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By MattW | Published Jan 24 2008, 10:08 AM
So what does it take to crack the top ten?  Well, here's one suggestion: get close, then win over $100k in one day.  It's a proven method; just ask rdcrsn (pictured).  Last sunday he took 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for $26,579 and 3rd in the FullTilt $1 Million Guarantee for $82,986.  This added some serious fuel to his fire, hurling him into 10th place and leaving his previous ranking of 14th in the rearview mirror.

In the top 20, moorman1 and gboro780 (pictured left) both advanced three spots, placing them in 13th and 17th respectively.  Moorman1 did so behind three final tables and a big win in the FullTilt $50,000 Guarantee for $21,960.  Gboro made two final tables, taking 2nd in the PokerStars $20,000 Guaranteed  and 7th in the PokerStars $215 Rebuy for a total of $13,674.

Moving on to the top 50, scarface_79 and Bakes (pictured right) were able to move up substantially.  Scarface_79 gained a lot of ground after securing two more 5-figure scores.  He took 2nd in the PokerStars $55 Rebuy for $10,536 and 1st in the FullTilt Sunday Mulligan for $40,749.  His new ranking is 37th (previously 46th).  Bakes moved up ten and into 49th after winning a huge PokerStars $109 Rebuy for $40,750.

In the second half of the rankings, five players are trying (with success) to trampoline their way up the leaderboard.  Sketchy1 (pictured left) improved his status by a staggering 27 places.  He won the FullTilt $55,000 Guarantee for $20,888 and finished 3rd in the PokerStars Super Tuesday for $33,578.  He is now 55th.  Basebaldy went from 76th to 62nd.  He made two final tables, including a win in the FullTilt Fifty-Fifty for $9,689.  USCphildo made four final tables, the biggest of which was a 2nd place finish in a PokerStars $109 Rebuy for $13,100.  His new ranking is 66th, fourteen better than last week.

The final two players improving in the top 100 are Cdbr3799 (pictured right) and Charder.  Cdbr won the PokerStars $25,000 Guaranteed for $20,950 and is now ranked 75th (previously 87th).  Charder picked up 11 spots after winning three tournaments and final tabling five others.  He won the FullTilt $16,000 Guarantee, the FullTilt $20,000 Guarantee, and the PokerStars $22 Rebuy.  All in all, his week was worth over $32k.

New to the rankings are ElMastermind (73rd), THEDONATOR (89th), and Anbessa (90th).  ElMastermind came screaming into the rankings after winning the FullTilt Sunday Brawl for $64,930 AND the PokerStars $215 Rebuy for $46,485.  THEDONATOR won the FullTilt $1k Monday for $93,260, and Anbessa took 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $52,948.

A very exciting week in the rankings to say the least. Check back next time for all the updates and action on PocketFives.com Online Tournament Player Rankings.