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dhubermex
The PocketFives.com Sortable Rankings, sponsored by PokerRoom, have seen a shift in power over the last six months in Canada, led by Russell "rdcrsn" Carson (right). Russell has put up some amazing results in online tournaments over that period, winning the PokerRoom $500k Guaranteed Grand Tournament XXI for $141,000 in late January.
That win alone would be more than enough to brag about in one day, but he was able to take down a $200 freezeout tournament on PokerStars for nearly $46k on the very same day, after placing 2nd in the Stars Sunday 2nd Chance for $26,500 only a week earlier! Subsequent victories in the UltimateBet $20k Bounty and the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed have solidified his points lead in the country of Canada, and "rdcrsn" is currently ranked #4 in the world at online tournament play.
Evan "PURPLEPILS99" Parkes is the #2 online tournament player in Canada at the moment, enjoying a nice boost from his end-of-year win in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for $42k, along with a win in the $65k Guaranteed earlier this month. Evan has final-tabled 13 online tournaments so far in the month of March - winning three of them. He is followed by former Top 10 world-wide player Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (left), who has over 5,000 PocketFives.com Leader Board points despite playing a relatively low amount online due to his live poker commitments. Matt's largest online scores have come from taking down the PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance tournament and placing 2nd in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for a combined $110,000.
Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim (right) hails from the province of Quebec, and has worked his way up to Canada's #4 spot with his February win in the FTOPS Event #15 for $72,600. He has 19 online scores over $5k in the past 12 months, which helped him overtake Ryan "Gotskillz" Fisler of RealPokerTraining*. "Gotskillz" has proven himself as a top-notch online tournament player by remaining one of Canada's top players for three years, and has 15 cashes over $10,000 since April of last year. PocketFiver "fishbones11" had a very impressive run at the end of 2007, winning the PokerStars $100 rebuy and the Nightly Hundred Grand for a combined $72k - earning him the #6 ranking in Canada.
Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi is now ranked #7 in Canada, and has dedicated less time to online tournaments in 2008. P5'er "therookieqq9" has picked up momentum in 2008, winning the Full Tilt Fifty-Fifty and the PokerStars $50k Guaranteed along with placing 2nd in the PokerStars $55k Guaranteed tournament. "Bertrand13" finds himself in the #9 spot after final-tabling the PartyPoker Sunday $300k Guaranteed and the PokerStars $100 rebuy tournaments. Rounding out the Top 10 is Mike "SirWatts" Watson (left) of Toronto, whose three largest scores in 2008 add up to over $72,000.
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PocketFives.com Sortable Rankings for Canada
(as of March 22, 2008, 6:00am Central Time)
1. rdcrsn: 6,294 PLB Points
2. PURPLEPILS99: 5,653
3. ch0ppy: 5,010
4. YoungSupremacy: 4,557
5. Gotskillz: 4,370
6. fishbones11: 4,209
7. Imper1um: 4,099
8. therookieqq9: 3,817
9. Bertrand13: 3,764
10. SirWatts: 3,718
11. bigdogpckt5s: 3,699
12. dajatt13: 3,680