Kempe GER 3,619.34 3 =
#4 Stephen Chidwick #1 UK 3,487.58 4 =
#5 David Peters #1 USA 3,472.22 5 =
#6 Manig Loeser GER 3,406.46 6 =
#7 Steve O’Dwyer #1 USA 3,373.72 7 =
#8 Christopher Michael Soyza MAS 3,304.77 8 =
#9 Ryan Riess USA 3,291.89 9 =
#10 Jake Schindler USA 3,267.99 10 =
#11 Kristen Bicknell CB CAN 3,227.50 13 +2
#12 Jason Koon USA 3,197.68 11 -1
#13 Nikita Bodyakovskiy BLR 3,193.30 17 +4
#14 Michael Addamo AUS 3,145.82 15 +1
#15 Sean Winter USA 3,118.09 26 NEW
#16 Nick Petrangelo CB USA 3,081.07 19 +3
#17 Bart Lybaert BEL 3,074.64 16 +3
#18 Justin Bonomo USA 3,071.84 12 -6
#19 Pavel Plesuv MDA 3,038.45 18 -1
#20 Benjamin Pollak FRA 3,027.65 14 -6
#21 Timothy Adams CAN 3,026.75 21 =
#22 Nick Pupillo CB USA 3,023.84 32 NEW
#23 Joseph McKeehen USA 3,015.75 20 -3
#24 Dylan Linde USA 2,989.35 23 -1
#25 Isaac Haxton USA 2,986.32 24 -1

Out of the Top 25: #26 Daniel Tang (HKG) -4  //  #27 Koray Aldemir (GER) -2

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

RANK PLAYER NATION LAST CHANGE
#172 Craig Varnell USA 253 +81
#123 Daniel Dvoress CAN 186 +63
#145 Ben Lamb USA 202 +57
#59 Seng Yee Leow MAS 111 +52
#88 William Berry USA 138 +50
#223 Joshua Reichard USA 271 +48
#159 Jefferey Fielder USA 194 +35
#268 Vincent Moscati USA 297 +29
#252 Brock Wilson CB USA 280 +28
#189 Blair Hinkle USA 213 +24

DOWN THE LADDER

RANK PLAYER NATION LAST CHANGE
#262 Paul Volpe USA 163 -99
#237 Michael Watson CAN 168 -69
#154 Steffen Sontheimmer GER 90 -64
#158 Mustapha Kanit ITA 95 -63
#231 Jose Ignacio Barbero ARG 171 -60
#249 Guillaume Diaz FRA 195 -54
#278 Marty Mathis USA 231 -47
#277 Cliff Josephy USA 235 -42
#222 Chris Hunichen USA 183 -39
#300 Richard Alsup USA 265 -35

ON THE BUBBLE

RANK PLAYER NATION +/-
#301 Scott Margerson UK -2
#302 Steve Sung USA +24
#303 Erkut Yilmaz USA +40
#304 Alexander Denisov RUS -31
#305 Ray Qartomy USA +40

WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?

GPI300: IN ››› NATION GPI# ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT NATION GPI#
Joe Elpayaa USA 194 Scott Margereson UK 301
Ryan Phan USA 212 Alexander Denisov RUS 304
Joshua Kay USA 283 Jordan Cristos USA 306
Ben Heath UK 284 Petter Jetten CAN 307
Mike Shin USA 286 Chen An Lin TAI 310
Trung Pham 300 USA 294 Ryan Olisar USA 312
Aaron Johnson USA 297 Darryll Fish USA 322
Lucas Greenwood CAN 298 Daniel Buzgon USA 327
Alex Ziskin RUS 299 Aymon Hata UK 356
Mike Takayama PHI 264 Filipe Oliveira POR 357
Alexander Denisov RUS 273 Dejuante Alexander USA 361

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 =
3rd Sam Greenwood CAN 2,482.84 +2
4th Rainer Kempe GER 2,416.04 -1
5th Brian Altman USA 2,263.92 +1
6th James Romero USA 2,240.06 -2
7th Daniel Dvoress CAN 2,151.19 NEW
8th Christopher Michael Soyza MAS 2,137.83 +2
9th Nick Pupillo USA 2,094.17 NEW
10th Kristen Bicknell CAN 2,067.32 -3

 

Full May 22, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-05-22/300/

 

 

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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.