THE MILESTONES: Berglin Hits $3M Earnings Mark, Ödeen Rises to #12
THE MILESTONES: Berglin Hits $3M Earnings Mark, Ödeen Rises to #12


Each week The PocketFives Milestone Report looks at the online poker players who are achieving career-best achievement or reaching new heights in the rankings

Dennis ‘Dberglin’ Berglin Adds Name to $5 Million Earnings Club

Dennis ‘Dberglin’ Berglin finished third in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up on March 26 for $27,375 to pass the $3 million in lifetime earnings mark. He is the 308th player to accomplish the feat and the 21st Swedish player to do it.

Other Lifetime Earnings Milestones

Two others hit significant career earnings marks this past week. ‘OMGRubCasco‘ of Uruguay and Vladimir ‘shabalinvlad’ Shabalin of Russia. Both players joined the $1 million earnings club this past week. Only seven Uruguayan players have reached the $1 million mark while Russia’s booming poker scene has now 63 players with that distinction.

Logi ‘rammin’ Laxdal and ‘Mikensonas’ each hit the $500,000 earnings mark.

Jerry Ödeen is Another Swede to Keep an Eye On

While ‘lena900’ and ‘C Darwin2’ continue to keep a hold of the #1 and #2 spot in the PocketFives Rankings, they could soon be joined by yet another Swede in the top 10. Jerry ‘ perrymejsen’ Ödeen hit an all-time high water mark for rankings this week when he climbed from #13 to #12. He is one of six Swedish players ranked in the top 12.
Odeen was just one of 12 players ranked in the top 100 to achieve career highs. Included in that group is ‘que_te_crio‘ who debuted in the top 100 for the first time at #90.

The other 10:

Renato Almeida Prado Valentim Hits Gigantic Score

Renato Almeida ‘bauruzito’ Prado Valentim beat out 374 other players to win the $1,050 buy-in PokerStars Super Tuesday for $68,622 and 612.37 PLB points – both career highs. His previous biggest score cash in 2015 when he won $19,557 for finishing third in the PokerStars Bigger $109. In February, he earned 324.96 PLB points for winning the PokerStars Hot $215.