PocketFives Rankings Update: cal42688 vs. pessagno Continues

Dan · July 31, 2013

The battle between Cal cal42688Anderson and Caio pessagnoPessagno (pictured) is heating up. This week, Anderson retained the top spot in the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings, but we could soon see a changing of the guard, as the two are separated by a scant 25 PLB Points, or less than one-half of one percent of both players’ PLB totals.

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Anderson climbed back to the top spot last Wednesday, his sixth stint at #1. No PocketFiver has retained a #1 ranking for longer than five weeks since February of this year, as Anderson, Pessagno, and Legenden have continually knocked each other off. This week, appropriately, Legenden sits at #3 worldwide, the same position he could be found at last week. Legenden trails Anderson by 400 PLB Points and calls Belarus home.

Sweden’s r4ndomr4gsclimbed six spots to #17 worldwide this week, his highest position ever. He just passed $2.5 million in tracked cashes in his PocketFives profile and received a boost after taking fifth in the 888 Poker Whale over the weekend for $12,000. On Tuesday, he won the Full Tilt Poker Benjamin, amassing $5,500 and 145 PLB Points.

Grayson gray31Ramage (pictured) moved up 11 spots to #19 worldwide, 12 places short of his highest position ever in the PocketFives Rankings. Ramage has continued to excel as of late, taking down the PokerStarsHotter $44 over the weekend for $14,000. The Costa Rica poker community member is about to pass $3.7 million in tracked scores and plays on Full Tilt Poker under the user name swish3113.

Reaching his highest mark ever in the Rankings was Mexico’s DownByDaBridge, who climbed from #49 to #35. He took second in the Sunday Kickoff over the weekend and pocketed $17,000. On July 17, he won the PokerStars $25,000 Guaranteed and boosted his poker roll by $8,400. He is #4 in Mexico and #2 in Baja California Sur.

Former #1 player Christopher NigDawG Brammer, who last reached #1 in March 2012, rose from #50 to #37 on the strength of a final table in the PokerStars Sunday 500 four days ago for $11,000. He returned to the felts last week after a two-month hiatus for the World Series of Poker in Nevada.

One of the biggest jumps in the top 100 this week belonged to Shyam s_dot111Srinivasan (pictured), who rose 37 spots to settle at #49. He scored big on Sunday by taking down the PokerStars Bigger $109 for a commanding $43,000, defeating fellow PocketFives member Wrang heads-up. It was his 144th tracked online MTT win.

Finally, we wanted to single out Brazil’s Kkremate, who went up from #84 worldwide to #51, a 33-spot boost. He won the PokerStars Big $162 one week ago for $18,000, increasing his PLB score by 317 points. He is the #2 ranked player in all of Brazil.

Here are the top 10 players in the PocketFives Rankings this week along with the number of PLB Points for each:

1. cal42688– 8,104.37 points
2. pessagno– 8,076.77 points
3. Legenden– 7,682.96 points
4. mjw006 – 7,542.21 points
5. eisenhower1 – 7,415.59 points
6. kleath – 7,394.43 points
7. Vinkyy – 7,250.24 points
8. j.thaddeus – 7,203.63 points
9. 1bigacehole – 7,193.50 points
10. fu_15 – 6,744.71 points

Players who made their way into the top 100 this week, and their current ranking, were:

70. TheSquid – 5,555.71 points
76. Telefonkiosk – 5,529.63 points
89. WaGe N WaRz – 5,418.85 points
90. 810ofclubs – 5,412.69 points
96. rph – 5,365.49 points
97. dadowiec – 5,361.05 points
98. mrvogt – 5,361.00 points
99. luckierno7 – 5,360.66 points