October 31 2018, by Eric Danis
October 31, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› Shaun Deeb (World #12) makes a big jump inside the Top 25, reaching a career-best #12 ranking this week. Deeb is currently chasing the WSOP PoY title at the Kings Casino in Rozvadov
›› Michael Addamo (World #18) also takes a big leap this week thanks to strong performances in Rozvadov. The Aussie star gains 42 spots in the rankings and makes his GPI World Top 25 debut
›› Still with the Top 25, four other players reaching a career-best ranking this week: Jake Schindler, Benjamin Pollak, Nikita Bodyakovskiy and Ryan Riess
›› Congratulations go out to Matthias Eibinger (World #218) and Mike Shin (World #295), who make their debuts in the GPI300
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 4,007.17 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,614.85 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,602.28 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,559.01 | 5 | +1 |
| #5 | Jake Schindler CB | USA | 3,461.71 | 6 | +1 |
| #6 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,460.81 | 4 | -2 |
| #7 | Benjamin Pollak CB | FRA | 3,330.22 | 9 | +2 |
| #8 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,301.97 | 7 | -1 |
| #9 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy CB | BLR | 3,284.47 | 12 | +3 |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,262.84 | 8 | -2 |
| #11 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,232.03 | 10 | -1 |
| #12 | Shaun Deeb CB | USA | 3,131.46 | 23 | +11 |
| #13 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,098.87 | 22 | +9 |
| #14 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,094.68 | 13 | -1 |
| #15 | Ryan Riess CB | USA | 3,084.61 | 18 | +3 |
| #16 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,084.34 | 11 | -5 |
| #17 | Anthony Zinno #1 | USA | 3,065.40 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | Michael Addamo CB | AUS | 3,060.87 | 60 | NEW |
| #19 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 3,050.14 | 14 | -5 |
| #20 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 3,042.54 | 16 | -4 |
| #21 | Timothy Miles | USA | 3,016.19 | 17 | -4 |
| #22 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,014.14 | 21 | -1 |
| #23 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 2,999.69 | 19 | -4 |
| #24 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 2,944.22 | 20 | -4 |
| #25 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 2,941.84 | 29 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Darren Elias (USA) -1 // #31 Joseph Cheong (USA) -7
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #67 | Martin Kabrhel | CZE | 182 | +115 |
| #195 | Marvin Rettenmaier #1 | GER | 279 | +84 |
| #151 | Ben Heath | UK | 228 | +77 |
| #131 | Antoine Saout | FRA | 200 | +69 |
| #205 | Michael Watson | CAN | 263 | +58 |
| #114 | Christoph Vogelsang | GER | 169 | +55 |
| #121 | Sylvain Loosli | FRA | 174 | +53 |
| #141 | Seth Davies | USA | 194 | +53 |
| #220 | Jimmy Guerrero | FRA | 273 | +53 |
| #18 | Michael Addamo CB | AUS | 60 | +42 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #291 | Ole Schemion #1 | GER | 109 | -182 |
| #174 | John Racener | USA | 98 | -76 |
| #219 | Taylor Black | USA | 149 | -70 |
| #110 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 53 | -57 |
| #88 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 32 | -56 |
| #287 | Ryan Hughes | USA | 232 | -55 |
| #236 | Timothy Reilly | USA | 190 | -46 |
| #232 | Phil Hellmuth | USA | 189 | -43 |
| #160 | Jason Wheeler | USA | 119 | -41 |
| #144 | Upeshka De Silva | USA | 106 | -38 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Ryan Van Sanford | USA | +14 |
| #302 | Eric Blair | USA | +8 |
| #303 | Filipp Khavin | USA | +11 |
| #304 | Will Failla | USA | -49 |
| #305 | Jeffrey Hakim | USA | +145 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Matthias Eibinger 300 | AUT | 218 | Will Failla | USA | 304 | |
| Mark Dube | USA | 269 | Daniel Dizenzo | USA | 328 | |
| Conor Beresford | UK | 290 | Jiri Horak | CZE | 336 | |
| Guillaume Diaz | FRA | 292 | John Andress | USA | 337 | |
| Mike Shin 300 | USA | 295 | Michael Sklenicka | CZE | 344 | |
| Vadzim Lipauka | BLR | 297 | Tomas Jozonis | LIT | 347 | |
| Marton Czuczor | HUN | 298 | Kevin MacPhee | USA | 350 | |
| Wendy Freedman | USA | 299 | Philipp Gruissem #1 | GER | 359 | |
| Chris Ferguson | USA | 449 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2018 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| 1st | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,815.44 | = |
| 2nd | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,691.67 | = |
| 3rd | David Peters | USA | 3,667.32 | +2 |
| 4th | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,660.28 | -1 |
| 5th | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,625.15 | -1 |
| 6th | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,384.46 | = |
| 7th | Shaun Deeb | USA | 3,346.66 | = |
| 8th | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,235.14 | +5 |
| 9th | Jason Koon | USA | 3,191.17 | -1 |
| 10th | Benjamin Yu | USA | 3,191.07 | -1 |
| 11th | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,184.81 | -1 |
| 12th | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,116.13 | -1 |
| 13th | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,099.37 | -1 |
| 14th | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,062.05 | NEW |
| 15th | Joseph Cheong | USA | 3,057.06 | -1 |
Full October 31, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-10-31/300/
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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.
