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Brazil's Joao "joaosimaobh" Simao Tops PocketFives Rankings for Third Time

For the second straight week, Brazil's Joao "joaosimaobh" Simao is the top ranked online poker player in the world, according to the PocketFives Worldwide Online Poker Rankings.

Throughout the past two months, Simao and Sweden's Simon "C Darwin2" Mattsson, who currently sits second in the rankings, have been in a back-and-forth battle for the top spot.

On April 27, Mattsson, who previously held the top spot in the rankings from Feb. 10-17, once again rallied to the top of the leaderboard by supplanting fellow countryman Niklas "lena900" Åstedt, who held the top spot for four weeks straight.