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Well it’s about that time again to take a look at the Everest Poker Leaderboards. With May now over and June just underway, it’s time to see how one month panned out and how the other one starts off.

For the May Monthly MTT’s, the final top ten looks like this:

1. Tooren 6783
2. BaSt4r 6152
3. Marcilan 5757
4. Slayer_pol 5650
5. Nuckin_Futs 5457
6. hase66 5070
7. Kratzbaum 4853
8. pieronaldino 4621
9. ExaMeter 4599
10. Rafichon 4594

First off, lets congratulate Tooren for holding down on the top spot for the last couple of weeks to win the May Monthly MTT’s for Everest Poker. The top 5 spots remained the same as they were last week. hase66 jumped Kratzbaum as they finished 6th and 7th respectively.  pieronaldino moved into the number 8 spot while ExaMeter dropped one stop to number 9. Rafichon finished 10th. espagne8 and mmoomm dropped off the leaderboard in the last week, but both are strong players who are continually vivying for a top 10 spot.

So far with just two days past in June, the top 10 is already shaping up a little bit. Let’s take a look:

1. fabbz 1115
2. foukadir 913
3. homer1985 892
4. pakhuis 851
5. Vincenzo88 830
6. asse44
7. Rafichon 823
8. MrCabdriver 724
9. claudioney18 686
10. macqueen 681

There are some newer names on the top 10 so far since we’ve been covering the Everest Poker Leaderboards, but hopefully this shows that there are not only some new players here as well as a little more parity among the Monthly MTT’s.

For the Sit and Go High Leaderboard, lets look how May ended up:

1. Ze_Carica 3890
2. OskarStar 3686
3. kubalibre19 3663
4. SanderBernd 3623
5. JakobFuller 3533
6. Rem24 3513
7. gogepok 3407
8. benny1896 3379
9. eurodollar54 3332
10. Ronin26 3302

While Ze_Carica and OskarStar remained the top two spots, kubalibre19 and SanderBernd moved ahead of some other players to finish out May. JakobFuller dropped from 3rd to 5th, Rem24 fell one spot to 6th. gogepok also fell one spot down to 7th, while benny1896 moved onto the leaderboard at 8th. eurodollar54 remained in 9th place and Ronin26 finished tenth. ikzelfzelf and oliv35 dropped off the leaderboard.

So far this week, there are some new players for the Weekly Sit and Go High leaderboard:

1. flavionovais 1040
2. wess0r1982 951
3. peethebee 931
4. Heavyfoot 894
5. Kratzbaum 862
6. artchick 838
7. pakito34 716
8. moonen0303 707
9. gaelinho_666 703
10. SPOOTY83 694

There are a lot of new names from what we’ve seen lately, but that will happen when your looking at weekly leaderboards. One interesting fact to be seen is whether Kratzbaum will continue playing in the MTT’s as well as the SIT and Go High tournaments or if he has decided that it’s time for a change.

The Sit and Go Low Leaderboard for the month of May looks like this:

1. jor69 2385
2. babe_rose 2347
3. Tippking 2346
4. kudi66 2318
5. sabinet1896 2210
6. otbld 2173
7. caesar78 2134
8. dr-gonzo 2134
9. fernando1056 2130
9. -szojo- 2130
9. Wumen 2130
9. brazomap 2130

jor69 took a tight victory over babe_rose for the month of May. Tippking moved up from 5th place to 3rd to end the month. kudi66 dropped from 2nd to 4th while sabinet1896 moved all the way onto the leaderboard at the 5th spot. otbld fell from 4th place to 6th place. caesar78, who was tied for 6th at the end of last week finished 7th. dr-gonzo dropped two spots to 8th place, while fernando1056, -szojo_, Wumen, and brazomap all finished in a 9th place tie after not recording any points last week.

So far, the leaderboard on Everest Poker for June looks as follows:

1. luck419 550
2. Jalo4Aces 545
3. kudi66 543
4. NIC-DAG 540
5. Romgrav 539
6. thejack33 530
7. pjotrix 528
8. JornBraam 449
9. W0llie 446
10. @-Jicsex40-@ 429

Be sure to take a look back next Monday to see how things start panning out even more for the month of June. Also, congratuatlions to all of the people who placed in the Everest Poker Leaderboards for the month of May.

Vincente Perez, 57, of Macon, Georgia pleaded guilty over the fatal stabbing that took place at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic city.

Perez and Arthur Price, 61, got into an argument over a seat at a poker table. The disagreement continued outside to the valet parking area.  Prince then proceeded to hit Perez with a cane several times. It was then that Perez pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed Prince, who severed an artery and was pronounced dead at an Atlantic City Hospital.

Perez will be sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless manslaughter. He said he didn’t mean to kill anyone claiming self-defense was the reason he brought out the pocket knife in the first place.

The argument started over a seat at a $1/$2 no-limit Texas Hold’em game. Prince was apparently awarded Perez’s former seat. Perez was out of cash and went to an ATM machine to get more money, and when he returned, Prince was in his seat after being told to by one of the floor people at the Taj Mahal.

Well it’s again time to take a look at the Everest Poker Leaderboards. With May winding down fast here, let’s jump right into it to see how this month is panning out for everyone.

First off, for the monthly MTT’s for May, lets look at the top 10:

1. Tooren 6069
2. BaSt4r 5913
3. Marcilan 5410
4. Slayer_pol 4898
5. Nuckin_Futs 4633
6. Kratzbaum 4585
7. hase66 4509
8. ExaMeter 4302
9. espagne8 4301
10. mmoomm 4299

Tooren again holds the top spot this week over BaSt4r, and these two players are now pretty much a lock to finish first and second this month.  Marcilan on the other hand, moved all the way up from 8th to 3rd where he has a good lead over the rest of the top 10. Slayer_pol and Nucking_Futs round out the top 5. Kratzbaum, last week in 3rd place, is down to 6th, while hase66 and ExaMeter, both newcommers, are in 7th and 8th respecively. espagne8, 4th last week, and mmoomm, 6th last week, are now rounding out the top 10.

Sit and Go High Leaderboard for the week ending 5-25-2008:

1. Ze_Carica 1573
2. gogepok 1360
3. JakobFuller 1331
4. OskarStar 1317
5. legoge 1292
6. kubalibre19 1286
7. frefroid 1236
8. klobard 1235
9. PMDOT 1216
10. Rem24 1211

So far this month, we have a pretty good race for the Sit and Go High Monthly leader. Here’s a look at the top 10:

1. Ze_Carica 3771
2. OskarStar 3572
3. JakobFuller 3472
4. kubalibre19 3431
5. Rem24 3362
6. gogepok 3351
7. ikzelfzelf 3285
8. SanderBernd 3274
9. eurodollar54 3267
10. oliv35 3218

Ze_Carica had a huge week last week, as he was the leader after the week and moved up from 7th place to first as the monthly Sit and Go High Leader. OskarStar, a regular on the Everest Poker Leaderboards, moved down one spot from first to 2nd. JakobFuller moved into 3rd place after a big week last week. kubalibre19 moved up from 6th to 4th and Rem24 went onto the leaderboard in the 5th spot. geogepok moved up from 9th to 6th. Places 7th through 10th are all currently being held by players that were higher last week and slid a little this week as ikzelfzelf, SanderBernd, eurodolla54, and oliv35 round out the top 10.

Sit and Go Low Leaderboard for the week ending 5-25-2008:

1. Tippking 940
2. kudi66 903
3. otbld 881
4. Swen01 867
5. babe_rose 859
6. Ricas 852
6. Wumen 852
6. brazomap 852
6. caesar78 852
10. AlexSmoke88 839

For the month of May, we have a pretty tight race for the Monthly Sit and Go Low Leaderboard on Everest Poker. Let’s take a look:

1. babe_rose 2347
2. kudi66 2318
3. jor69 2306
4. otbld 2173
5. Tippking 2161
6. dr-gonzo 2134
6. caesar78 2134
8. -szojo- 2130
8. Wumen 2130
8. brazomap 2130
8. fernando1056 2130

babe_rose moved up from 8th place into the top spot, with a slim lead over kudi66 and jor69. otbld is up from 7th place to 4th. TippKing, last weeks winner is up to 5th place after not being in the top 10 as of last week. dr-gonzo and caesar78 are now tied for 6th. There is also a 4 way tie for 8th place between -szojo-, Wumen, brazomap, and fernando1056. All the people are basically still in the top 10, but they are moving around like crazy here towards the end of the month.

With May quickly winding down, it’ll be interesting to see how everything plays out here in the Monthly MTT, and Sit and Go High and Low Tournaments. Be sure to look back next week to see how this month plays out as well as how June starts off!

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is playing host to a Heads-Up Tournament hosted by Full Tilt Poker. With up to 64 players and a $25,000 buy-in per player, Full Tilt Poker is already calling it the biggest heads-up tournament ever; live or online. Many other Full Tilt Poker professionals, such as Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, and Gus Hansen are set to be present.

The tournament starts Saturday at 3 PM E.T. and continues on Sunday with the final two rounds starting at 4 PM E.T. It is strictly a series of single elimination heads-up matches until there is a final champion.

Full Tilt Poker is offering online qualifiers for the event also. It’s part of a $500 + $35 heads-up tournaments, one which was held earlier today with another one taking place Friday at 9PM.

Fans can go to Full Tilt Poker to watch the action, but if by chance you miss it, Ali Nejad and Chris Ferguson will provide you with post-event commentary.

Hopefully they will be able to get even more of the Full Tilt Poker Pro’s to play in this tournament, as they have won 32 WSOP bracelets as a team. Stop on over at Full Tilt Poker for more details!

Event 14 of the FTOPS VIII Tournament was a $200 + $16 NL Hold’em Turbo. It was hosted by Amanda Baker. It was a 200k Guarantee that had 2,140 players.

The chip counts going into the final table were as follows:

1. Pokah_Prinz 838,357
2. comhood 831,290
3. OneUponAStar 606,395
4. dud711 498,476
5. kkpapoose7 398,686
6. Iamjones 395,338
7. DannyMac31 329,778
8. MattSuspect 227,784
9. zuzu99 153,896

With the blinds at 25k/50k and a 6k ante, DannyMac31 went all in with a TA off and was called by Pokah_Prinz with a suited AJ. The flop came Q7Q. The turn and river came 5, J and DannyMac31 was taken out in 9th place.

The blinds moved up to 30k/60k with a 7,500 ante, and more action came to the table as Iamjones moved all-in. MattSuspect called the all-in so it was Iamjones’s TA versus MattSuspects 4A. The flop came T95 giving Iamjones a pair of tens. The turn was a 3 and the river was a 2 giving MattSuspect runner runner for a straight, taking out Iamjones in 8th place.

With the blinds the same, comhood moved all-in over kkpapoose7. comhood had Q2 against kkpapoose7’s K7. The flop gave comhood two pair with Q52, but the turn was also a 5 giving kkpapoose7 a king out. The river was an 8 and comhood took out kkpapoose7 in 7th place.

The blinds are now at 40k/80k with a 10k ante, short-stacked comhood moved all-in with a Q4 and was called by OneUponAStar’s JA.  The flop was 2K3. The turn was a 6 and the river was a J taking out comhood in 6th place.

With the blinds the same, zuzu99 was all-in against now chip leader OneUponAStar. zuzu99 had JQ off against OneUponAStar’s 7A.  The flop came 68T giving zuzu99 an gut-shot, and turned an open ender with a K. The river was a 3 and zuzu99 missed all of his outs, finishing the tournament in 5th place.

Pokah_Prinz moved all-in with a K9 suited and again OneUponAStar called with a TK off. The flop came K6A giving both players a pair of kings. The turn was a 3 and the river was an 8 taking out Pokah_Prinz in 4th place and giving OneUponAStar a huge chip lead.

The blinds moved up to 50k/100k and the ante staying at 10k, short-stacked MattSuspect moved all-in with a suited J2 of diamonds and was called by OneUponAStar’s K3 OFF. The flop came 645 all clubs giving OneUponAstar an open ended straight draw and a flush draw. The turn was a 6 and the river was a 2 which completed OneUponAStar’s straight taking out MattSuspect in 3rd place.

The blinds were up to 60k/120k and the ante was now at 15k, dud711 moved all-in with a K8 off versus OneUponAStar’s A5. The flop came 63T hitting nothing for either player. dud711 turned a K and the river was a 10 doubling up dud711.

dud711 was now at about 1.4 million in chips and was all-in again with JK off against OneUponAStar’s TJ off. dud711 hit top pair on the flop coming 49K. The turn was a 10 giving both players a gut shot, but the river was a 2 again doubling up dud711.

The blinds against were raised to 80k/160k with a 20k ante, and dud711 pushed all-in with A4 and was called by OneUponAStar with Q9 off. dud711 hit a pair of 4’s on the flop with a 462. He iced it on the turn with an A and the river came a K taking out OneUponAStar in 2nd place. Congratulations to dud711 for a well played tournament.

Here’s how much everyone in the money got:

1 dud711 $87,290.60
2 OneUponAStar $56,496.00
3 MattSuspect $41,944.00
4 Pokah_Prinz $31,672.00
5 zuzu99 $22,256.00
6 comhood $14,552.00
7 kkpapoose7 $9,844.00
8 lamjones $6,848.00
9 DannyMac31 $5,136.00
10 poker4me123 $3,210.00
11 bobertina $3,210.00
12 janwillemsxm $3,210.00
13 JMac227 $2,140.00
14 backinyerbasket $2,140.00
15 thee sherrif $2,140.00
16 T9H_all in_T9D $1,583.60
17 jonster84 $1,583.60
18 riversidejoe $1,583.60
19 th_IN_kB4Urail $1,284.00
20 jonathan123 $1,284.00
21 Pierced_Aces $1,284.00
22 Toby87 $1,284.00
23 JMaster130 $1,284.00
24 IDropDeuces $1,284.00
25 Berry Johnston $1,284.00
26 Dougjones44 $1,284.00
27 rkruok $1,284.00
28 ShiP ThA LooT $1,112.80
29 SpitShineTommy $1,112.80
30 soybean168 $1,112.80
31 zummy828282 $1,112.80
32 PChizzle $1,112.80
33 mikey_nutz $1,112.80
34 STIK123 $1,112.80
35 Meeks16 $1,112.80
36 Beaver Fever $1,112.80
37 Scott Fischman $984.40
38 demonseed14 $984.40
39 Sergei Berezin $984.40
40 KCReaction23x $984.40
41 mdisraeli5 $984.40
42 pflippaD12 $984.40
43 Bubbagump29 $984.40
44 StuMan123 $984.40
45 NEONPILS99 $984.40
46 execcoach $856.00
47 dpisciot $856.00
48 EveryFnTime $856.00
49 bigclem1 $856.00
50 shipitoverhere2 $856.00
51 loudog79 $856.00
52 jason jiang $856.00
53 Payton3434 $856.00
54 FLIMSIN $856.00
55 HOLDEMBACK $770.40
56 killinda_sts $770.40
57 rickyste $770.40
58 almost69 $770.40
59 dOwnosaur $770.40
60 fulltiltok $770.40
61 Sebop $770.40
62 cincykid369 $770.40
63 busto_soon $770.40
64 MixJ $706.20
65 bossmanisme $706.20
66 atpilger $706.20
67 Chris Klecz $706.20
68 TRICKETT $706.20
69 Pinekiller $706.20
70 Arbianight $706.20
71 tommy2tyme $706.20
72 HisXLNC $706.20
73 Tsu_NilPferD $663.40
74 jr379 $663.40
75 HERCULES711 $663.40
76 jattaces $663.40
77 CP200 $663.40
78 rhroslothrop $663.40
79 Ponga80 $663.40
80 DIE NEVER $663.40
81 cosjoel $663.40
82 ATM Withdrawal $620.60
83 geeforce1 $620.60
84 KevinN $620.60
85 NutsErryTime $620.60
86 agriffrod $620.60
87 NiemanDK $620.60
88 55Diddy55 $620.60
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91 Arakas $577.80
92 socods $577.80
93 ship the chezz $577.80
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95 Ditri $577.80
96 TLPVicente $577.80
97 Lloyd Mongol $577.80
98 PlayingTooHigh $577.80
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100 tuna_fish_tank $556.40
101 Osses $556.40
102 SHIPCHIPSPLZ $556.40
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104 unclej53 $556.40
105 CrayonBox $556.40
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After a week of not looking at the Everest Poker Leaderboards, it’s time to take a quick glance again at how everyone is doing.
For the MTTs for the month of May, not a whole lot has changed.  Lets take a look at how things are shaping up as May is winding down.

May MTT for Everest Poker:

1.  Tooren 4745
2.  BaSt4r 4530
3.  Kratzbaum 4272
4.  espagne8 4037
5.  sitdownpleas 3962
6.  mmoomm 3959
7.  Slayer_pol 3890
8.  macqueen 3740
9.  Marcilan 3730
10.  brix77 3634

Tooren has taken over the top spot from BaSt4r, but both these players look as though they will be fighting for 1st and 2nd place for the rest of this month.  Kratzbaum is still currently in 3rd place after being in the same spot last week.  espagne8 made a huge jump from 10th place last week up to 4th this week.  sitdownpleas moved into the 5 spot this week after not being in the top 10 the last time we looked at this Everest Poker Leaderboard.  mmoomm lost one spot down to 6th place, but has been playing well as of late.  7th place is currently held down by newcomer Slayer_pol. macqueen slid down from 6th to 8th.  Marcilan, who has been playing extremely good the last couple of months slid all the way from 4th to 9th.  Rounding out the top 10 is brix77

Sit and Go High Leaders for week ending May 18th:

1.  OskarStar 1450
2.  SanderBernd 1444
3.  kubalibre19 1434
4.  Ze_Carica 1395
5.  oliv35 1339
6.  jiams 1299
7.  JakobFuller 1296
8.  .Xino. 1285
9.  gogepok 1284
10.  gaelinho_666 1260

After not being on the leaderboard last week, OskarStar amazingly came out of no where to come out on top again.  This is his 4th week in a row that he’s been on the Everest Poker Sit and Go High leaderboard.  SanderBernd moved up from 4th place to finish out the week 2nd.  Kubalibre19 gained 7 spots from 10th up to 3rd.  Ze_Carica was the leader last time we checked, and finished out in 4th place.  Spots 5 through 10 were all taken down by people who were not on the leaderboard last week, finishing oliv35, jiams, JakobFuller, .Xino., gogepok, and gaelinho_666, respectively.

The monthly leaders so far for the Sit and Go High leaders are as follows:

1.  OskarStar 3362
2.  SanderBernd 3230
3.  ikzelfzelf 3222
4.  eurodolla54 3180
5.  oliv35 3164
6.  kubalibre19 3110
7.  Ze_Carica 3084
8.  pierroo 3059
9.  gogepok 3043
10.  Onion 3014

Sit and Go Low for the week ending May 18th:

1.  kudi66 881
2.  otbld 866
3.  caesar78 852
3.  Wumen 852
3.  brazomap 852
6.  dr-gonzo 827
7.  fernando1056 814
8.  neness 806
9.  Jalo4Aces 805
10.  julyR88 804

Kudi66 came on strong as of late to take first place for last week.  otbld was in 7th and moved up to the 2nd spot.  caesar78, Wumen, and brazomap finished in a tie for 3rd.  dr-gonzo was down from 4th to 6th place.   fernando1056 moved into 7th place, with neness, Jalo4Aces and julyR88 rounding out the top 10.

The monthly leaders so far for the Sit and Go Low leaders are as follows:

1.  kudi66 2256
2.  jor69 2196
3.  dr-gonzo 2134
4.  Wumen 2130
4.  caesar78 2130
4.  brazomap 2130
7.  otbld 2119
8.  babe_rose 2108
9.  -szojo- 2017
10.  fernando1056 2008
Interestingly enough, last week a tie for 3rd place was between caesar78, Wumen, and brazomap.  They are currently tied for 4th place in the monthly standings.  Be sure to check back next Monday to see how this race as well as the rest of the leaderboards shape up for Everest Poker.

If you happen to live in the state of Washington, an important ruling came down today at the hands of a King County Superior Court judge. She ruled that playing poker for money online is still illegal in this state. Lee Rousso, a local attorney and poker player said he hopes the U.S. Supreme Court would hopefully issue the ultimatum ruling eventually.

Last year, the Senate and House of Washington added online gambling to the list of illegal activities in Washington. Playing online poker in Washington is currently a Class C felony, with up to 5 years in jail and a fine of $10,000 possible. Consequently, playing online poker in Washington is in line with child pornography and distribution of heroin for their penalties if convicted.

Hopefully Rousso is successful in bringing his case up against the U.S. Supreme Court as he feels as though making online gambling illegal violates his rights brought forth by the Constitution. His argument went up saying that there was no jurisdictional power by the states to regulate something that is often starting from companies located in places other than the United States.

King county Superior Judge Mary Roberts claimed that the history of the states strict gambling laws influenced her ruling. The truth to this matter is that something needs to be done in many of the states today to stop making online poker illegal, because I don’t even think the legislators themselves consider playing poker online is punishable by up to 5 years of your life in jail and a hefty fine of $10,000.

The buy-in for this tournament was $500 + $35 and there was a total of 637 players. First place alone payed out over $68,000. Lets take a
look at the chip counts heading into the final table:

1. Kavin86 1,114,541
2. scatterbrain123 495,675
3. Care4Nature 465,801
4. MMMADD 424,767
5. LokoIsBack 361,264
6. bd3109 322,952

With the blinds at 15k/30k, bd3109 was short stacked. He raised to 105,000 and mmmadd re-raised over the top to put bd3109 all-in. mmmadd showed AQ7A with a heart draw while bd3109 came in with KT9Q. The flop came Td 7h 4h to give mmmadd a heart flush draw and bd3109 a pair of tens. The river came and tripped bd3109’s T’s but mmmadd rivered a flush to take out bd3109 in 6th place

With the blinds still at 15k/30k, LokoIsBack raised to 105k. ScatterBrain123 raised to 345k and LokoIsBack just called. The flop came 448 with two diamonds and scatterbrain123 moved all-in with a quick call from LokoIsBack. Scatterbrain123 showed 8’s full of 4’s and LokoIsBack
was drawing dead. LokoIsBack finished in 5th place.

With the blinds raised to 20k/40k, Care4Nature and Kavin86 went against each other in a big hand. With the flop 8T8, Care4Nature bet the pot and Kavin86 re-raised the minimum. Care4Nature called putting him all-in with two pair A’s & 8’s versus Kavin86 10’s full of 8’s. The turn and river both dodged aces to take out Care4Nature in 4th place.

The final table was now cut in half with Kavin86 chip leader with 2,035k and mmmadd and scatterbrain123 with 538k and 552k respectively. After seeing the flop of T32, acting checked through with the turn coming as a 9 of hearts. mmmadd re-raised Kavin86’s bet of 200k over the top all-in. mmmadd has top set with a gut shot straight draw versus Kavin86’s higher straight draw. The river was a 7 of spades to double up mmmadd to 1.15 million.

The next elimination came between chip leader mmmaddd with almost 1.8 million and Kavin86 with just over 725k. 40k was all Kavin86 needed to call and the flop came K93. Kavin86 went all in and mmmadd called. mmmadd showed kings up with Kavin86 fishing for a 7 or 10 on the turn or river. They came 5, 2 respectively to take out Kavin86 in 3rd place and give mmmadd a commanding chip lead of just over 2.5 million to scatterbrain123’s 624k.

With the blinds up to 25k/50k, scatterbrain123 went all in with pocket queens versus mmmadd’s 2TKA. After the flop came J23, scatterbrain123 looked in good shape until a 4 and a 5 came back to back on the turn and the river. mmmadd finished the hand with a straight to take out scatterbrain123 and take down the tournament after coming into the final table 4th in chips.

The complete list of payouts went as follows:

1 mmmadd $68,477.50
2 scatterbrain123 $44,908.50
3 Kavin86 $32,264.05
4 Care4Nature $24,524.50
5 LokoIsBack $17,517.50
6 bd3109 $11,147.50
7 1Mastermind $7,007.00
8 SamENole $7,007.00
9 ESPNTheOcho $5,096.00
10 happpypokr $5,096.00
11 pfino $3,822.00
12 Scott Fischman $3,822.00
13 Nordberg $2,866.50
14 CrayonBox $2,866.50
15 audifan $2,866.50
16 rebeskes $2,325.05
17 Gigabet $2,325.05
18 pflwardog $2,325.05
19 Martin Klaeser $1,879.15
20 Gmflash $1,879.15
21 sleaterx $1,879.15
22 Happyloser12 $1,879.15
23 Dr44gzGn0k $1,879.15
24 Ipooponyou $1,879.15
25 Kiajessie $1,528.80
26 LudiMagister $1,528.80
27 ATLANTIS_DK $1,528.80
28 bearbuck $1,528.80
29 NeddyFlanders $1,528.80
30 maollila $1,528.80
31 Str8Forward $1,274.00
32 maski23 $1,274.00
33 Lee Watkinson $1,274.00
34 the guru 11 $1,274.00
35 joviland $1,274.00
36 skjervoy $1,274.00
37 Heat Rock Holla $1,114.75
38 Trinacria75 $1,114.75
39 MalteePoo $1,114.75
40 Frooodo $1,114.75
41 magpe $1,114.75
42 dj pish posh $1,114.75
43 David Chiu $987.35
44 PurpleH $987.35
45 jlcbraves3333 $987.35
46 JUSTFEELING $987.35
47 GoGaGuRu $987.35
48 dl53 $987.35
49 AVATAR765 $987.35
50 joker3883 $987.35
51 USCphildo $987.35
52 padirk165 $987.35
53 Dry em $987.35
54 MissOldy $987.35
55 YoungPistol81 $891.80
56 TALLAL $891.80
57 Enron1 $891.80
58 BESULLO $891.80
59 Arbianight $891.80
60 ROLEX22 $891.80
61 True Elk $891.80
62 phat_cat1 $891.80
63 RolldUpTrips $891.80
64 WHENTHUGSCRY $891.80
65 gank $891.80
66 Roothlus $891.80
67 Jojo_B_Good $828.10
68 thacincykid12 $828.10
69 FOsubliminaLD $828.10
70 zebryck $828.10
71 MrRenniW $828.10
72 Scary_Tiger $828.10
73 LuckyLukeKK $828.10
74 Karmuh $828.10
75 Rogerafs $828.10
76 debo34 $828.10
77 gaffel5 $828.10
78 EMSBas $828.10
79 4everunkown $828.10
80 jimpossible2 $828.10
81 Specialkmaster $828.10
82 mx4ever $828.10
83 SNACKERS $828.10
84 NoPasaran $828.10

It’s again time for FTR to take a look at one of it’s newest leaderboards in Everest Poker. Every Monday I will be reporting on what happens for Everest Poker’s Monthly Multi-Table Leaderboard as well as their Weekly Sit & Go High and Low Tournaments.

Since this is the first month that we’ve been looking at Everest Poker, lets take a look at how they ended last month real quick.

The top ten for Aprils MTT’s were as follows:

1. Marcilan 5913
2. ROMCO22 5718
3. XT@XT 5050
4. hase66 4984
5. Tooren 4901
6. delfinonick 4740
7. Kratzbaum 4623
8. mmoomm 4375
9. EKKEVIN 4367
10. wahebiedan 4358

May on the other hand is off to a boom already. Lets take a quick look:

1. BaSt4r 3774
2. Tooren 3707
3. Kratzbaum 3626
4. Marcilan 3589
5. mmoomm 3440
6. macqueen 3297
7. claudioney18 3066
8. EKKEVIN 3053
9. foukadir 3003
10. espagne8 2987

Bast4r is holding down the top spot so far this month after not even being on the leaderboard last week. Tooren is currently in 2nd place and has been a mainstay in the Top 10 since March. Kratzbaum again is doing strong in 3rd. So far this month, Marcilan is holding down 4th place after comming out on top the last two previous months. He looks as if he is the the player to beat on Everest Poker. mmoomm is again in the top 10 at 5th place. macqueen and claudioney18 are the newcommers currently in 6th and 7th respecably. EKKEVIN is again in the top 10 at 8th. foukadir is currently in 9th place after nearly making the top 10 last month finishing out at 11th. Another newcommer, espagne8 rounds out the top 10.

Last Weeks Sit & Go High leaders:

1. ikzelfzelf 1433
2. MasterYSHO 1304
3. eurodollar54 1297
4. Ejob 1292
5. oliv35 1278
6. sjapio 1267
7. pierro 1262
8. bianconiglio 1253
9. OskarStar 1236
10. Ronin26 1218

OskarStar has been in the top 10 the last three weeks and other than him, everyone is new for last week. So far this week, even though it’s early, OskarStar is no where near the leaderboard.

1. Ze_Carica 1090
2. MistaBond007 956
3. Pok-KECH 842
4. Pepperpum 833
5. SanderBernd 828
6. fernando1963 820
7. Adampartpas 790
8. cali34000 719
9. trollas 701
10. kubalibre19 641

Ze_Carica has a solid lead so far this week holding down the top spot. MistaBond007 is also well ahead of the rest of the players in 2nd place. There is a log-jam at 3rd through 6th and spots 7-10 have an average lead over the rest of the field. Be sure to check back next Monday to see how the rest of this week plays out.

Last Weeks Sit & Go Low leaders:

1. jor69 995
2. kudi66 953
3. dr-gonzo 856
4. caesar78 852
4. Wumen 852
4. brazomap 852
7. 13_Vince_83 840
8. Hechtlein471 813
9. sabinet1896 811
10. Pragmos 802
10. otbld 802
10. TheVotary 802

As you can see, there jor69 and kudi66 ran away with the table. Interesting is that there were two ties, one for 4th place and one for 10th place.

So far for this week the players are as follows:

1. brazomap 771
2. caesar78 651
3. saacha 639
4. dr-gonzo 583
5. tonymanuel23 524
6. -.K.- 522
7. otbld 520
8. grande.rei 509
9. okomoko 508
10. sprengel 503

There’s a little more consistancy here with brazomap, who wasw 4th last week, currently in 1st this week. Caesar78 and saacha are both newcomers. dr-gonzo is currently 4th after his 3rd place finish last week. tonymanuel23 and -.K.- are having a solid week so far in 5th and 6th. In 7th place is otbld, againhe was one of the players that finished in a tie for 10th last week. Grande.rei, okomoko, and sprengel are rounding out the top 10 so far for this week.

Be sure to check back next Monday so we can see how these Everest Poker Leaderboards change in just one weeks time and hopefully make some of these online players household names for FTR.

Two time WSOP bracelet winner Josh Arieh is leaving Bodog Poker. After being sponsored by Bodog for the last three years, the two have decided to mutually split.

“Bodog and Josh have mutually decided to part ways at the end of April. Josh had a great run as a member of Team Bodog over the past four years that included finishing third at the 2004 WSOP Main Event, winning his second WSOP bracelet in 2005 and a number of final-table appearances at high profile tournaments. We sincerely enjoyed our association with Josh and appreciate all that he brought to Team Bodog. We wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors, both at and away from the poker table.”

Part of the reason that Arieh and Bodog decided to split has to do with the recent signing of young pro Justin Bonomo, with Bodog looking to go in a different direction with their sponsorships.

While Arieh is currently without a sponsor, he claims that it won’t keep him away from the tables. “Luckily I have been smart with the money I’ve earned in the last five years in poker and not being sponsored won’t keep me away from the tables” said Arieh. He also had nothing but good words to say about his time with Bodog.

While Arieh is currently focusing on the WSOP, he doesn’t think that his split with Bodog will affect his game. Said Arieh, “I feel like I am playing better than I have ever played, and I’m really not all that worried about anything other than this year’s WSOP, my family and my struggling golf game!”

It’s sad to see such a great poker player and a great website split from sponsorship, but I’m sure Josh Arieh will be back on top of the game with a new sponsor soon. Watch for Arieh in this years upcomming World Series of Poker held in Las Vegas.