May 03 2017, by Eric Danis

May 3, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update

THE HEADLINES

›› Former World #1 Jason Mercier (World #6) is back in the running for world’s best. Mercier currently holds his best rank of 2017

›› Charlie Carrell (World #23) returns to the Top 25 for the first time since February – reaching a career-best #23 ranking

›› After making his GPI300 debut just a few weeks ago, French pro Romain Lewis (World #176) continues his climb towards the top

›› While no players make their GPI300 debuts this week, a total of 13 players return to the 300 including former World #2 Mike Watson (World #134) and a pair of former World #11’s: Jake Cody (World #246) and Andrew Chen (World #262)

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 3,488.16 2 =
#3 Bryn Kenney USA 3,371.22 4 +1
#4 Fedor Holz GER 3,217.30 5 +1
#5 Justin Bonomo USA 3,213.32 3 -2
#6 Jason Mercier USA 3,150.27 13 +7
#7 Adrian Mateos ESP 3,147.51 9 +2
#8 Steve O’Dwyer USA 3,133.19 8 =
#9 Rainer Kempe GER 3,103.74 6 -3
#10 Jason Koon USA 3,090.34 12 +2
#11 Ankush Mandavia USA 3,058.72 10 -1
#12 Jack Salter UK 3,051.15 20 +8
#13 Ari Engel CAN 3,041.87 11 -2
#14 Samuel Panzica USA 3,026.80 7 -7
#15 Stephen Chidwick UK 3,003.14 15 =
#16 Jake Schindler USA 2,959.97 16 =
#17 Dan Smith USA 2,935.33 14 -3
#18 David Yan NZL 2,922.98 18 =
#19 Sergio Aido ESP 2,919.73 17 -2
#20 Connor Drinan USA 2,897.53 19 -1
#21 Koray Aldemir GER 2,858.76 22 +1
#22 Niall Farrell UK 2,789.23 21 -1
#23 Charlie Carrel CB UK 2,767.12 30 NEW
#24 Daniel Strelitz USA 2,765.80 24 =
#25 Erik Seidel USA 2,763.35 29 NEW

Out of the Top 25: Igor Yaroshevskyy (World #28, -3); Byron Kaverman (World #35, -12)

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

PLAYER NATION LAST THIS CHANGE
Pete Chen CB TAI 267 123 +144
Dan Wilson CB IRL 271 145 +126
Romain Lewis CB FRA 298 176 +122
Max Silver UK 297 192 +105
Ivan Luca ARG 269 178 +91
Ramin Hajiyev AZE 235 151 +84
Vicente Delgado CB ESP 277 193 +84
Marvin Rettenmeier GER 230 155 +75
Ilkin Savalan Amirov AZE 172 108 +64
Govert Metaal NED 228 167 +61

DOWN THE LADDER

PLAYER NATION LAST THIS CHANGE
Stefan Jedlicka AUT 101 240 -139
Simon Deadman UK 166 281 -115
Sam Soverel USA 151 257 -106
Oliver Weis GER 179 282 -103
Dmitry Yurasov RUS 153 247 -94
Tobias Peters NED 199 285 -86
Jan Bendik SLV 134 215 -81
Anton Astapau BLR 191 272 -81
Kiryl Radzivonau BLR 99 173 -74
Adrien Allain FRA 150 223 -73

ON THE BUBBLE

RANK PLAYER NATION
#301 Maria Ho USA
#302 Allen Kessler USA
#303 Dominik Panka POL
#304 Ben Palmer USA
#305 Jesse Cohen USA

WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?

GPI300: IN ››››› NATION GPI# ‹‹‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT NATION GPI#
Michael Watson CAN 134 Maria Ho USA 301
Moritz Dietrich CB AUT 169 Allen Kessler USA 302
Reginald Roberts CB USA 205 Dominik Panka POL 303
Gerald Karlic AUT 231 Ben Palmer USA 304
Thomas Muehloecker AUT 236 Jesse Cohen USA 305
Iaron Lighbourne UK 241 Alexander Greenblatt USA 308
Jake Cody UK 246 Timothy West USA 311
Mikhail Korotkikh RUS 258 Jean Gaspard USA 313
Andrew Chen CAN 262 Dani Stern USA 319
Enzo Del Piero UK 273 Raghav Bansal IND 329
David Vamplew UK 289 Kilian Kramer GER 337
Ouassini Mansouri CB FRA 294 Brian Rast USA 362
Dejuante Alexander USA 299 Adrian Attenborough AUS 363

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 2,208.79
#3 Sergio Aido ESP 2,205.52 +1
#4 Koray Aldemir GER 2,176.14 +4
#5 Mustapha Kanit ITA 2,109.57 -2
#6 Byron Kaverman USA 2,108.44 -1
#7 Manig Loeser GER 2,062.09 -1
#8 Daniel Dvoress CAN 2,057.71 +6
#9 Nick Petrangelo USA 1,846.19 -2
#10 Steve O’Dwyer USA 1,627.96 NEW
#11 Yang Zhang CHN 1,541.51 NEW
#12 Dylan Wilkerson USA 1,504.56 +3
#13 Pete Chen TAI 1,504.25 NEW
#14 Anthony Spinella USA 1,502.72 -5
#15 Loni Harwood USA 1,493.94 -5

 

Full May 3, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-05-03/300/

 

 

 

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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.