PocketFives Rankings Update: p0cket00 Jumps to #1

Dan · November 19, 2014

We have a new #1 ranked player on PocketFives. This time, coming off a win in the 888 PokerWhale over the weekend, p0cket00(pictured) has assumed the top spot in the PocketFives Rankings for the ninth time in his career. This is his third stint at #1 this year.

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Here’s a look at when p0cket00, who calls Ontario, Canada home, has been in the top spot on PocketFives:

June 29th, 2011 – July 27th, 2011
August 3rd, 2011 – September 21st, 2011
September 28th, 2011 – October 19th, 2011
July 20th, 2011 – July 27th, 2011
September 14th, 2011 – September 21st, 2011
October 12th, 2011 – October 19th, 2011
August 6th, 2014 – August 13th, 2014
September 17th, 2014 – September 24th, 2014
November 19th, 2014 – ???

p0cket00 has $8.4 million in career online tournament winnings, the second highest total of any PocketFiver, He turned in 10 cashes on November 16 alone, including his 888 Whale win, an OPS second place finish, an 11th place run in the PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy, and a 27th place exit from the MicroMillions Main Event.

For the first time in recent memory, there were no new entrants to the top 10 in the Rankings this week. Instead, the 10 existing players jostled for position behind p0cket00. Last week’s #1, Patrick pleno1 Leonard (pictured), moved down four spots to #5 in the world. He had been #1 for two weeks, but didn’t record a score between November 9 and November 16, enough to oust him from the top spot. He won the PokerStars Bigger $55 on the second day of November for $41,000.

Ukraine’s psyhoagromormoved up from #31 in the world to #18 after recording three wins in three days for 410 PLB Points total. On November 12, he won the Full Tilt Benjamin and Winner Masters for $7,600 combined and followed that up with a victory in the PokerStars $109 Rebuy two days later for $7,800. This is the highest psyhoagromor has ever appeared in the Rankings on our site.

Alex lynskey99 Lynskey was another big mover this week, climbing from #73 to #28 after chopping the PokerStars Sunday 500 over the weekend for $67,000. The cash was good for 641 PLB Points and, two days later, he was in the winner’s circle of the PokerStars Hot $75 for $13,000. Like psyhoagromor, Lynskey is at his highest spot ever in the Rankings.

Finally this week, we wanted to single out Germany’s Yeshaya (pictured), who moved into the top 100 at #79. He had a productive weekend that included a win in the PokerStars $10,000 Guaranteed for $3,300, a 23rd place finish in the FCOOP Main Event for $6,300, and a second place showing in the PokerStars $109 Cubed for $15,000. He is the top-ranked player in Berlin.

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

1. p0cket00 – 8,049 points
2. PokerKaiser – 7,793 points
3. Yuri Martins – 7,724 points
4. CrownUpGuy – 7,706 points
5. pleno1 – 7,606 points
6. jbrown8777 – 6,949 points
7. joaomathias – 6,940 points
8. vicenfish – 6,931 points
9. Big Huni – 6,910 points
10. r4ndomr4gs – 6,909 points