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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