PocketFives Rankings: aguskb Back on Top

Dan · September 9, 2015

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s once again time for the PocketFives Rankingsto be recalculated. After a one-week run by StrungOut1at the top of the Rankings, Playa del Carmen’s Aaron aguskb Gustavson (pictured) has taken over. He has a PLB score of 7,104 points, leading the pack by 225.

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Interestingly, Gustavson hasn’t had a win in a tracked online MTT since August 11, when took down the Full TiltTyrannosaurus Rex. His big claim to fame in 2015 is taking second in the PokerStars Super Tuesday in June for $52,000. He finished fifth in that tournament in April and was the runner-up in the Sunday $109 Rebuy in August. He is approaching 200 tracked wins and is enjoying his second stint at #1.

Legenden moved up from #11 to #7 this week. He was ranked #1 on our site in 2013 and has recorded two wins in the PokerStars $51 No Limit Hold’em Hyper-Turbo this month already. Legenden is the top-ranked player in Russia and owns $4.3 million in career online tournament winnings.

Moving up from #14 to #9 in the world this week is hellohellohello, who calls Russia home and was ranked #2 on our site earlier this year. He final tabled the PartyPoker Sunday Major at the end of August for $15,000 and has five tracked wins since August 21. He’s the #2 ranked Russian on PocketFives and hails from the city of Togliatti.

Outside the top 10, Vancouver’s jbrown8777 moved up 20 spots to settle at #26. He is coming off a blockbuster Tuesday in which he won the PokerStars Big $162 for $32,000 and finished second in the site’s $109 Cubed for another $10,000. jbrown8777 is up to $3.1 million in career online tournament scores and was ranked #6 on our site last year.

Finally this week, we wanted to talk about Davide girex91 Marchi (pictured), who moved up 30 spots and ended at #38 in the world. He pulled in $61,000 after taking third in the Super Tuesday on the first day of September, his second largest score to date. Earlier this year, he final tabled the Sunday Million and banked $135,000. Marchi is Malta’s #1 ranked player.

Here are the top 10 players in the PocketFives Rankings this week, along with the PLB score for each:

1. aguskb– 7,104 points
2. PokerKaiser – 6,879 points
3. veeea – 6,661 points
4. r4ndomr4gs – 6,356 points
5. Sheater – 6,303 points
6. sifosis – 6,296 points
7. Legenden– 6,100 points
8. joaomathias – 6,099 points
9. hellohellohello– 6,014 points
10. eisenhower1 – 5,926 points