On Friday on the virtual felts of UB.com, a $530 buy-in Pot Limit Hold’em Six-Max Deep Stack event played out as part of the Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC). The tournament attracted a starting grid of 206 players, surpassing its $100,000 guarantee by $3,000. The top 24 runners finished in the money and, at the end of the event, David Doc Sands Sands (pictured at right), the top player in the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings, fell to TORREY5 heads-up. Sands earned $16,000, while TORREY5 took home $28,000 for the win.

Sands retained his number one spot in the Rankings this week, a position he’s held since January 13th. Sands won a Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) tournament in May for $259,000 and trumped the field of the PokerStars Sunday 500 in August for just over $90,000. Three days ago, the top-tier PocketFives.com member won the Full Tilt Poker $120,000 Guaranteed for $32,000 and one week ago won the site’s $100 rebuy for $44,000. All told, Sands has raked in $150,000 in tournaments that are tracked for the Rankings so far in January in 31 in the money finishes.
In the final hand, Sands pushed over the top of a raise by TORREY5 holding A-9 on a board of 5-3-Q for ace-high. However, Sands’ opponent called with K-Q for top pair. The turn and river fell an eight and six, respectively, ending his UBOC title hopes.

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Taking fifth in the Pot Limit Hold’em Six-Max Deep Stack event, the 16th on the UBOC schedule, was BIGFAIBER, who hails from Colombia. BIGFAIBER earned $7,500 for his efforts and is a former winner of the PokerStars $11 rebuy for $11,000. In October, he finished second in a $20,000 Guaranteed Deep Stack tournament on UB.com for $3,900. Two weeks after his runner-up showing, BIGFAIBER finished third in the same tournament for another $2,700.

Sixth place in Event #16 went to Brandon AreTheseUtz Hall (pictured at right), who scooped $5,400. Hall won the 2009 UB.com Aruba Poker Classic for $753,000. In August, Hall finished second in the UB.com $200,000 Guaranteed for $45,000. Nine days later, he was the runner-up in the PokerStars Super Tuesday for $63,000. To open the new year, the Pennsylvania online poker player brought home the “W” in the Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed for $25,000. The final table of UBOC 4 Event #16 shook out as follows:

1. TORREY5 - $27,810
2. DSANDS25 - $15,862 (Doc Sands)
3. HAMAZRIYA3 - $12,515
4. 150383 - $9,528
5. WINNERFF - $7,468 (BIGFAIBER)
6. ARE THESE UTZ - $5,408 (AreTheseUtz)

Today at 2:00pm ET, a $109 No Limit Hold’em Turbo with Rebuys event will play out on the virtual felts of UB.com. The tournament guarantees $100,000 and UB.com pro Mark P0ker H0 Kroon will serve as its host. Kicking off on Sunday is the finale of UBOC 4. The Championship Event boasts a $1 million prize pool and price tag of $1,050. The festivities get underway at 4:00pm ET on Sunday. Despite originally being billed as a two-day tournament, the UBOC Championship Event will actually be a one-day affair.

PocketFives.com members have won 11 of the 16 UBOC events held so far, or 69%. Will members of the online poker community continue to dominate over the weekend? Stay tuned to PocketFives.com to find out.