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Rankings Update: SC Closing In On #1.[ return to main articles page ]

By: MattW
Published on Oct 4th, 2007
With the WCOOP in the rear-view mirror, the PocketFives world wide rankings have been shaken up a bit all throughout the top 100. In the top ten, SCTrojans (pictured right) continued his climb toward the top, moving up one position into 3rd. He has been killing it this month, with his biggest score coming via the 1K Monday on FullTilt, which he won for $67,340. As if this wasn't enough, he also took 2nd in the PokerStars $109 NLHE on the same day! Also, SC is now in 2nd on the Yearly Leaderboard. <READMORE>

Others making moves in the top ten are POKERPRO33 (pictured left), atimos, PearlJammer, and Bel0Wabove. POKERPRO33 had two cashes for over 30K last week, one in the WCOOP ME and the other in the $750K Guaranteed on Tilt facilitating his move up one spot into 5th. One can only imagine what could have been for this poker superstar. Atimos also moved up one spot coming off of two 20K scores on PokerStars, one in the $215 Rebuy and the other in the $55 Rebuy which he won. Atimos now sits at 7th.

Rounding out the top 10 are PearlJammer and Bel0WaB0ve. PearlJammer had two 2nd place finishes this past week in addition to a sizeable win in the FullTilt 50K Guaranteed for $16,425. This helped him secure his current position of 8th. Re-entering the top 10 in October is Mr. Saul. He made six final tables on Stars last week and won half of them (took 2nd in another). These cashes add up for over 80K and a ridiculous week for Bel0W who occupies the 10th spot in the world wide rankings.

Oh yea, and Mr. Batista is still the #1 Stunna winning yet another $109 Rebuy on Stars last week.

In the top 20, mattg1983, AJKHoosier (pictured right) and mig.com are the big movers sitting at 15th, 19th, and 20th respectively. mattg1983 moved up two spots and also had two wins, one in the FullTilt 55K Guaranteed for $15,863, and the other in the PokerStars $109 Rebuy for $34,210. Triple Crown winner AJKHoosier continues to climb this week, also moving up two spots after a deep run in the WCOOP-17, and a 3rd place finish in a $109 Rebuy on Stars. Mig.com moved up a staggering 14 spots clawing his way into the top 20. He won $580,213 in the WCOOP-14. 'Nuff said for now.

The top 50 saw a lot of big changes with many players making huge surges toward the top. CrazyMarco, (pictured left) known as "NoraFlum" on Stars jumped up nine spots grabbing the 23rd spot in the rankings. His biggest score came as somewhat of a dissapointment I'm sure, as he won nearly 42K in the WCOOP-ME for his 14th place finish. He also had a win in the PokerStars $109 Rebuy for $30,498. Close on his heels is SowersUNCC who moved up five spots into 24th. This guy continues to climb each week, and deservedly so. He just won $145,376 in the WCOOP-22 and is currently ranked 13th in the PLB. Coming in at 32nd this week is aaronbeen who improved by six spots. He is still riding high after his $87K score a couple weeks ago on PokerStars.

Also improving their position in the top 50 are GBecks, scarface_79 (pictured right), and stevie444. GBecks moved up six spots into 41st, and had an overall superb September with numerous five-figure scores. scarface_79 has shown that he will take what he wants, this week Tony Montana'ing his way into 44th which is ten spots better than his position last week. He had two big scores, one on FullTilt for $24,000 and another on PokerStars for $13,711. Both were $109 Rebuys and he placed 1st and 3rd in them respectively. The last player to make the top 50 is stevie444 who moved up six spots. He had two wins last week for over 17K total on PokerStars. He also had a 3rd place finish on FullTilt in the Turbo 20K Guaranteed.

In the second half of the top 100 the action continues. BKiCe (pictured left)barely missed the top 50 improving by ten spots to 51st. He has had three-five figures scores the last two weeks, one of which was in the FullTilt 55K Guaranteed a few days ago for $18,488. Kenny Rap is also on the rise, coming in at 53rd, eleven spots better than his last ranking. He hasn't slowed down since winning nearly 70K in the WCOOP, as he picked up two more big scores on PokerStars for another 25K last week. Pokerjoe9 known as "bigegypt" on Stars catapulted up the rankings by 17 spots. This is mostly due to a huge win on FullTilt in the $750K Guaranteed where he took home 2nd place and $80,250. Also, this is coming after a $20K score on UltimateBet just a week prior.

The largest jump in the rankings this week comes courtesy of Elmasmacho, who has been climbing the rankings ladder like a rabid monkey on steroids (can a monkey be rabid?). He improved by a mind-boggling 25 spots, and currently sits at 59th. He has had some killer scores recently, two during the last week of September. He won the WCOOP 2nd chance #23 for $116,208, and also placed 2nd in a $109 Rebuy on Stars for $21,770.

Goodvibe (pictured right), TheHero, and jpapola, have also moved up considerably. Goodvibe, one of the best online players from Germany boosted himself up by twelve into the 67th spot. He won over $59K in Stars $109 Rebuys last week with a 1st and 2nd place finish. TheHero (Vietcong1 on Stars) improved by 13 up to 82nd with a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand. jpapola crept up 15 places, but he didn't do it so stealthily as he had numerous big cashes. These cashes included a 92nd place finish in the WCOOP-ME for 11k, a 2nd place finish in a $109 Rebuy on Stars for over 12K, and yet another score for 26K in the PokerStars Wednesday Hundred and Fifty Grand. This has earned him the 86th spot on the leaderboard.

Lastly, we have the newcomers to the top 100. They are Scott "emptyseat88" Fischman, pokerpixie, and WhoTheHell. Fischman had a big score in the WCOOP-22 for $35,112 as well as several other cashes that helped him move up 10 places into 91st. Pokerpixie, known as "vietcutie" on Stars went deep in two WCOOP events earning her over 55K. She also took 2nd in a $55 Rebuy on Stars proving that she belongs in the top 100. After moving up five spots she is now at 96th. So, Who the hell is the final player to sneak into the rankings? Well, I'm not so sure who the hell he is but I do know this much: it's WhoTheHell from Norway. With consistent cashes accumulating to over 20K last week, he comes in at 99th and finishes this episode of the rankings update.

Check back next week for all the latest news on the PocketFives.com Online Tournament Player Rankings.
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