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This week's P5's Rankings update shows top-ranked player Chad M8kingmoves Batista (pictured) regaining the overall PLB lead among online players worldwide.  Chad took down yet another PokerStars $100 rebuy earlier this week, and currently holds the second-longest reign atop the P5's Rankings in history; second to online poker legend JohnnyBax.  Isaac "mr. menlo" Baron is up one spot to #3 this week following yet another major online tournament victory.  On May 7th, Isaac won the Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 for nearly $159,000.  Daniel "djk123" Kelly and Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis are up one spot to #4 and #7 respectively, while "shaundeeb" moves up to #8 following his $102,000 score for first place in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up.

Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy continues to prove that he can hang with today's toughest online tournament players; moving up two places to #12, as "bhanks11" finds himself ranked #13 in the world.  "PURPLEPILS99" moves up four to #16, and this week's P5's Podcast guest, Taylor "ElMastermind" McFarland breaks into the Top 20.  Taylor is two-thirds of the way to capturing a Triple Crown after winning the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed and PokerStars $100 rebuy tournaments earlier this week for a combined total of $48k.  Another streaky player, Nick "fu_15" Maimone is up five to #21 on the heels of his May 11th victory in the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy for $48,400.

Former Top 10 player Adam "Roothlus" Levy is making a comeback in the rankings; moving up eight spots to #24 this week after taking 3rd in a PokerStars $100 rebuy.  "Mendieat19" is also up eight spots, to #27.   This week's biggest jump in the rankings comes courtesy of Andy "BKiCe" Seth, who took down a $100 rebuy tournament on May 10th for $31,000.  Andy is up 24 to #34 this week.  "CrazyZachary" moves up 11 to #40 following his 3rd place showing in the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday that earned him $38,400, while Florida's "THEDONATOR" jumps 15 to #48.  Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee rounds out the Top 50, and could move up further in upcoming weeks due to his high PLB score.

Sweden's "eisenhower1" is currently ranked #54 after climbing 17 spots and raking in a five-figure score from the FTOPS Event #7.  "Mattg1983" is up 18 to #67, and "JCarver" moves up 13 to #68.  Travis "TravestyFund" Rice continues to prove that he has a place among the world's best online tournament players; jumping 15 spots to #74.  Long-time poker hero Eric "Rizen" Lynch re-enters the rankings this week at #84 after taking down the UltimateBet $40k Guaranteed Sniper tournament earlier this month, as "FishOnTilt" is new at #85.  UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed winner "Patrolman35" is now ranked #93, and "soggyvag2" re-enters at #94.  Also new to the rankings this week are PocketFivers "OnlyPlayRagz" and "gregior," who are now ranked #95 and #96 respectively.

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.