Former #1-ranked Chris Moorman hit a five-figure score this past week at the 2016 WSOP

The fate of former PocketFives #1-ranked players hasn’t changed much through the third week of the 2016 World Series of Poker. Paul Volpe continues to be the class of the group and is the only one to grab a bracelet this summer, but there were a few who managed to make a bit of noise in the past week including two of the most respected players in PocketFives history.

Chris Moorman

2016 WSOP cashes: 2
2016 WSOP earnings: $21,434

Just two weeks after signing as the newest 888poker ambassador, Chris ‘Moorman1’ Moorman finally got his first cash flying under that banner. Moorman made a deep run in the $1,500 buy-in Summer Solstice event, finishing 13th for $19,943. It’s only his second cash of the summer but, as he showed at the 2015 WSOP, Moorman is capable of turning one good score into a bunch of good results and possibly the first WSOP bracelet of his career.

Cliff Josephy

2016 WSOP cashes: 1
2016 WSOP earnings: $3,613

Cliff ‘JohnnyBax’ Josephy is one of the most revered players in PocketFives history. He’s already got two WSOP bracelets but had come up empty at the 2016 WSOP until this week when he finished 114th in the $2,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $3,613. He also found himself playing in the Seniors Event, which turned out to have some unique aspects to it.

Jordan Young

2016 WSOP cashes: 4
2016 WSOP earnings: $22,060

Jordan ‘jymaster11’ Young posted two small cashes in the opening two weeks of the 2016 WSOP but found his first deep run this last week. Young outlasted 1,029 other players to finish 16th in the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em event to win $15,956. He followed that up with another small cash, earning $2,760 in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event.

Aaron Gustavson

2016 WSOP cashes: 4
2016 WSOP earnings: $16,662

Aaron ‘Aguskb‘ Gustavson tied for the most cashes of all former #1-ranked players in the last week with three, but was unable to turn any of them into a deep run. Gustavson finished 163rd in a $2,000 No Limit Hold’em event, 93rd in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event and then 73rd in the Summer Solstice for a total of $10,960.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko

2016 WSOP cashes: 6
2016 WSOP earnings: $26,793

Yevgeniy ‘Jovial Gent’ Timoshenko is one of just two former #1-ranked players to have secured six cashes so far at the 2016 WSOP along with Dan ‘djk123’ Kelly. Timoshenko posted three cashes in the last week for just over $12,000 in earnings. He finished 104th in the $2,000 No Limit Hold’em, 111th in the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em and then cracked the top 100 in the $3,000 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha event for $4,573, his second biggest score of the Series.