<SPAN>THE__D__RY</SPAN> (pictured) is starting off the new year in a flurry by climbing up the PocketFives.com World Wide Rankings and taking over 12th. It is seldom easy to improve within the rankings, especially when you are already within the top 20, but he's making it look that way regardless. He recently won just over $46k taking 4th in the FullTilt $750,000 Guaranteed and asserted yet again why he is the #1 ranked player in all of Spain and deserving of 12th overall in the world. <READMORE>
Also improving in the top 20 are <SPAN>rdcrsn</SPAN>, <SPAN>DuckU</SPAN> and <SPAN>Tmay420 </SPAN>(pictured left). Rdcrsn moved into 15th and finished 6th in a PokerStars $109 Rebuy. DuckU is still on the rise after an astonishing few weeks consisting of two wins in the UBOC and a nice finish in the PokerStars Super Tuesday. He is now ranked 18th, two better than his previous ranking. Tmay420 has now cracked the top 20 as well, a powerful stepping stone in his quest to return to the #1 spot in the world. He won another tournament, namely the $55,000 Guaranteed on FullTilt for $16,350. This lifted him up by six and puts him in 20th, but it's doubtful he'll be there for long as he also won a tournament on the first day of 2008.
In the top 50, <SPAN>Annette_15</SPAN> (pictured right), <SPAN>gboro780</SPAN> and <SPAN>Rizen</SPAN> advanced substantially. Annette moved into 21st after winning the UltimateBet $19k Guaranteed Rebuy and placing 3rd in the UltimateBet $75,000 Guaranteed. Gboro780 had three 5-figure scores totaling for over $47k. He took 1st and 3rd in the Nightly Hundred Grand (in successive nights) and then placed 5th in a Stars $109 Rebuy. He is now ranked 25th. Rounding out the top 50 is Rizen who comes in at 49th, a whole 11 positions better than last week. After a deep run in the FullTilt $750,000 Guaranteed 11 days ago, Rizen continued to make his presence felt by taking 2nd in a PokerStars $109 Rebuy for $17,430.The second half of the rankings contains six big movers as well as several newcomers. The first three movers are <SPAN>fishbones11</SPAN>, <SPAN>Jaypez </SPAN>and <SPAN>Ruprikkt</SPAN>, who occupy 61st, 62nd and 63rd respectively. Fishbones jumped 16 spots and won a sizeable Stars $109 Rebuy for $43,625. Jaypez made three final tables, including a 2nd place finish in the PartyPoker High Roller $30k Guaranteed for $11,047. Ruprikkt took 4th in a Stars $109 Rebuy and 5th in a Stars $55 Rebuy.
Next are <SPAN>makavelyces,</SPAN> <SPAN>CrazyZachary</SPAN> and <SPAN>The-Toilet</SPAN> (pictured left). Makavelyces rocketed upward 20 spots and into 68th after having an exceptional week. He won $28,380 by finishing 3rd in the Stars Super Tuesday and won another $10,500 for finishing 5th in the UltimateBet 200k Guaranteed. CrazyZachary picked up 17 places in large part due to a win worth $15,370 in the PokerStars $45,000 Guaranteed just days ago. His new ranking is 69th. The-Toilet worked his way into 88th this week, which is an improvement of 11. He won the $20,000 Guaranteed Bounty on UltimateBet.
New to the rankings are <SPAN>fu_15</SPAN>, <SPAN>brainwash</SPAN> (pictured right) and <SPAN>Balla-B13</SPAN>. Fu_15 came storming into the rankings and is now 81st after winning three tournaments last week. He won the FullTilt Turbo Hundo, the FullTilt $55k Guaranteed and the FullTilt $14,000 KO Guaranteed for a total of almost $29k. Brainwash, known for his enormous success in the Stars Sunday majors in 2005, won two tournaments including a Stars $109 Rebuy for $20,580. He is the new 97th ranked player.That does it for this update, but be sure to check back next week for all the news and action on the PocketFives.com Online Tournament Player Rankings.
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