By
dhubermex
This week's P5's Rankings update features a move in the Top 10 by #5 ranked Daniel "djk123" Kelly, who is up 2 spots this week after becoming the top ranked PLB player in the world. Daniel continues to put up impressive results across the major sites; winning the PokerStars $100 rebuy and placing 2nd in the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed over the past two weeks, as well as final tabling another Stars $100 rebuy. Former #1 Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy is up 5 spots this week to #14 in the world at online tournament play, following two final table appearances this past week in the Stars $1k Super Tuesday and the $200 rebuy that were worth a combined total of over $50,000.
PocketFivers "GhettoFabolous" and "bhanks11" both moved up 2 to #15 and #16 respectively this week, as "the_Hunt_D" finds himself ranked #17 in the world after being unranked a few months ago. Nick "fu_15" Maimone continues his steady rise in the P5's rankings after earning $17k for 4th place in the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Mulligan on May 4th, and is currently ranked #26 after moving up 9 spots. "Mendieta19" is up 5 to #35, and Shane "Anbessa" Pacheco is currently ranked #37 in the world after reaching the final table of both the PokerStars Nightly Hundred grand and $1k Super Tuesday on May 6th.
Costa Rica's "improved" is up 6 to #38 this week, and former Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed winner "CapTinBisKuiT" is up 6 to #40. P5'er "Bakes" has moved up 13 to #48 this week upon placing 5th in the PokerStars $200 rebuy on May 4th. "Tomgus456" of Sweden is now ranked #49 in the world; with three final table appearances over the last week. The second largest movement in the rankings comes from "CrazyZachary," who is up 24 to #51 on the heels of his 3rd place showing in the Full Tilt $30k Guaranteed Turbo tournament on May 6th.
Ray "Exitonly" Coburn moves up 10 to #57 in this week's rankings update, followed by Triple Crown winner "mx4ever," who won three tournaments on three different sites in late April; moving him up 15 to #61. Kevin "Imalucksac" Macphee is this week's biggest adjustment in the rankings; earning the #62 ranking after moving up 26. His 2nd place finish in the PokerStars $100 rebuy on May 4th added $38k to his online poker bankroll. Stu "THEDONATOR" Paterson is up 10 to #63, and "brainwash" is up 15 to #68 this week. "Akat11" is a newly ranked player; climbing all the way up to #76 after winning three high-stakes online tournaments in six days last month.
Also new to the rankings this week are P5'ers "JCarver," "thechronic420," and "mattg1983," who are now sitting at #81, #84, and #85 respectively. Travis "TravestyFund" Rice enters this week at #89 following a very impressive April. Travis took down the UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic in October '07 for $800,000, and has now turned his attention to becoming one of the best online tournament players in the world. Ben "Shankingyou" Palmer finds himself ranked #93 this week following his 2nd place score in the PokerStars Sunday Million on May 4th for close to $100,000, as "The-Toilet" re-enters the rankings at #96. "Therookieqq9" and "fergwrx" round out the Top 100 this week, and are now ranked #98 and #100 in the world at online tournament play.
Be sure to check out the P5's Rankings next week for continued coverage of the world's best online tournament players. For information on how the P5's Online Tournament Player Rankings are calculated, visit our Rankings FAQ page.