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This week's P5's Rankings update features a five-spot jump for professional poker player Phil "USCphildo" Collins (pictured), who finds himself on the brink of entering the Top 10 after exploding onto the online tournament scene in early 2008. Phil's victory in the PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance on April 20th for $48k has moved him up to the #11 spot this week. Top 10 players Jon "PearlJammer" Turner and "moorman1" are both up two to #3 and #5 respectively.
WSOP bracelet holder and former P5's #1 Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy has caught fire recently; winning the PokerStars $100 rebuy tournament and final tabling the Full Tilt Poker $750k Guaranteed for a combined $45,000. Cliff is up 6 to #19 this week. Evan "PURPLEPILS99" Parkes is up 3 to #20 this week following his 2nd place finish in the Full Tilt $90k Guaranteed on April 26th for $16k. "The_Hunt_D," another rising online tournament superstar, has moved up 7 this week to #22. Joe "hoodini10" Udine took down the Full Tilt $1k Monday on April 21st for $92,750, and is currently ranked #27 in the world at online tournament play.
Mark "TheOmaholic" Roland has moved up the rankings ladder for the sixth consecutive week, and is up 8 to #28. Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen took down his second PokerStars $100 rebuy on the year on April 23rd, winning it for $31,600. He moves up 9 this week to #32. Poker Pro Magazine's featured online tournament player for the month of may, Steve "gboro780" Gross, is up 5 to #34 on the heels of his 3rd place finish in the PokerStars $100 Sunday rebuy tournament for $19k.
Nick "fu_15" Maimone continues to impress Pro Pollers after winning the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday for $66,600 in mid-April. United Kingdom's "JayPez" won the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed on April 22nd, and is up 5 spots to #38. "Mendieta19" and "stevie444" are both up 8 this week, currently ranked #40 and #42. "JOEYTHEB" made a huge jump in the rankings this week; moving up 14 to #49, as "YoungSupremacy" rounds out the Top 50 upon climbing 12 spots in this week's rankings.
"Tomgus456" is one of Sweden's top online tournament players, and he is now ranked #56 in the world. Sweden's "Eisenhower1" is up 13 to #64 this week and has 8 online tournament final tables in the month of April, including a victory in the PartyPoker $20k Guaranteed. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner and WPT Champion "BigRiskky" is up 15 spots this week along with "Exitonly." They are now ranked #66 and #67 respectively. Stuart "THEDONATOR" Patterson is up 18 to #73; enjoying the largest rankings jump this week, as "mx4ever" makes his rankings debut at #76. "Ender555" and Chris "Cmoney3" Kline are both up 10 this week - to #79 and #86.
New to the rankings this week are "ImaLuckSac," who enters at #88, and Australia's "Rkruok," who is now ranked #90. Germany's "bastet" won the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl on April 27th for $71,700, and is currently ranked #98 in the world. Long-time PocketFiver "UHBigTex" is new to the rankings this week at #99 following his March victory in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $366,000. Australia's "Kochan" ends this week rankings update at #100. Daniel had a 2nd place finish in the FTOPS Event #9 earlier this year for $176,000.
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.