Belgium’s ‘girafganger7’ Soars to Career-Best Rank

Nobody had a bigger jump in the PocketFives Rankings this past week than Belgium’s ‘girafganger7‘, who moved from #39 to #5 – an all-time high. The big jump is the result of five big cashes that earned him 777.83 PLB points. He was already the #1-ranked player in Belgium, and now has more than double the points of the next highest fellow countryman.

There were seven other players who hit career-high rankings in the top 100 this past week. Brazil’s ‘brunovolks‘ went from #33 to #27. James ‘Jaymo’ Noon rose from #50 to #38.

• Diego ‘MrBittar’ Bittar #45 to #43
• Kenny ‘SpaceyFCB’ Hallaert #63 to #56
• Adrijan ‘Adrijan_s’ Sinishtaj #61 to #59
• ‘truchota’ #95 to #92
• ‘paylakos’ #99 to #96

The $5M Club Finally Gets a German

This might sound like a surprise, but until this past week, there wasn’t a single PocketFiver from Germany with at least $5,000,000 in lifetime earnings. That all changed though as ‘nilsef‘ broke through the $5M barrier after posting a min-cash in the PokerStars Mini-Super Tuesday. The next closest German is Giuseppe ‘LeChiffre19’ Pantaleo with $4,967,677.

‘DeathByQuads’ Hits $3,000,000

Swedish online poker players continue to be a force on the PocketFives Rankings and the all-time earnings list. ‘DeathByQuads‘ passed the $3,000,000 earnings milestone this past week, becoming the 22nd Swedish player to do so.

Other players to hit million-dollar milestones this past week were ‘seahawk89‘ ($2,000,000) and MrNorberto ($1,000,000)

Diego ‘Die Ventura’ Ventura Highlights Biggest PLB Scores

Just four players hit career-high marks for PLB Scores over 500 points this week, but none were bigger than Peru’s Diego ‘Die Ventura’ Ventura. He beat out 369 other players to win the PokerStars Super Tuesday for the first time in his career.

• John ‘JohnSo18’ So – 591.61
• ‘brunovolks’ – 547.72
• Dalton ‘CheckmyShoes’ Brinker – 525.81