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Published
Aug 13 2008, 08:34 PM
This week's P5s Rankings update features online poker legend Cliff JohnnyBax Josephy (pictured) advancing three spots up to #6 worldwide after an extremely impressive run at the virtual tables. The former top ranked online tournament player in the world continues to prove that he can compete among today's young guns, with recent 2nd place finishes in both the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday and the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy. Those two scores came in late July and totaled nearly $100k, but "Bax" placed 3rd in the very same $1k Super Tuesday on August 5th for another $43k... only a few moments after taking 2nd in the $100 rebuy for another $14k.
Shaundeeb moves up one to #3 this week, but could be on the verge on overtaking the #1 overall ranking after his outright victory in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series Heads-Up event for $115,000. Phil USCphildo Collins is up two to #5 this week after cashing for over $130,000 in a two-day period. He took 3rd in the Saturday FTOPS event for $62k, and then placed 2nd the following night in the Stars $250k Guaranteed for almost $70k more. Joe ender555 Ebanks is another P5'er who has been on a tear lately. He's up seven to #15 following early August win in the Absolute Poker $150k and 2nd place showing in the Stars $250k for $37.5k and $62.6k respectively. Matt mattg1983 Graham climbs 15 spots to #30 this week after taking down the Stars Sunday Second Chance for over $53k recently.
Anthony holdplz Spinella had another cash over $100,000 in early August to go with his $133k score from early July, and moves up seven to #32. After winning the Full Tilt $750k last month, Anthony came back with a win in the $1k Monday tournament in early August. Garrett GBecks Beckman is up 13 to #41 and Patrolman35 climbs six to #45. The big story of the week, however, is Jonathan therookieqq9 Plens of Canada, who enters the rankings at #48 following his monster $233,775 win in the PartyPoker Birthday Million. Gary GB2005 Bogdanski is up 17 to #49 and Australia's SEABEAST moves up ten to #50. Bastet, Germany's top ranked online tournament player, moves up 19 to #53 after winning the PartyPoker $50k Guaranteed for $15k and placing 2nd in the AbsolutePoker $100k Pro Bounty for another $21,800 earlier this month.
PocketFiver CapTinBisKuiT soared 31 spots to #56 thanks to his outright victory in FTOPS Event #3 for $45,300. That's on top of his 2nd place finish in the Stars Sunday Second Chance late last month for another $43,500. Shankingyou is up 13 to #67 and Sweden's Telefonkiosk re-enters the rankings at #67 after taking down FTOPS Event #2 for $51,200. Phidias ael1979 Georgiou of Cyprus is up 16 to #68 and old-school forum poster Daniel B_O_K_E Bokesch is now ranked #82 worldwide after taking home nearly $200,000 from his victory in the Stars Sunday Million. Ryanbluf is new to the rankings at #88 and Duffy08 enters at #92. Dan Kochan of Australia is #93, Brazil's K7MA is #94 and McNallyville enters at #96 this week. Rounding out the rankings this week are xMONSTERxDONGx at #98 and toetagu at #100.
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.