Every week The PocketFives Milestone Report looks at the online poker players who are achieving career-best achievement or reaching new heights in the rankings

Lithuania’s ‘selinantis’ Moves Past $3,000,000 in Earnigns

If ‘selinantis’ has his way, he’ll soon be the all-time leader in earnings for his home country of Lithuania. He took a huge step toward that goal this week when he passed the $3,000,000 earnings mark. He’s just the second Lithuanian to hit that mark Laurynas ‘laurisl91’ Levinskas by just a touch over $200,000.

Two players joined the seven-figure earnings club this past week. Igor ‘M1ghtyducks’ Jelcic is just the fifth Croatian player to hit that mark. Meanwhile, Yago ‘yhsimplicio’ Simplicio joined the $1 million earnings club thanks to a couple of near-miss scores of just under $10,000. There are now 134 Brazilians in the $1,000,000 earnings category.

Hungary’s ‘kZhh’ Continues Moving Up the Rankings

‘kZhh’ entered the top 100 of the PocketFives Rankings for the first time just last week, but his ascension shows no slow of slowing down. He moved form #58 to #53 this week thanks to a Sunday that saw him hit three four-figure scores, two of them earning him enough PLB points to make his move. He’s now the #3-ranked player in Hungary behind just Andres ‘probirs’ Nemeth (#8 worldwide) and Laszlo ‘omaha4rollz’ Bujtas (#48 worldwide).

Felipe ‘lipe piv’ Boianovsky Cracks Top 100 for First Time

Seeing Brazilian players in the top 100 of the PocketFives Rankings is nothing new, but seeing Felipe ‘lipe piv’ Boianovsky in there is. Boianovsky went from #123 to #72 thanks to a runner-up finish in the PokerStars Thursday Thrill. The podium finish earned him $26,054 and added 289.84 PLB points to his total. It’s the third largest PLB haul for Boianovsky, behind a Super Tuesday third place finish (303.83) and his massive score for winning a SCOOP event earlier this year( 616.52). There are now 11 Brazilians in the top 100 – trailing just Canada, United Kingdom and Sweden, with 13 each.

Other Players to Reach New Highs in the PocketFives Top 100