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This week's P5's Rankings update features two moves within the Top 10, led by Daniel "djk123" Kelly who is now ranked #7 in the world at online tournament play. Daniel finished runner-up in two tournaments on UltimateBet earlier this week: the $75k Guaranteed and the $20k Guaranteed. PocketFiver "moorman1" (right) moved back into the Top 10 this week, and is up two spots to #9 after winning the PokerStars $50 rebuy tournament on March 17th for $10,000.
Shawn "phatcat" Luman (left) is now ranked #14 in the world after winning the inaugural Bodog Poker Open Main Event for $76,000. Shawn has well over $100k in tournament cashes for each of the past two months. Johan "busto_soon" Til continued his move up the rankings this week, gaining seven and finishing at #21. Johan took 2nd Place in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up on March 16th for $51k.
Brent "bhanks11" Hands (right) moved up six spots to #32 this week; as he continues to enjoy a rankings boost from his $278,000 first place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million. Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier saw his ranking improve by 20 spots after having an unbelievable run in online tournaments this month. Luke won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up on March 9th for $108,500, then placed 2nd in the Full Tilt $1 Million Guaranteed on March 16th for $126,400 and is now ranked #34. "PURPLEPILS99" is up six spots to #36 while "fu_15" moves up five spots to #44 this week.
Adam "Roothlus" Levy (left) has put up very impressive results this month, and moves up 22 spots to #48. Adam won the Full Tilt $90k Guaranteed on March 15th after winning the PokerStars $50 rebuy tournament a week earlier. PocketFiver "cdbr3799" won the PokerStars $320 freezeout and placed 2nd in the Sunday Warm-UP on back-to-back evenings earlier this month, and is up 14 to #59. Thomas "ChuckSty" Rau is up 15 to #60 this week, after taking 2nd in the Full Tilt $100k Guaranteed rebuy tournament on March 12th.
This week's P5's Podcast guest Amit "amak316" Makhija (right) moved up 12 spots to #67. Amit is gaining ground thanks to his victory in the PokerStars $100 rebuy and 2nd Place finish in the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed on the same day. His good friend from Wisconsin, Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin stormed into the rankings this week at #70 following his wins in the Full Tilt $20k Guaranteed and PokerStars $15k Guaranteed tournaments a few days ago. Jason "Mkind16" Laso also moved up this week, and is now ranked #84 in the world at online tournament play.
Nick "agriffrod" Mitchell (left) moved back into the rankings this week at #90 upon winning the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed and $20 rebuy tournaments in the same week. He is followed by P5'er "gregior," who won the PokerStars $100 rebuy last week and enters the rankings at #94. The final player to enter the rankings this week was "D1rtyR1v3r," who also has a victory in the PokerStars $100 rebuy tournament in the month of March.
Be sure to check back next week for all the updates and action in the PocketFives.com Online Tournament Player Rankings.