November 09 2017, by Eric Danis
November 8, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Don’t look now but former World #1 – and now “part-time” poker pro – Fedor Holz (World #4) is creeping up the standings again, now sitting at #4, his highest ranking since July 5th
›› Tip of the cap to Stefan Schillhabel (World #9) who enters the GPI Top 10 for the very first time of his poker career … Schillhabel has hit a career-high ranking for five straight weeks
›› November Niner Kenny Hallaert (World #93) cracks the Top 100 for the first of his career – he also now the #1 ranked player on the National Belgium rankings
›› Congratulations go out to Claas Segebrecht (World #219) and mixed games specialist Benny Glaser (World #299), who both enter the GPI300 for the first time of their careers
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney (12 wks) | USA | 3,412.29 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,363.02 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,281.17 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Fedor Holz #1 | GER | 3,277.03 | 7 | +3 |
| #5 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,271.32 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,205.57 | 5 | -1 |
| #7 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,185.32 | 6 | -1 |
| #8 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 3,168.48 | 9 | +1 |
| #9 | Stefan Schillhabel CB | GER | 3,059.50 | 11 | +2 |
| #10 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,045.15 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,010.65 | 13 | +2 |
| #12 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,953.02 | 17 | +5 |
| #13 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 2,952.27 | 15 | +2 |
| #14 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 2,940.48 | 16 | +2 |
| #15 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,930.19 | 14 | -1 |
| #16 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,927.48 | 12 | -4 |
| #17 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 2,922.51 | 8 | -9 |
| #18 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,859.30 | 40 | NEW |
| #19 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 2,831.43 | 20 | +1 |
| #20 | Jason Mercier #1 | USA | 2,826.20 | 19 | -1 |
| #21 | Benjamin Pollak | USA | 2,822.93 | 46 | NEW |
| #22 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 2,814.39 | 21 | -1 |
| #23 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,813.54 | 22 | -1 |
| #24 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,769.60 | 23 | -1 |
| #25 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,769.04 | 24 | -1 |
Out of the Top 25: #29 Charlie Carrell (UK) -11 // #30 Jake Schindler (USA) -5
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Dominik Nitsche | GER | 233 | 81 | +152 |
| Juha Helppi | FIN | 200 | 126 | +74 |
| Samuel Chartier | CAN | 226 | 178 | +48 |
| Aaron Mermelstein | USA | 145 | 99 | +46 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | GER | 261 | 216 | +45 |
| Kenny Hallaert CB | BEL | 134 | 93 | +41 |
| Sam Grafton | UK | 189 | 148 | +41 |
| Martin Jacobson | SWE | 164 | 124 | +40 |
| Ivan Luca | ARG | 138 | 100 | +38 |
| Luke Brereton | UK | 230 | 195 | +35 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 78 | 208 | -130 |
| Sam Greenwood | CAN | 187 | 283 | -96 |
| David Yan | NZL | 161 | 251 | -90 |
| Daniel Colman | USA | 146 | 220 | -74 |
| Sorel Mizzi | CAN | 192 | 244 | -52 |
| Craig Varnell | USA | 211 | 262 | -51 |
| Patrick Leonard | UK | 98 | 144 | -46 |
| Michael Gagliano | USA | 136 | 182 | -46 |
| Alexandru Papazian | ROU | 77 | 122 | -45 |
| Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 135 | 180 | -45 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Romain Lewis | FRA |
| #302 | David ‘Doc’ Sands | USA |
| #303 | Antony Ruberto | USA |
| #304 | Andrew Kelsall CB | USA |
| #305 | Massoud Eskandari | IRI |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Claas Segebrecht 300 | GER | 219 | Romain Lewis | FRA | 301 | |
| Sean Yu CB | KOR | 280 | Dermot Blain | IRL | 308 | |
| Jeff Gross | USA | 291 | Andres Korn | ARG | 325 | |
| Seth Davies | USA | 295 | Atanas Kavrakov | BUL | 328 | |
| Jerry Wong | USA | 296 | Aliaksei Boika | BLR | 331 | |
| Scott Margereson | UK | 298 | Dylan Linde | USA | 347 | |
| Benny Glaser 300 | UK | 299 | Dorian Rios Pavon | VEN | 367 | |
| Ray Henson | USA | 300 | Philipp Gruissem | GER | 371 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,478.06 | = |
| #2 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,236.07 | = |
| #3 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,197.38 | = |
| #4 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,134.62 | +1 |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,128.58 | -1 |
| #6 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,057.16 | = |
| #7 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 3,006.34 | = |
| #8 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 2,964.71 | +4 |
| #9 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 2,930.15 | -1 |
| #10 | Dejuante Alexander | USA | 2,919.11 | -1 |
| #11 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,870.44 | -1 |
| #12 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 2,865.75 | -1 |
| #13 | Steffen Sontheimer | GER | 2,835.01 | NEW |
| #14 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,830.89 | -1 |
| #15 | Pete Chen | TAI | 2,830.05 | -1 |
Full November 8, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-11-08/300/
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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.
