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shaundeeb:
Shaun Deeb's name became synonymous with "high volume" early on in his career, earning him a spot atop the PokerStars Yearly Tournament Leaderboard. Shaun has an outright victory and 3rd Place finish in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for a combined $125,000, plus another 3rd Place showing in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $52,500. However, Shaun Deeb may best be known for wagering nearly $1 million on UltimateBet Blackjack in a period of one week, and winning over $30,000 in the process!
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djk123:
mhrep on UB. Imabigkidnow on Full Tilt. Dan "djk123" Kelly stormed into the Top 10 in 2008 thanks to his wins in the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and $100 rebuy tournamets. After a 3rd place finish in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in March '08 for $55,600, he went on to take down another Stars $100 rebuy. One July 2nd, 2008, "djk123" became the #1 ranked online tournament player in the the world according to PocketFives.com.
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7030.91
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21.54
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moorman1:
Three-time P5's Triple Crown Winner: 6/1/08, 8/17/07, and 3/7/27. An incredibly consistent player, moorman1 has quietly become one of the most successful players on the internet. He's won several major events, including the Absolute and Full Tilt 1k's and a chop of the Sunday 2nd chance on Stars. He final tabled the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed in January 2008 for $36,600 but is still awaiting that ellusive Sunday Major. He famously used his whole Poker Stars account to buy into the $5k winner takes all and ended up chopping it for a cool $55k.
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6641.70
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M8kingmoves:
Chad "M8kingmoves" Batista is one of the most feared online multi-table tournament players in the world - with results that are the envy of any pro.
He's had multiple wins in the Full Tilt $1k Monday, the PokerStars $100 Rebuy, and an outright victory in the FTP $750k Guaranteed, among many other online tournament accomplishments.
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6077.07
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rdcrsn:
Always looking to buy W bucks, PM if you have some for sale and with your rate, ty.
In early 2008, Russell "rdcrsn" Carson went on an amazing run, taking down the PokerRoom Grand Tournament for $121,000, placing 3rd in the Full Tilt $1 Million Guaranteed, and earning a victory in the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy. These three scores were worth close to $270,000 combined... not a bad week!
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19.33
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PearlJammer:
PearlJammed on Full Tilt and UB. Jon "PearlJammer" Turner is a Triple Crown winner who is regarded as one of the best Tight Aggressive players by many of his peers. He has a win in the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday for $71,000 (April 2008), along with victories in the Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand and Nightly Hundred Grand tournaments on PokerStars.
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6247.66
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USCphildo:
Phil "USCphildo" Collins became one of the top online poker superstars in 2008, after winning the Full Tilt $1k Monday, the PokerStars $100 Rebuy, and placing 2nd in the Stars Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand for a combined $120,000. On April 20th, 2008, he continued his winning ways by taking down the PokerStars 2nd Chance tourney for $48,000.
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27.42
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AJKHoosier1:
Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis has multiple wins in both the PokerStars $200 Rebuy and $100 Rebuy, and took down the Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand. A PocketFives.com Contributing Writer, Alex's front page articles have been an important resource for helping poker players from around the world improve their games.
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5934.79
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PURPLEPILS99:
NEONPILS99 on Full Tilt. Evan "PURPLEPILS99" Parkes is one of the top young online tournament players. He has victories in the Full Tilt $1k Monday and $65k Guaranteed for a combined $64k, along with a final table appearance in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up.He Also has two 2nd place finishes in the 90k guarantee on Full Tilt two weeks in a row.And lastly, Evan has a third place finish in the 300r 6max ftops event for 112k,he is a very highly skilled young gun, so watch out!(By the way, he pwns Moorman1 for a living as well as ComptonMasta)
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SN8WMAN:
WarrickDunn28 on UB, SNo0oWMAN on Stars. Best known for winning the PokerStars Monthly Sunday Million ($530 buyin) for a whopping $278,500 in January 2008. From there, he went on to win the PokerStars $100 rebuy in March of '08. Earlier in his career, he final tabled the FTOPS Main Event on the same day tha he took 5th in the Second Chance $200 on Stars.
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6168.86
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JohnnyBax:
This online poker player from Syosset, New York picked up the game in early 2005 and immediately became an online poker icon. Previously in his career, Cliff Josephy used the alias "Johnny Baxter" to solicit information from suspected fraudulent companies. Naturally blessed with one of the best attitudes in the game, Cliff holds the longest reign as the #1 player in the P5's Rankings; holding that spot for over one year.
In a very short time, he became one of the premier tournament players in the world, online or live. To prove this point, fans can refer to JohnnyBax's first ever Stud tournament, which he won for a World Series of Poker bracelet. Cliff has also captured two PocketFives.com Triple Crowns in his career.
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy is currently a lead instructor at PokerXFactor.com; a site that has helped thousands of players improve at poker. In June 2008, JohnnyBax became a representative of UltimateBet.com.
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5506.30
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18.63
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gboro780:
Steve "gboro780" Gross has been one of the top online tournament players in the world since 2005. This P5s Triple Crown winner (Feb. '06) has impressed much of the poker world with his knowledge of the game and his easy-going personality . So far in 2008, Steve has two outright victories in the AbsolutePoker $150k Guaranteed Saturday flagship tournament, for a combined $78,000. He also won the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand for $26k. In the early morning hours of July 4th, 2008, "gboro780" took down the Full Tilt $30k and $20k Guaranteed tournaments.
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5742.57
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21.92
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ElMastermind:
MDMERIDIUS on UB. In early 2008, Taylor "ElMastermind" McFarland strung together outright victories in the Full Tilt Brawl, the PokerStars $200 Sunday Rebuy, and the Stars Nightly Hundred Grand in just over one month's time. Those three scored combined for a total of $140,000. In May 2008, he took down the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for another $22k, and the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $25k on consecutive nights.
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29.67
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mr. menlo:
WestmenloAA on Stars. the guru 11 on Full Tilt. Playing lower volume than many of the other highly ranked players, mr. menlo has been able to rack up some highly impressive results, including wins in the PokerStars Sunday Million and the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed. He also has multiple wins in the Stars $100 rebuy.
Isaac "Mr. Menlo" Baron is known by many of his peers as an extremely disciplined player who is capable of outplaying his opponents in a wide range of situations.
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12.75
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GhettoFabolous:
GhettoFabolous had a great run in early 2008 that led to his continuous rise in the worldwide rankings. In Febrary '08, he final tabled the FTOPS $1k event for $33k, and followed that up with a win in the Full Tilt $100 rebuy just 9 days later for another $27k. One month later, he finished 3rd in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $53,000.
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busto_soon:
With a win in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy, along with multiple wins in the $100 and $50 rebuys on PokerStars, Johan "busto_soon" Van Til has become the most recognized Dutch online poker player. He is among the top online players worldwide, and currently holds the #1 spot in The Netherlands. He's shown a tendency to climb to the top of some of the toughest tourneys on the net, and placed 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up in March '08 for $51,000.
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5646.38
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23.33
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mendieta19:
Triple Crown Winner in March 2008 with wins in the PartyPoker $20k Guaranteed, the PokerStars $50 Cubed, and the Full Tilt $100 Cubed $33k Guaranteed. His largest online score came in November when he final-tabled the FTOPS Main Event for $153,000. "Mendieta19" entered the PocketFives.com Rankings on March 26th at #86
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Exitonly:
One Above All on UB, this guy has taken home a couple of wins on Stars in the 11+R NL Hold'em and Hold'em NL 150.00+12.00. Also having a nice win on UB $40,000 Guaranteed NLH.
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CrazyZachary:
Hailing from the state of California, "CrazyZachary" made online poker headlines in August '07 when he won the Full Tilt Online Poker Series Main Event for $395,900! He followed that up with a win in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for $37,700 (Dec. '07) and a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $26,700 (March '08).
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fu_15:
Nick "fu_15" Maimone went on a tear starting in April 2008, winning PokerStars high-stakes rebuy tournaments on back to back weeks for a combined $122,000. He also won the PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday for $66,600.
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bhanks11:
Brent Hanks captured online poker headlines in February 2008, when he won the PokerStars Sunday Million (Monthly: $530 buyin) tournament outright for $278,000. This came after his wins in the Nightly Hundred Grand and $55k Guaranteed tournaments in January of '08.
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FishOnTilt:
HTBjabroni64 on Full Tilt and UB. A rising young superstar from the state of Iowa, "FishOnTilt" made a name for himself in early 2008 with an outright victory in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for $46k, and a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars Super Tuesday for another $58k. Those two scores were in the same week. He also has a final table in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $34k.
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Bakes:
Whooookidd on Stars, Bussa Buss on Full Tilt and UB. David "Bakes" Baker came on strong in January 2008, winning the PokerStars Super Tuesday for $74,000, and the $100 Rebuy for another $41,000. He also had an outright victory in the Stars $100 Rebuy in November 2007.
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P0KERPR033:
Jim "P0KERPR033" Campbell came on strong in 2006 as one of the top all around players on the net. His most impressive wins include the $200 rebuy on Stars and the Sunday Million, which he chopped for $180k.
In early 2008, Jim continued his winning ways by winning the Stars $200 rebuy for a second time and taking down the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed.
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MrCasino:
LadySkills on UB. Craig Gray has two victories in the PokerStars $100 rebuy tournament for a combined total of over $100,000. In late April 2008, he won the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance tournament for $50,500. Entered the worldwide rankings on May 21st at #79.
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5486.66
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37.42
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hoodini10:
Nephew of online great JOEYTHEB. Had two huge wins in the second half of 2006 - 1st in the Full Tilt $400k Gtd. and 1st in the Stars Sunday $100 rebuy. These wins were worth a combined $125k.
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40.50
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thecronic420:
LeoEleven on Full Tilt. Kryptokilla on Absolute. Jamie Rosen in real life. In late June of '08, Jamie won the PokerStars $150k Guaranteed $200 rebuy tournament for nearly $40k. In April '08, he took down the Full Tilt Fifty-Fifty and the $65k Guaranteed for a combined total of another $30,000. His 4th place finish in the FTOPS Event #6 in February '08 was good for nearly $30k.
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the_Hunt_D:
toptizzlepizzle on Full Tilt. hemipowerswt on PokerStars. "The_Hunt_D" took 2nd in the Full Tilt $1k in November for $155,000. In March of 2008, he won the PokerStars $200 for $47k and the Full Tilt $100 rebuy for $29k. He entered the rankings on March 26th at #75 and quickly climbed into the top 50. In July '08, he placed 2nd in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $22k.
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Anbessa:
A PocketFives.com Triple Crown winner, Shane "Anbessa" Pacheco is a top-ranked online tournament player who is also a PocketFives.com Forum Moderator. In January '08, Shane took down the Ultimate Bet $200k Guaranteed and placed 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for a combined total of $101,000. He followed those scores up with a victory in the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed in February '08.
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rcrane082985:
RussBuster on Full Tilt. In February 2008, "rcrane082985" caught fire and won the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $44k, and took 3rd in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan and the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand for $37k combined.
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44.13
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Stamdogg:
Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen has a total of FIVE victories in the PokerStars $100 rebuy, two wins in the Stars $50 rebuy, and outright wins in the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed and $55k Guaranteed tournaments. From June '07 to June '08, Keven recroded 22 scores of over $10,000 in online tournaments!
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Tomgus456:
In February '08, he took down the PokerStars Sunday Million for $220,000, then placed 3rd in the FTOPS Event #19 a week later for $67k. He also has an outright victory in the Bodog $100k Guaranteed for $25,000.
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ender555:
Joe "ender555" Ebanks had a tremendous showing at the virtual tables in the month of March '08. After placing 5th in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $33k, he won the PokerStars $100 Rebuy and the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for $21k each.
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BKiCe:
Andy "BKiCe" Seth is one of today's online poker superstars who has been a positive influence on the game both at and away from the virtual tables. While playing nearly full-time as a professional poker player, Andy continues his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois Urbana, where he will graduate in the summer of 2008 with a degree in Finance.
His results include a 4th Place finish in the Full Tilt $300 Rebuy for $90,000, a win in the $100k Guaranteed for $33k, along with a win in the PokerStars $100 Rebuy. and two victories in the Full Tilt Nightly $163 tournament. On April 27th, '08, Andy took 2nd place in the Full Tilt $100 Cubed.
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GBecks:
Garrett "GBecks" Beckman took down the FTOPS Event #5 in August of 2007 for $102,000. In early 2008, he won the PokerStars $25k Guaranteed and the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for a combined $43k. Earlier in his career, he cashed for over $100k in 1 week with back to back Sunday major final tables, finishing 3rd in the Party Million and 2nd in the Full Tilt $250k.
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SLOPPYKLOD:
Chris Klodnicki has put up impressive online tournament results, including an outright victory in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for $84,000. He also has multiple wins in the PokerStars $100 rebuy and a 2nd place showing in another Full Tilt $1k Monday. In July 2008, Chris placed 12th in the WSOP Main Event for $591,869.
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charder:
charder30 across all major sites. After winning the Full Tilt $1k Monday in '07 for $81k, Christian Harder took down the Ultimate Bet $75k Guaranteed and placed 2nd in the PokerStars $200 rebuy for a combined $45,000.
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ImaLuckSac:
Wu_Wizard on Bodog, FTP, and UB. Kevin MacPhee is one of today's rising superstars on the tournament scene. In April '08, he won the PokerStars $55k Guaranteed and $15k Guaranteed tournaments for a combined total of nearly $29k. The next month, he took 2nd in a PokerStars $100 rebuy tournament for another $38,300.
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phatcat:
P5s Triple Crown winner, with a win in '06 in the Stars $200 rebuy and several top 5 finishes in weekend majors. After winning the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand for $25k in February '08, he proceeded to win the inaugural Bodog Poker Open Main Event for $76k, along with a $57k score on PokerStars in March 2008.
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JayPez:
Jaypahhee on Tilt. In early 2008, JayPez moved up to one of the top-ranked online tournament players in the U.K. After winning the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and the $50 rebuy, in late '07, Jay placed 2nd in the PokerStars $100 rebuy in February '08 for over $38k.
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JohnnyBelow:
Stian Stabell is one of Norway's top-ranked online tournament players who recorded impressive results in May and June of 2008. However, his big online tournament night came in early July '08, when he took down the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl for $61,500 and placed 3rd in the PokerStars Sunday 2nd chance on the very same evening! After taking down the Full Tilt $65k Guaranteed for $16k, he final tabled both the Stars Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand and the Full Tilt $1k Monday. Those two scores were worth a combined total of $38,000. He entered the P5's Rankings in June at #100, but is expected to move up quickly thanks to his recent performances in Sunday major tournaments.
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xxjondxx:
Shipaholic on UB. In December 2007, Jon took down the UltimateBet Online Championship Event #10 for $41,000. From there, he went on to final table the PokerStars $200 Sunday Rebuy and the $1k Super Tuesday for $32k and $30k respectively.
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DuckU:
Greg "DuckU" Hobson made online poker headlines in 2007 when he won Sunday major tournaments on Full Tilt in back-to-back weeks. He followed that up with an outright victory in the Full Tilt $1k Monday for $82k, and a win in the Ultimate Bet Online Championship Event #4 for $55,700.
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