May 24 2017, by Eric Danis
May 24, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› A win in the Big Stax 1000 outside Philadelphia sees 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe McKeehen (World #20) return to the Top 25 for the first time this year
›› Online grinder turned two-time WSOP bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell (World #184) continues her rise in the rankings. Unranked at the start of May 2016, Bicknell sits at a career-best #184 this week
›› Just in time for a World Series of Poker return: William Kassouf (World #237) has found his way back into the GPI300 to a career-best 237th in the World. The controversial Kassouf is coming off an 11th place finish at the 888Live Festival in Barcelona
›› Three players make their debut inside the GPI300 this week: Michael Lech (World #225), Marshall White (World #229) and Ivan Deyra (World #284) – congrats!
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,525.80 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,450.27 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters | USA | 3,431.69 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,367.59 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,314.73 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,242.29 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Jason Mercier | USA | 3,218.68 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,152.68 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,116.71 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,090.34 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,074.61 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,065.16 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 3,058.05 | 13 | = |
| #14 | Sergio Aido CB | ESP | 3,039.38 | 16 | +2 |
| #15 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,036.55 | 14 | -1 |
| #16 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,034.22 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,980.23 | 18 | +1 |
| #18 | David Yan | NZL | 2,955.38 | 20 | +2 |
| #19 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,920.14 | 17 | -2 |
| #20 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,894.94 | 26 | NEW |
| #21 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,858.76 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,846.67 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,845.63 | 19 | -4 |
| #24 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 2,822.55 | 41 | NEW |
| #25 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 2,764.20 | 23 | -2 |
Out of the Top 25: Erik Seidel (World #26, -1); Daniel Strelitz (World #32, -8)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Kane Kalas | USA | 292 | 209 | +83 |
| Dejuante Alexander CB | USA | 298 | 218 | +80 |
| Kristen Bicknell CB | CAN | 243 | 184 | +59 |
| Vlad Darie CB | ROU | 148 | 105 | +43 |
| Lucas Greenwood CB | CAN | 208 | 166 | +42 |
| Dominik Nitsche | GER | 201 | 160 | +41 |
| Rajaee Wazwaz CB | USA | 137 | 107 | +30 |
| Maurice Hawkins | USA | 125 | 96 | +29 |
| Paul Tedeschi | FRA | 163 | 138 | +25 |
| Aaron Massey | USA | 69 | 46 | +23 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Martin Kozlov | AUS | 184 | 287 | -103 |
| Joseph Cheong | USA | 75 | 162 | -87 |
| Thomas Marchese | USA | 94 | 158 | -64 |
| Mark Herm | USA | 167 | 231 | -64 |
| Michael Telker | USA | 230 | 294 | -64 |
| Juha Helppi | FIN | 97 | 159 | -62 |
| Daniel O’Brien | USA | 226 | 288 | -62 |
| David Diaz | USA | 209 | 265 | -56 |
| Enzo Del Piero | UK | 161 | 216 | -55 |
| Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 237 | 292 | -55 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Tobias Hausen | GER |
| #302 | Daniel Negrenau | CAN |
| #303 | Scott Stewart | USA |
| #304 | Wael Sarkis | LIB |
| #305 | David Jackson | USA |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Caufman Talley CB | USA | 192 | Tobias Hausen | GER | 301 | |
| Mike McDonald | CAN | 224 | Scott Stewart | USA | 303 | |
| Michael Lech 300 | USA | 225 | David Jackson | USA | 305 | |
| Marshall White 300 | USA | 229 | Felix Stephensen | NOR | 313 | |
| Matt Salsberg | CAN | 234 | Richard Dubini | ARG | 325 | |
| Eddy Sabat | USA | 236 | Chris Moorman | UK | 333 | |
| William Kassouf CB | UK | 237 | Michael Gagliano | USA | 349 | |
| Ray Qartomy | USA | 272 | Kilian Kramer | GER | 367 | |
| Ivan Deyra 300 | FRA | 284 | Andrew Hulme | UK | 386 | |
| Ravi Raghavan | USA | 298 | Justin Young | USA | 409 |
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 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,478.79 | = |
| #3 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,463.57 | = |
| #4 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 2,430.71 | = |
| #5 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 2,392.76 | = |
| #6 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,262.69 | = |
| #7 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,176.14 | = |
| #8 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 2,109.57 | = |
| #9 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,108.44 | = |
| #10 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 1,938.12 | = |
| #11 | Andreas Klatt | GER | 1,892.07 | = |
| #12 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 1,854.35 | = |
| #13 | Yang Zhang | CHN | 1,829.25 | = |
| #14 | Loni Harwood | USA | 1,775.26 | NEW |
| #15 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 1,743.90 | -1 |
Full May 24, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-05-24/300/
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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.
