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dhubermex |
Published
May 31 2008, 02:54 PM
This week's P5's Rankings update features an important four-spot jump in the rankings by Johan busto_soon van Til of The Netherlands. After winning the Full Tilt Poker $90k Guaranteed tournament in mid May for over $36k, he has climbed to #13 in the world at online tournament play. This former PocketFives.com Triple Crown winner also has a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up in 2008. P5'er "shaundeeb" moved up one spot this week to #8, as he continues to effectively combine top-notch skill and high volume to prove he remains among the world's elite online tournament players.
"The_Hunt_D" was unranked just a few months ago, but has moved all the way up to #17. His 2nd place finish in the FTOPS $1k Event for $155,000 last year helped his case, along with March '08 victories in the PokerStars $100 and $200 rebuy tournaments for a combined total of nearly $76k. Nick "fu_15" Maimone is up two to #19 this week after putting up more impressive results in May. Nick won the PokerStars $100 and $200 rebuy tournaments in May for well over $100k in earnings. Andy "BKiCe" Seth, recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana, moves up five to #21, and Brian "SN8WMAN" Hawkins is up five to #22.
Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin has been on top of the world lately; winning two Bodog $100k Sunday major tournaments outright in the month of May for $23,600 each. Former back-to-back Sunday major tournament victor Greg "DuckU" Hobson is up 17 to #33 this week after taking down the Full Tilt $100 cubed tournament (one rebuy + one addon).
David "Bakes" Baker of Michigan is up 21 to #35 after taking 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up a week ago for $53,800, and "FishOnTilt" moves up 23 to #40 following his outright victory in the Full Tilt $40k Guaranteed. "Akat11" had an extremely impressive month of April; winning the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and $100 rebuy tournaments, along with the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed all within a week. He continues to enjoy the benefit of those scores, and moves up 16 to #44 this week. Former Magic: The Gathering professional "t soprano" is up 21 to #49 after taking down the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed and PokerStars $50 rebuy tournaments in May.
Perhaps the biggest story of the week, T.J. "DoubleS00ted" Slifka of Nevada won his third Sunday major tournament within a seven-month period upon taking down the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed last Sunday. He's up 27 to #55, and "ender555" is up 18 to #56. Matt "mattg1983" Graham moves up 16 to #59, and "MarCasino" is up 19 to #60. Eric "Rizen" Lynch took down the UltimateBet $40k Guaranteed Sniper tournament in May, and moves up 17 to #70 this week. Australia's "Kochan" is up 11 to #75 after placing 2nd in the PokerStars $100 rebuy, and "fergwrx" moves up 15 to #81.
Sweden's "Telefonkiosk" took down the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up a week ago, and finds himself currently ranked #83 in the world. "Patrolman35" is up 10 to #84, while Matt "Plattsburgh" Vengrin continues to earn the respect of his peers by putting up big-time results in major online tournaments. Matt's recent 2nd place finish in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed was worth more than $80k and has him ranked #87. Also new to this week's rankings are Jeremy "Chipsteela" Menard at #97, Joshua "bbbbb33" Weizer at #98, "Kenny Rap" at #99, and Frank "gator93" Hernandez 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.