This week's PocketFives Rankingsupdate features a number of online poker superstars who have made significant moves following the 2010 PokerStars SCOOP and Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XVI. Corey comandr_cool Burbick (pictured) moved up to #4 worldwide after his victory in the SCOOP-03-H ($500+30 NLHE 6-max with rebuys) for $183,100 and a subsequent win in the Sunday 500 for $91,100 on May 16th. DoylesRoomBrunson 10 member moorman1 Chris Moorman climbs to #6 this week on the heels of his 3rd place showing in the SCOOP-31-M ($200+15 NLHE Cubed *1r+1a*) for $67,800 and WCOOP legend Daniel djk123 Kelly (best known for banking $950,000 last September from WCOOP cashes alone) is also up one spot to #7 in the world at online tournament play. Gettin Daize is up one to #10, and dipthrong Mark Herm advances two spots to #11.
Squee451Adam Sherman (pictured) put on quite a show in this year's SCOOP; earning $210,000 on May 10th for his first place finish in the SCOOP-22-H ($3,000+150 NLHE 4-max) and then taking home $173,000 four days later for his runner-up performance in the SCOOP-31-H ($2,000+100 NLHE Cubed *1r+1a*). Last month, Adam received $89,500 for his win in the Sunday 500, and is up ten to #12 worldwide in this week's update. Another big name who has made waves this month is Denmark's mementmori Mickey Petersen, who leaps 16 spots to #32 thanks to his 2nd place effort in the SCOOP-19-H ($2,000+100 NLHE Big Antes) for $161.7k and 5th place finish in the $1k NLHE rebuy SCOOP event for another $72,200. PocketFiver ags104 is up nine to #22, PokerKaiser moves up to #24, IM_ICM and caio_pimenta are now ranked #28 and #29 respectively, while siola, gutshtallin and Belabacsi each make significant moves in the rankings this week.
Oregon's DuckU Greg Hobson (pictured) moves all the way up to #46 worldwide after his 4th place finish in the SCOOP-H-Main Event ($10,000+300 NLHE) for $473,550. Chris Dombrowski, who goes by cdbr3799 online, walked away with $131,100 for his May 14th final table appearance in the SCOOP $2k NLHE Cubed event (3rd place officially), and also earned $60,000 on May 2nd for 4th place in the FTOPS XVI Event #28 ($240+16 NLHE Knockout), and is up to #56 worldwide. Sixty-second ranked whitE_mAmbA made well over $115,000 combined for his final table effort in SCOOP events on back-to-back nights. BleedBlue33 and Arsonist88 are both up ten to #63 and #65 respectively at online tournament play.
World class poker superstar BeL0WaB0Ve Kevin Saul (pictured) is back in the Top 100 this week at #67 after taking down the SCOOP $1k NLHE Cubed event for $239,900 and two-time Triple Crown winner Big Huni Chris Hunichen is right behind him at #71 following a $50,300 score in the Wednesday Quarter Million on May 12th. PocketFives members ronaldgrauer and Stuman123 advance to #72 and #78, while Kris123 makes the move to #80 worldwide. Poker Discussion forum moderator jdpc27 J.D. Wheeler is up 14 to #86, -BlackFours- John May is up 12 to #99, and Canadian YoungSupremacy Jeff Hakim re-enters the worldwide rankings at #89. Corwin mig.com Mackey is new at #90, KJulius10 is now ranked #92, and Sumpas of Sweden moves into the Top 100 (#95) thanks to his 2nd place finish in the SCOOP High Stakes Main Event for $851,800 on May 16th. Also new to the rankings this week are highlandfox (#96), therookieqq9 (#97), jus2awsum (#98), Athanasios 9 (#99) and Believer82 (#100).
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