Two of online poker's biggest stars regained spots in the Top 10 of the PocketFives World Wide Rankings last week. Jim P0KERPR033 Campbell (pictured), coming off a huge month of January, moved up three spots to #9, while Bryan theczar19 Piccioli advanced three spots to #10 following several massive scores in February.Campbell is one of online poker's most consistent regulars as he continues to rack up wins on the tournament scene. One of only three PocketFivers with more than $5 million in online tournament earnings, Campbell has already reached more than 50 final tables this year, including a win in the Full Tilt Poker $150 rebuy for $74,239 in January. His most recent victory came in the PokerStars $215 Weekly Pot Limit Omaha event on February 19, where he collected $11,029.
Piccioli, meanwhile, is coming off a three-way chop of the $2,000 FTOPS Event (#40) on February 19. He collected $282,245 in the deal and finished second to fellow P5er Ryan MyOhMyIts9High Sharp. Piccioli, who plays as "enterthewu19" on FTP, picked up $52,380 two days later for a sixth place finish in the $1K Monday Million, and added a win in the FTP $75K Guarantee for $30,385 on February 27.
Taylor taypaur Paur (pictured) retained the top overall spot in the rankings this week, and Paul paulgees81 Volpe and Jordan Jymaster0011 Young held onto the second and third spots, respectively. Young recently took fourth in MiniFTOPS Event #27, a $109 NLHE tournament, for $55,029. It was his biggest online score since a victory in the Full Tilt Poker $150 rebuy on December 16 for $76,623.Among the shifts in the Top 10 this week included shaundeeb (up one spot to #4) and Grayson gray31 Ramage (up two spots to #7). Despite putting in a lot of time at the cash tables at Aria in Las Vegas, Deeb has managed to reclaim his reputation as one of the game's top online grinders. He has only three cashes thus far in March but his PLB score is being carried by a two-day bender in January when he won a combined $373,500. The bulk of that came from his score in the Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday for $312,610.
One of the biggest movers in the Top 20 this week was Mark RenRad 01 Darner, who advanced from the #17 spot to #13. Darner earned his biggest career online score in February with a victory in FTOPS Event #20, a $200 Rush Tournament for $95,081. He bested Dan WiLDmAn75 Buzgon for his first FTOPS jersey. Another player shooting up the rankings this week was Sebastian p0cket00 Sikorski, who moved up seven spots to #20 with the help of three scores of at least $40,000 in 2011. He won the PokerStars $1,050 Super Tuesday in January for $91,344.
Robert little kraut Deppe (pictured) jumped from #36 to #29 this week, while Mickey mementmori Peterson moved up five spots to #39, and Philadelphia native bbbbb33 catapulted 13 spots to #44 upon winning his first Triple Crown in March. Weizer won the $100,000 Guarantee on Full Tilt on March 5 for $26,560, followed by the $15K GTD on UB for $4,796, and the PokerStars $100 rebuy on March 10 for $17,855.Jason teamwispy Helder currently leads the PocketFives March PLB race and jumped all the way from #71 to #50 in the rankings. Helder won the Full Tilt Poker $750K Guarantee on March 13 for $137,797 and followed it up with a victory in the FTP $30K Super Turbo Knockout on March 17 for $9,260. Other big movers in the bottom half of the Top 100 were Blair scnoodle Tidmarsh (up 10 spots to #58), MakeMeMaster (up 17 spots to #73), Stephen sizzlinbetta Reynolds (up 25 spots to #79), Jeremy Chipsteela Menard (up 25 spots to #80), Athanasios Athanasios 9 Polychronopoulos (up 27 spots to #84), and David phatchoy888 Cheng (up 22 spots to #97).
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Article written by: Brett bertminatti Collson
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