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By MattW

AJKHoosier1 (pictured) advanced two more spots this week in the PocketFives.com World Wide Rankings, and is now number 7.  He final tabled yet another $109 Rebuy on PokerStars, closing out what was a phenomenal month for this Triple Crown winner.  SowersUNCC has continued to rise coming off of a final week in November that was worth over $111k, including back-to-back final tables of the PokerStars Super Tuesday $250k Guaranteed.  He won it once for $79,920 and took 3rd the other time for almost $33k.  This month he has already final tabled two tournaments and is now ranked 9th.

Rounding out the top ten is dabears87 (pictured left).  He made three final tables since the last update, the most profitable of which was a win in a $109 Rebuy on Stars for $28,545.  This score helped him burst through the top ten bubble where he is now ranked 10th.  

In the top 20, five players are making strides towards the top.  The first is stevie444 (pictured right), who had a week consisting of eight final tables.  Amazingly, he flat out won four of them for a total of $22,541.  As a result, he moved up three positions and into 13th.  JohnnyBax moved up again and this time by four.  He made another four final tables, two of which were 3rd place finishes in the Stars $109 Rebuy.  He is currently ranked 14th.  Moorman1 continues to be a factor in the rankings as well, as he climbed two positions and is in 15th.  He made five final tables for a total of $17,570.

The last two players causing a stir in the top 20 are CrazyMarco (pictured left) and rdcrsn.  CrazyMarco won a Stars $109 Rebuy for $20,400, which in turn elevated his rankings status by two spots.  He is now 17th.  Rdcrsn is still riding high from his six-figure score in the FTOPS.  He moved into 20th (previously 24th).

In the remainder of the top 50 this week, there are four primary movers.  The player improving the most is x2then (pictured right), who was recently featured in a front page article.  He made eight final tables in the last week,  three of which were wins.  His three 1st place finishes totaled for more than $50k and came in a Stars $109 Rebuy, the Stars Nightly Hundred Grand, and the UltimateBet Bounty $20k Guaranteed.  I suppose it's also worth mentioning that he took 2nd in a $109 Rebuy as well for $18,218.  A jaw dropping week propelled him into 35th, fifteen better than before.

Believer82 added two more respectable scores to his resume.  He placed 4th in the Stars Second Chance for $14,351 and 2nd in the FullTilt $64k Guaranteed (rebuy) for $16,864.  His new ranking is 36th after being 42nd prior to this update.  Tmay420 is ten spots closer to being back at number one.  He finished 2nd in both a $55 Rebuy and a $109 Rebuy on Stars for almost $30k.  He is now ranked 45th.  BKiCe (pictured left) rounds out the top 50, moving up eight spots and taking over 48th.  He won a $109 Rebuy on Stars for $21,210 and the following day took 2nd in another for $9,280.

In the latter half of the top 100, ten players did some serious damage.  DUCKU (pictured right) hit a power surge worth ten spots in the rankings and $24,709 in cash after taking 3rd in the Stars $215 Rebuy.  His new ranking is 58th.  IWEARGOGGLES picked up 13 spots and is ranked 62nd.  He is still rising from the FullTilt $750k Guaranteed win he had on November 25th. Telefonkiosk is ranked 69th after previously being 81st.  He won a Stars $55 Rebuy and took 2nd in the FullTilt $32k Guaranteed.  Gator93 is ranked 77th, which is 14 positions better than his last ranking.  He took 4th in the Stars $215 Rebuy for $17,808.  All In At 420 won $33,000 after closing out a big Stars $109 Rebuy.  This lifted him up 15 positions and into 79th.

Moving up 16 and into the top 100 is 85th ranked Dyzalot (pictured left).  He had a big 3rd place finish in the FullTilt $750k Guaranteed worth $56,364.  Also cracking the top 100 is SLOPPYKLOD, who played his way into 88th.  He had a very impressive performance in the FullTilt $1k Monday, which he won for $84,250.

Zugwat, hoodini10, and Mkind16 (pictured right) are three players returning to the rankings.  Zugwat had a nice finish in the PokerStars Super Tuesday for $13,750 (6th place).  He is now 94th.  Hoodini10 made five final tables, including a win in the FullTilt $55k Guaranteed and a 3rd place finish in the Stars $320 buy-in 3,000 starting chips with 20 min levels.  His week amounted to more than $36k and a new ranking of 96th.  Mkind16 is now ranked 100th after taking 2nd in a Stars $55 Rebuy.


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