This week saw Byron Kaverman (GPI#1, =) ranked atop the GPI World Poker Rankings for the third consecutive week. Kaverman has now gained lead on former World #1 Jason Mercier (GPI#2, =) to 81 points. After a longtime, the Top 10 GPI Rankings remain intact and all the players in the lead group are safe for another week.
Though last two weeks saw fall of poker pros Fabrice Soulier (GPI#322) and former World #2 Philipp Gruissem (GPI#376) out of the GPI300, but that gap has been filled by top-notch pros, namely Triple Crown winner Jake Cody (GPI#311), former EPT Grand Final winner Nicolas Chouity (GPI#354) and Marc-Andre Ladouceur (GPI#323) and Anatoly Filatov (GPI#421).
Furthermore, Nipun Java from India topped the GPI-Asia Rankings of this week with 2,066.33 pts. Nipun Java recently made headlines in the Day 1B of the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. In 2015 WSOP, Nipun cashed in 4 events including runner-up finish in the $ 3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed (Event #46). Till date, he has made $1.3+ million in live tournament winnings. and sits in the 2nd place of the India All Time Money List.
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| Rank | Player | Country | Score | Change | Rank | GPI 100 | Player | Country | Score |
| #1 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 4,257.36 | = | #1 | #162 | Nipun Java | India | 2,066.33 |
| #2 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,176.43 | = | #2 | #294 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 1,710.83 |
| #3 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 4,006.18 | = | #3 | #298 | Joanne “JJ” Liu | Taiwan | 1,706.34 |
| #4 | Scott Seiver | USA | 3,920.19 | = | #4 | #350 | Yu Liang | China | 1,597.71 |
| #5 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,733.29 | = | #5 | #450 | Raiden Kan | Hong Kong | 1,462.63 |
| #6 | Nicholas Petrangelo | USA | 3,710.07 | = | #6 | #458 | Hui “Kitty” Chen-Kuo | Taiwan | 1,451.58 |
| #7 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,701.11 | = | #7 | #492 | Terry Fan | Taiwan | 1,403.10 |
| #8 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,617.74 | = | #8 | #544 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 1,349.47 |
| #9 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,614.90 | = | #9 | #545 |
Andrew Gaw |
Philippines | 1,348.98 |
| #10 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 3,580.03 | = | #10 | #593 | Yingui Li | China | 1,309.83 |