Age: 27
Address: Florida (willing to move to Europe if the contract is right)
Possibly the most feared online MTT player to ever grace the virtual felt. Chad "M8kingmoves" Batista constantly puts pressure on his opponents, and is not afraid in the least of risking his entire tournament life to accumulate chips.
Outright winner of the FullTilt $1 Million Guaranteed, PokerStars $1k Super Tuesday, FullTilt $1k Monday (twice), and the FullTilt New Year's Resolution. Also known as "lilholdem954," Chad won a total of 21 high-stakes online tournaments in 2007, and shows no signs of letting up in 2008.
Huge ROI
Online winnings close to 3 million
Also have some great live results with 5 final tables out of 11 attempts (1 win), all of them wsop circuit events.
Age: 20
Address: California
WestmenloAA on Stars. the guru 11 on Full Tilt. Playing lower volume than many of the other highly ranked players, Isaac "mr. menlo" Baron has been able to rack up some highly impressive results, including multiple wins in the Stars $100 rebuy, and outright wins in the Sunday Million and FullTilt $750k.
Isaac also took down the FullTilt Sunday Mulligan in February 2008. "Mr. Menlo" is known for his ability to objectively make crucial decisions during crunch time.
Huge ROI
Online winnings close to 2 million
Age: 25
Address: Massachusetts
Came on strong in 2006 as one of the top all around players on the Net. His most impressive wins include the $200 rebuy on Stars and the Sunday Million, which he chopped for $180k! In 2007, P0KERPR033 chopped the WCOOP Event #5 2nd Chance and captured a win in the FullTiltPoker $1k for $70,000.
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
Age: 25
Address: Toronto
After placing 4th in the FullTilt $2,500 FTOPS event for $148k in November 2007, "rdcrsn" won the PokerRoom $1k tournament for $141k, placed 3rd in the FullTilt $500 for $83k, and won the PokerStars weekly $215 rebuy for $46k... all in a one-week period!
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
Age: 21
Address: Bloomington
Making most of his money on Stars, AJKHoosier1 has wins in the $200 rebuy as well as several other events. Also has much success on Full Tilt and UB. In late 2007, AJKHoosier1 went on a tear and began dominating the online tournament scene at PokerStars. He also has a 3rd Place finish in the FullTiltPoker $1k weekly tournament. PocketFives.com Contributing Writer.
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
RANK 8. djk123 – Dan Kelly (will move up 1-2 spots due to latest results)
Age: 19
Address: Maryland
mhrep on Absolute, FTP, and UB. Chopped the WCOOP 2nd Chance $215 rebuy on PokerStars, and has won the $100 rebuy and nightly $100k Guaranteed on the same site. Also won the $300 $40k Guaranteed on FullTilt. Had well over $150,000 in online tournament cashes in January 2008.
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
Known as an extremely high-volume player, he won the FullTilt $1k Monday for $84,000 in October 2007. Shaun also has an outright victory in the coveted PokerStars $100 rebuy tournament, but is probably best known for placing nearly $1 Million in wagers (over a period of one week) on UltimateBet blackjack.
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
Rank 13. GBecks
Age: 23
Address: Gardner
Has won the FullTilt Online Poker Series Event #5 (for $102,000), the PokerStars Wednesday $150k Guaranteed (for $48k), the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed (for $45k), and the star-studded PokerStars $100 rebuy tournament. Also won the FullTilt $100 rebuy tournament in January 2008.
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
Age: 23
Address: n/a
The original number 1 ranked player in the new PocketFives.com automated rankings. He absolutely crushed Paradise and Party, leading up to those sites closing to US customers, but has since won the PokerStars $100 rebuy, the FullTilt $55k Guaranteed, and the FullTilt 50/50.
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
Age: 28
Address: Oregon
Shocked the online poker world in April 2007 when he won the FullTilt Sunday major two weeks in a row! Also has victories in the FullTilt $1k Monday, the UltimateBet Online Championship (Event #4), and the Poker Stars $100 rebuy tournament. Only plays high volume on the weekends.
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
Age: 19
Address: Florida
WarrickDunn28 on UB, SNo0oWMAN on Stars. In January 2008, Brian "SN8WMAN" Hawkins made online poker history. His ourtight victory in the PokerStars $530 Quarterly Million Guaranteed tournament, for $278,500, was one of the largest online wins ever!
Huge ROI
Online winnings 1+ million
(Statistic and review by PocketFives.com)
Rank 24. RandALLin
Age: 19
Address: N. Carolina
A relatively low-volume tournament player, who manages to put up some big results, including several large rebuy wins on Paradise and Stars.
From www.pokericons.com
Look out for this player in the coming years!