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 10/08/2008
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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 September '08 when he took 3rd place in the PokerStars WCOOP Main Event for $782,542 after a 5-way final table chop. This came only two months after 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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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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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. In September '08, he won the $300 PLO rebuy WCOOP Event #25 for $144k.
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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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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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.
PocketFives Interview with Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul
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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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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. He followed that up with a 2nd place showing in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy for $38,800 in September '08.
Articles by USCphildo
In Game Thought Process
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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.
Inside the Game with Steve "gboro780" Gross
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Tomgus456:
Tomgus456 on all sites. One of Sweden's superstar online tournament players. 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 plus another win in the Stars $100 rebuy for $44k. He continued his success in high stakes online tournaments in August '08 with a 4th place shwing in the Stars Sunday Warm-Up for $38,500.
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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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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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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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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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charder:
charder30 across all major sites. After winning the Full Tilt $1k Monday in '07 for $81k, Christian Harder took down the Ultimate Bet $75k Guaranteed and placed 2nd in the PokerStars $200 rebuy for a combined $45,000. In September 2008 Christian won the Pot Limit Omaha WCOOP Second Chance tournament for $23k, then took 2nd place in the subsequent NLHE 6-handed WCOOP Second Chance for another $18,500.
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holdplz:
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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Waters:
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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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.
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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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titantom32:
"Titantom32" has a win in the PokerStars $250k Guaranteed for $91,000 from August '08 along with a runner-up effort in the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl for $48,700 a month later. He also took down the PokerStars $100k Guaranteed in September '08 for another $22k.
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Telefonkiosk:
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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BKiCe:
Andy "BKiCe" Seth is one of today's online poker superstars who has been a positive influence on the game both at and away from the virtual tables. While playing nearly full-time as a professional poker player, Andy continues his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois Urbana, where he will graduate in the summer of 2008 with a degree in Finance.
His results include a 4th Place finish in the Full Tilt $300 Rebuy for $90,000, a win in the $100k Guaranteed for $33k, along with a win in the PokerStars $100 Rebuy. and two victories in the Full Tilt Nightly $163 tournament. On April 27th, '08, Andy took 2nd place in the Full Tilt $100 Cubed.
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TheRealPokerccini:
Pokerccini on most sites. His largest online tournament score came in September '08 when he went deep in the PokerStars $2 Million Guaranteed $10k WCOOP event for $41k. He has wins in the Nightly Hundred Grand and the $100k Guaranteed $300 freezeout tournament for $28.7k and $25k respectively.
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ckingusc:
Carter King of South Carolina made online poker headlines in September 2008 when he 5-way chopped the PokerStars WCOOP Main Event for $1,265,432! He eventually placed 1st in the event; capturing the WCOOP Main Event bracelet in the process. This became the largest online tournament cash by a PocketFiver in this site's history. This took place only four months after his 6th place finish in the FTOPS $2,500 event for $101k. He also has a runner-up performance in the PokerStars $100 Sunday freezeout for $34k along with a final table appearance in the Sunday Million for $19k.
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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 players who make up Final Table Team are Craig "MrCasino" Gray, Jason Gray, Billy Westom, John "johnboiprodigy" Clancy, and Kyle "thetruth503" Zartman. 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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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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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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DuckU:
Greg "DuckU" Hobson's largest cash came in September '08, when he took 2nd in the $10k NLHE WCOOP Event #5 for $459,000! He also made online poker headlines in 2007 when he won Sunday major tournaments on Full Tilt in back-to-back weeks. He followed that up with an outright victory in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for $82k, and a win in the Ultimate Bet Online Championship Event #4 for $55,700.
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UFman2 on Full Tilt. On September 7th, 2008, Steven Burkholder took down the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $135,900. He also has a win in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $31,600 and a runner-up performance in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for another $29k. He made his debut in the PocketFives.com Rankings at #81 in September '08.
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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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uncledrkmeat on Stars. TITANRON23 on AP. BlumesiusX on UB. IAMKEYSERSOZE on Bodog. In March 2008, "CapTinBisKuiT" took down the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $134,000. He followed that up with a victory in the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed in April '08 and an outright win in the FTOPS IX Event #3 ($200+16 NLHE 6-max Shootout) for over $45,000 in August. He also has a runner-up performance in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for $43,500. He continued his domination of high stakes online tournaments in September '08 with final table appearances in the Full Tilt $65k and $60k Guaranteed and had a win in the Stars $100 freezeout. Those three scores combined for a total of nearly $50k.
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ryanbluf:
Ryan Karp of Washington D.C. made online poker headlines in August '08 when he won the FTOPS IX $240 Knockout Event #8 for $121,000. He has 2nd place finishes in the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday and Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand for $44k and $31k respectively. He debuted at #88 in the P5's Rankings on August 13th, 2008.
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urCHEKRAISE on Full Tilt. He came on strong in late 2007 with a victory in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $24k (in for 100). In early 2008, Jason won the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl for over $65,000, and followed that up with a victory in the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed.
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number1pen:
Dominant in several areas of online poker, particularly the biggest SNGs, but he's also had quite a bit of tournament success, including a 3rd place finish in the WCOOP $10k NLHE event for $337,000. He also has a win and 2nd place finish in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for a combined $83,400. In September '08, he took 2nd in the WCOOP $200 Limit Holdem event $54k. His largest live tournament score came in July '08 when he placed 36th in the WSOP Main Event for $193k.
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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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jagz7:
Hailing from London, this young online tournament star put together a string of impressive results in July & August of 2008. His win in the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy was good for $46k. He also won the $90k Guaranteed on Stars for another $17,600. "Jagz7" took home $28,500 for his final table appearance in the Full Tilt $1k Monday tournament.
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