Simon Mattsson Tops the PocketFives Rankings; Chris Moorman Cracks Top 10

Two weeks ago, we reported that Sweden’s Simon “C Darwin2” Mattsson became the top ranked online poker tournament player in the world for the second time this year, according to the PocketFives Worldwide Online Poker Rankings.

Recently, Mattsson was relegated to the fifth spot in the rankings when four players catapulted ahead of him, including Brazil’s Joao “joaosimaobh” Simao who for the first time in his poker career the No. 1 ranked player.

Mattsson didn’t have to wait long to reclaim the top spot for a third time this year. Thanks to a win in one of the three Spring Championship of Online Poker opening events on PokerStars, the

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, for $226,106, he is now the top dog in the rankings once again.

Simao didn’t drop too far in the rankings, holding steady in second place in no small part to two strong performances on partypoker last week including finishing on top of the 3,271 player field in Online Grand Prix for $42,643 and a second place finish in the Super High Roller: $100,000 Gtd for $43,475.

Sweden’s “Ariados”, who has $5.7 million in online tournament cashes …

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