PocketFives.com World Wide Rankings
The PocketFives.com World Wide Rankings have set the standard for online tournament player rankings since their inception at the beginning of 2005. These rankings incorporate both statistical results via the Sliding PLB (PocketFives Leaderboard) and opinions of the top players, via the Pro Poll. For more information on how these rankings work, please visit our Rankings FAQ.
Rankings updated every Wednesday night; last updated on 09/03/2008
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AJKHoosier1:
Three-time P5's Triple Crown winner: 9/1//07, 9/12/07 and 7/29/08. Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis has multiple wins in both the PokerStars $200 rebuy and $100 rebuy tournaments, and he's also taken down the Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand. His largest online cash came in July of 2008 when he placed 2nd in the Full Tilt $1 Million Guaranteed for $135,000. He would go on to win the Absolute Poker $150k Guaranteed a week later for $37,500. A PocketFives.com Contributing Writer, Alex's front page articles have been an important resource for helping poker players from around the world improve their poker skills. Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis is an instructor for PokerXFactor.com, a top poker training site.
Articles by AJKHoosier1
The Evolution of Poker
Self Evaluation and the Big Picture
The Mentality of a Closer
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moorman1:
Chris Moorman holds the record as a five-time P5's Triple Crown Winner: 6/1/08, 8/17/07, 3/7/08, 8/3/08 and 8/16/08. An incredibly consistent player, moorman1 has quietly become one of the most successful players on the internet. He's won several major events, including the Absolute and Full Tilt 1k's and a chop of the Sunday 2nd chance on Stars. He final tabled the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in January 2008 for $36,600 but is still awaiting that ellusive Sunday Major. He famously used his whole Poker Stars account to buy into the $5k winner takes all and ended up chopping it for a cool $55k.
Moorman1 Wins 4th Triple Crown
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shaundeeb:
Shaun Deeb's name became synonymous with "high volume" early on in his career, earning him a spot atop the PokerStars Yearly Tournament Leaderboard. His largest online tournament cash came in the early morning hours of August 11th, 2008, when he won the FTOPS Heads-Up Event #9 for $115,000. Exactly three months earlier, he had taken down the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $102,500.
Shaun has an outright victory and 3rd Place finish in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for a combined $125,000, plus another 3rd Place showing in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $52,500. However, Shaun Deeb may best be known for wagering nearly $1 million on UltimateBet Blackjack in a period of one week, and winning over $30,000 in the process!
Articles by shaundeeb
The Flaw in Level 2 Thinking
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djk123:
mhrep on UB. Imabigkidnow on Full Tilt. Dan "djk123" Kelly stormed into the Top 10 in 2008 thanks to his wins in the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and $100 rebuy tournamets. After a 3rd place finish in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in March '08 for $55,600, he went on to take down another Stars $100 rebuy. One July 2nd, 2008, "djk123" became the #1 ranked online tournament player in the the world according to PocketFives.com.
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P0KERPR033:
Jim "P0KERPR033" Campbell came on strong in 2006 as one of the top all around players on the net. His most impressive win came in the PokerStars Sunday Million, which he chopped for $180k. He also has a 2nd place finish in the FTOPS IX $300 rebuy event (Aug '08) for $157,500 as well as a 2nd place showing in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for another $67k. James has outright victories in the PokerStars $200 rebuy and Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed tournaments.
P0KERPR033 Joins UltimateBet
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USCphildo:
Phil "USCphildo" Collins became one of the top online poker superstars in 2008, after winning the Full Tilt $1k Monday, the PokerStars $100 Rebuy, and placing 2nd in the Stars Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand for a combined $120,000. On April 20th, 2008, he continued his winning ways by taking down the PokerStars 2nd Chance tourney for $48,000.
Articles by USCphildo
In Game Thought Process
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the_Hunt_D:
toptizzlepizzle on Full Tilt. hemipowerswt on PokerStars. "The_Hunt_D" took 2nd in the Full Tilt $1k in November for $155,000. In March of 2008, he won the PokerStars $200 for $47k and the Full Tilt $100 rebuy for $29k. He entered the rankings on March 26th at #75 and quickly climbed into the top 50. In July '08, he placed 2nd in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $22k.
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ender555:
Joe "ender555" Ebanks had a tremendous showing at the tables in the month of March '08. After placing 5th in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $33k, he won the PokerStars $100 Rebuy and the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for $21k each. On August 3rd of the same year, Joe would make online poker history by final tabling 3 weekend major tournaments -- placing 2nd in the Stars $250k for nearly $67k, winning the AbsolutePoker $150k for $37,500 and placing 5th in the UB $200k for $11,000.
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gboro780:
Steve "gboro780" Gross has been one of the top online tournament players in the world since 2005. This P5s Triple Crown winner (Feb. '06) has impressed much of the poker world with his knowledge of the game and his easy-going personality . So far in 2008, Steve has two outright victories in the AbsolutePoker $150k Guaranteed Saturday flagship tournament, for a combined $78,000. He also won the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand for $26k. In the early morning hours of July 4th, 2008, "gboro780" took down the Full Tilt $30k and $20k Guaranteed tournaments.
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busto_soon:
With a win in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy, along with multiple wins in the $100 and $50 rebuys on PokerStars, Johan "busto_soon" Van Til has become the most recognized Dutch online poker player. He is among the top online players worldwide, and currently holds the #1 spot in The Netherlands. He's shown a tendency to climb to the top of some of the toughest tourneys on the net, and placed 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up in March '08 for $51,000. He continued his winning ways in August '08 with a 3rd place showing in the Stars $1k Super Tuesday for $46,300.
Not Going Busto Anytime Soon
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JohnnyBax:
This online poker player from Syosset, New York picked up the game in early 2005 and immediately became an online poker icon. Previously in his career, Cliff Josephy used the alias "Johnny Baxter" to solicit information from suspected fraudulent companies. Naturally blessed with one of the best attitudes in the game, Cliff holds the longest reign as the #1 player in the P5's Rankings; holding that spot for over one year.
In a very short time, he became one of the premier tournament players in the world, online or live. To prove this point, fans can refer to JohnnyBax's first ever Stud tournament, which he won for a World Series of Poker bracelet. Cliff has also captured two PocketFives.com Triple Crowns in his career.
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy is currently a lead instructor at PokerXFactor.com; a site that has helped thousands of players improve at poker. In June 2008, JohnnyBax became a representative of UltimateBet.com.
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SN8WMAN:
WarrickDunn28 on UB, SNo0oWMAN on Stars. Best known for winning the PokerStars Monthly Sunday Million ($530 buyin) for a whopping $278,500 in January 2008. From there, he went on to win the PokerStars $100 rebuy in March of '08. Earlier in his career, he final tabled the FTOPS Main Event on the same day tha he took 5th in the Second Chance $200 on Stars.
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dipthrong:
P5's Triple Crown Winner -- Mark "dipthrong" Herm made online poker history on July 13th, 2008 when he won two Sunday major tournaments on the same day. Shortly after taking down the Bodog $100k for $23.6k, Mark won the Full Tilt Poker $750k Guaranteed for $147,382. What's more, these two wins came exactly one week after he won the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for another $44,400. Mark continued his hot streak in early August with a victory in the Stars $250k Guaranteed ($500+30) for $91k. He also took 2nd place in the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed for $27,000 and placed 3rd in the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl in May '08 for $30k.
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PURPLEPILS99:
NEONPILS99 on Full Tilt. Evan "PURPLEPILS99" Parkes is one of the top young online tournament players. He has victories in the Full Tilt $1k Monday and $65k Guaranteed for a combined $64k, along with a final table appearance in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up.He Also has two 2nd place finishes in the 90k guarantee on Full Tilt two weeks in a row.And lastly, Evan has a third place finish in the 300r 6max ftops event for 112k,he is a very highly skilled young gun, so watch out!(By the way, he pwns Moorman1 for a living as well as ComptonMasta)
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rdcrsn:
In early 2008, Russell "rdcrsn" Carson went on an amazing run, taking down the PokerRoom Grand Tournament for $121,000, placing 3rd in the Full Tilt $1 Million Guaranteed, and earning a victory in the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy. These three scores were worth close to $270,000 combined... not a bad week!
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TSPINELLA on Absolute. From late '07 to June '08, Anthony "holdplz" Spinella put together a string of impressive online cashes - placing 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $96k and taking 2nd in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for another $61,600. However, his big score came in the early morning hours of July 7th, 2008, when he won the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $132,788. With that victory, "holdplz" entered the Top 100 world-wide PLB standings.. He also has a win in the Stars $100 rebuy for $50,700.
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FishOnTilt:
HTBjabroni64 on Full Tilt and UB. A rising young superstar from the state of Iowa, "FishOnTilt" made a name for himself in early 2008 with an outright victory in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for $46k, and a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars Super Tuesday for another $58k. Those two scores were in the same week. He also has final table appearances in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $34k and the $250k Guaranteed for $26k.
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Tomgus456:
In February '08, he took down the PokerStars Sunday Million for $220,000, then placed 3rd in the FTOPS Event #19 a week later for $67k. He also has an outright victory in the Bodog $100k Guaranteed for $25,000.
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BeL0WaB0Ve:
Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul has been one of the most consistent high stakes online tournament players since 2006. A former Top 10 ranked player, Kevin took down the Bellagio Cup III in July '07 for $1,342,000!
He's an Incredibly unpredictable player who can play a variety of tournament styles, switch gears and is hard to put on a hand. Although he doesn't play quite the volume online that he did in '05/'06, Kevin still puts up solid results when he's not focusing on major live tournaments. His largest online cash to date came from his runner-up showing in the FTOPS $300 rebuy event in August '08, when he took home $168,000. He also had a 4th place finish in the FTOPS $1k event two days before that for $105,000. Kevin also has outright victories in the Full Tilt $55k and $40k Guaranteed tournaments.
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PearlJammer:
PearlJammed on Full Tilt and UB. Jon "PearlJammer" Turner is a Triple Crown winner who is regarded as one of the best Tight Aggressive players by many of his peers. He has a win in the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday for $71,000 (April 2008), along with victories in the Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand and Nightly Hundred Grand tournaments on PokerStars.
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eisenhower1:
One of Sweden's top poker players, In August 2008, Eisenhower1 took 5th in the FTOPS $300 rebuy event for $64k. He also has wins in the PokerStars $100 Rebuy and Daily Fifty Grand. His largest online score came in November 2007, when he final tabled the FTOPS Main Event for $90,000.
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breeth:
Breeth is the top-ranked online tournament player in the country of Hungary. He entered the P5's worldwide rankings in 2008 following very impressive results in the month of June, in which he won the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and placed 2nd in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy. Those two scores combined for over $51,000 in total earnings. He also had a final table appearance in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in April '08. On August 31st, 2008, "breeth" earned $37,500 for another 2nd place finish in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy.
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bhanks11:
Brent Hanks captured online poker headlines in February 2008, when he won the PokerStars Sunday Million (Monthly: $530 buyin) tournament outright for $278,000. This came after his wins in the Nightly Hundred Grand and $55k Guaranteed tournaments in January of '08.
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JohnnyBelow:
Stian Stabell is one of Norway's top-ranked online tournament players who recorded impressive results in May and June of 2008. However, his big online tournament night came in early July '08, when he took down the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl for $61,500 and placed 3rd in the PokerStars Sunday 2nd chance on the very same evening! After taking down the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for $16k, he final tabled both the Stars Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand and the Full Tilt $1k Monday. Those two scores were worth a combined total of $38,000. He entered the P5's Rankings in June at #100, but is expected to move up quickly thanks to his recent performances in Sunday major tournaments.
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CrazyZachary:
Hailing from the state of California, "CrazyZachary" made online poker headlines in August '07 when he won the Full Tilt Online Poker Series Main Event for $395,900! He followed that up with a win in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for $37,700 (Dec. '07) and a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $26,700 (March '08).
In August '08, Zach continued his winning ways with a $59k cash from a final table appearance in the Stars Sunday Million. Later that month, he would take 3rd in the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event for $281,645.
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improved:
Hailing from Costa Rica, Felipe Montenegro is a two-time Triple Crown winner who had an exceptional start to 2008, winning the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $135,000 and the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed. In July '08, he took down the Full Tilt $100k Guaranteed ($100 rebuy 6-max) for another $35,500 along with the Stars $100 rebuy tournament for $25.7k.
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Stamdogg:
Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen has a total of FIVE victories in the PokerStars $100 rebuy, two wins in the Stars $50 rebuy, and outright wins in the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed and $55k Guaranteed tournaments. From June '07 to June '08, Keven recroded 22 scores of over $10,000 in online tournaments!
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MrCasino:
crazyskills on AP. mrsespn on Full Tilt. Craig Gray has a win in the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday for $78k along with two victories in the Stars $100 rebuy tournament for $60k and $50k. In late April 2008, he won the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance tournament for $50,500. Craig entered the worldwide rankings on May 21st at #79.
Craig Gray is a founding member of FinalTableTeam.com - a site dedicated to providing poker career updates on team members. The six players who make up Final Table Team are Craig "MrCasino" Gray, Jason Gray, Billy Westom, Jordan "Octavian_C" Rich, Kyle "thetruth503" Zartman, and Eric "jakz101poker" Crain. FTT members can be spotted at live tournaments wearing their red & black jerseys. We're proud to have FinalTableTeam.com members as Contributing Writers here at PocketFives.
Articles by MrCasino
Rebuy Tournament Analysis: Part 1
Rebuy Tournament Analysis: Part 2
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Anbessa:
A PocketFives.com Triple Crown winner, Shane "Anbessa" Pacheco is a top-ranked online tournament player who is also a PocketFives.com Forum Moderator. In January '08, Shane took down the Ultimate Bet $200k Guaranteed and placed 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for a combined total of $101,000. He followed those scores up with a victory in the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed in February '08.
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Matt Graham has been dominating high stakes online tournaments for years. His largest online score came from placing 2nd in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed. Since then, he's had a victory in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for $53k, placed 2nd in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for $57k, 2nd in the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday for $50k, won the Stars $100 rebuy for $29k, and taken down the Full Tilt $90k Guaranteed for another $23,000. In July '08, Matt captured a WSOP bracelet when he won Event #53 ($1,500 Limit Holdem Shootout) for $278,180.
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Whooookidd on Stars, Bussa Buss on Full Tilt and UB. David "Bakes" Baker came on strong in January 2008, winning the PokerStars Super Tuesday for $74,000, and the $100 Rebuy for another $41,000. He also had an outright victory in the Stars $100 Rebuy in November 2007.
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Jocke Treijs is one of Sweden's top-ranked online tournament players. In early 2008, he final tabled the PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed four times over a span of 3 months! His largest online scores include a 2nd place finish in the PartyPoker sunday major for $34,400, and a 7th place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $22k -- on the very same evening!
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Tele is one of Sweden's top-ranked online tournament players who caught fire in 2008. His largest win came in May '08 when he won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $105k. His other major scores include a $41k cash in the WCOOP Event #23, along with a 2nd place finish in the PokerRoom Big Deal and an outright victory in the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed.
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Ben Waters of Dallas, Texas had an extremely impressive 2008; winning the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday for over $80,000 on July 29th, then coming back with a win in the PokerStars $250k Guaranteed for $91k a month later. He also has a win in the Stars Nightly Hundred Grand for $26k and a 2nd place finish in the Full Tilt $100 rebuy for another $23k. Ben debuted at #77 in the PocketFives.com Online Tournament Rankings in early August of 2008.
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One Above All on UB, this guy has taken home a couple of wins on Stars in the 11+R NL Hold'em and Hold'em NL 150.00+12.00. Also having a nice win on UB $40,000 Guaranteed NLH.
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Chris Klodnicki has put up impressive online tournament results, including an outright victory in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for $84,000. He also has multiple wins in the PokerStars $100 rebuy and a 2nd place showing in another Full Tilt $1k Monday. In July 2008, Chris placed 12th in the WSOP Main Event for $591,869.
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fu_15:
Nick "fu_15" Maimone went on a tear starting in April 2008, winning PokerStars high-stakes rebuy tournaments on back to back weeks for a combined $122,000. He also won the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday for $66,600.
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Chad "M8kingmoves" Batista is one of the most feared online multi-table tournament players in the world - with results that are the envy of any pro.
He's had a total of three wins in the Full Tilt $1k Monday, along with multiple wins in the PokerStars $100 rebuy, and an outright victory in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed. Chad held the #1 worldwide ranking here at PocketFives for nearly one year.
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GB2005:
A PocketFives.com Triple Crown winner. Gary Bogdanski has been a consistent multi-table tournament winner and well-regarded talent ever since joining P5's in October 2005. He has outright victories in the Full Tilt (for nearly $80k) and Paradise Sunday majors. His largest online score to date came from his 3rd place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $85,000. On June 21st, 2008, he took down the AbsolutePoker $150k Weekly Guaranteed tournament for $37,500. Although he plays a lower tournament volume than he did earlier in his career, he can still be found putting up consistent scores in high-stakes online and live tournaments. Gary has also held a charity tournament once per year since joining P5's; raising over $5000 for a youth basketball program.
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