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By MattW | Published Dec 13 2007, 01:40 PM
In this week's PocketFives.com World Wide Rankings update, there are two players advancing in the top ten.  The first is POKERPRO33, who moved up one spot to claim 4th.  He has been a consistent mover in the rankings and for good reason.  This month he has already come close to getting his hands on another substantial win, taking 3rd in the UltimateBet $75k Guaranteed for $8,625.  The second player seeing his hard work pay-off in both the rankings update and his bank account is SowersUNCC (pictured). He is now ranked 8th (previously 9th), in part due to a nice win in a PokerStars $109 Rebuy for $25,025.

In the top 20, several players made a significant push towards the front of the pack.  Stevie444 took over 11th, and JohnnyBax moved up to 12th.  Rdcrsn had an impressive week again, which included a total of nine cashes and $58,334.  His largest was in the PokerStars $215 Rebuy, where he finished in 2nd and pocketed $36,715.

Five players made big strides in the top 50.  X2then jumped seven spots and is now ranked 27th.  He placed 6th in the FullTilt $55k Guaranteed.  Number1pen (pictured right) advanced six places and is 33rd. He had a very profitable week, comprised of two 5-figure scores.  He won $18,780 in the PokerStars Super Tuesday by finishing 5th, and he won $16,506 in a PokerStars $109 Rebuy where he finished 3rd.  

Mr_BigQueso (pictured left) also had two 5-figure scores last week.  He took down a Stars $109 Rebuy for $20,490 and then four days later placed 2nd in the Stars Sunday Second Chance for $28,108.  In addition, he made three other final tables.  He moved up ten and is 37th.  DuckU improved his standing by the largest margin, rocketing up 18 spots to 40th.  He won two of the first five UBOC events, which in itself is as outstanding as it is unlikely.  The events he won were #2 and #4, and they earned him almost $85k.  He also final tabled another UBOC 2 event. Rounding out the top 50 is Bill Ivey.  He was ranked 55th last week and is now five better than that at 50th.  He won the $55k Guaranteed on FullTilt for $21,825.

In the second half of the rankings update, several players gained significant ground while several others were able to burst or re-burst the top 100 bubble.  Soggyvag2 came up 16 spots and is now 60th.  He had a gratifying win in the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed worth a cool $45,000.  JasonGray improved by 14 and is 64th.  He won the FullTilt $1k Monday for an even cooler $75,000.  Dyzalot, coming off of a nice finish in the FullTilt $750,000 Guaranteed, continues to rise this week.  He added around $14k more to his poker profile and improved by 14 positions in the rankings at the same time.  He is now 69th.  Currently ranked 84th is hoodini10 (pictured right, previously 96th).  He had several cashes last week, the most notable of which was a 2nd place finish in a Stars $109 Rebuy for $20,038.

New to the rankings are cdbr3799 (pictured left), rkruok, gotcha55, and Potroast.  Cdbr3799 is now 92nd.  He won the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed for $13,100 and won another $13,566 for taking 4th in the FullTilt Sunday Mulligan.  Close behind cdbr is rkruok, who is in 94th.  He made $10,050 after final tabling the FullTilt $750,000 Guaranteed.  Gotcha55, or Aaron Kanter as most know him, is now ranked 96th.  He won the Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed on Sunday for $25,000 -- not his first time he's won this event either.  Finally, Potroast made his way into the rankings where he is 98th at the moment.  He won the UltimateBet Bounty $20k Guaranteed and got 3rd in event #4 of this year's UBOC for $23,047.                 

Check back next week for all the updates and action on PocketFives.com Online Tournament Player Rankings.