World #1-Ranked ‘lena900’ Cruises to March Leaderboard Win
In early March, Sweden’s ‘lena900‘ took over the top spot on the PocketFives Rankings. He spent the rest of the month proving he belonged there and in the process won the March PLB by a massive 369.81 points.
For context, the difference between runner-up Joel ‘jbrown8777’ Brown and 10th place finisher Damianos ‘damourinio’ Aslanidis was just 373.96 points.
Of the 20 cashes that counted towards his March Leaderboard totals, eight were wins, five were runner-ups and two were third place results. His biggest cash came in the partypoker High Roller on March 19 when he finished second to fellow Swede ‘inhoo‘ for $24,594 and 257.54 points. That same day he also won the Winamax XTREM for $13,798 and 250.20 points.
All told, ‘lena900’ cashed 140 times, earning $220,932.27 in the process.
Top 20 March Scores for ‘lena900’
| DATE | SITE | TOURNAMENT | PLACE | EARNINGS | POINTS |
| Mar 19th, 2017 | Party Poker | High Roller: $50K Gtd | 2 | $24,593.76 | 257.64 |
| Mar 19th, 2017 | Winamax | XTREM | 1 | $13,798.36 | 250.2 |
| Mar 12th, 2017 | PokerStars | $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE, $225K Gtd | 4 | $21,886.93 | 229.91 |
| Mar 31st, 2017 | PokerStars | Hot $215, $35K Gtd | 1 | $8,487.30 | 208.33 |
| Mar 5th, 2017 | PokerStars | Big $162, $20K Gtd | 1 | $5,605.84 | 167.93 |
| Mar 8th, 2017 | Party Poker | High Roller: $20K Gtd 6-Max Turbo | 1 | $9,487.68 | 156.52 |
| Mar 26th, 2017 | 888 Poker | $80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R | 3 | $8,528.40 | 149.93 |
| Mar 25th, 2017 | PokerStars | $109 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $15K Gtd | 1 | $3,809.90 | 138.21 |
| Mar 12th, 2017 | Party Poker | $50,000 Gtd 6-Max Turbo: High Roller | 3 | $7,385.04 | 128.28 |
| Mar 18th, 2017 | Winamax | HIGHROLLER | 1 | $5,106.24 | 122.68 |
| Mar 26th, 2017 | Party Poker | Super High Roller: $100K Gtd | 7 | $5,265.75 | 119.49 |
| Mar 21st, 2017 | PokerStars | $1,050 Super Tuesday, $325K Gtd | 15 | $3,952.28 | 119.47 |
| Mar 23rd, 2017 | Party Poker | Heavyweight: The Eliminator – $20K Gtd PKO | 2 | $3,286.50 | 116.54 |
| Mar 15th, 2017 | Party Poker | High Roller: $20K Gtd 6-Max Turbo | 2 | $6,574.60 | 113.32 |
| Mar 18th, 2017 | PokerStars | $320 NLHE [6-Max], $10K Gtd | 1 | $4,938.12 | 106.77 |
| Mar 24th, 2017 | Party Poker | High Roller: $20K Gtd 6-Max Turbo | 2 | $5,794.56 | 106.38 |
| Mar 24th, 2017 | Party Poker | Heavyweight: Clubber – $10K Gtd Turbo | 1 | $2,380.80 | 101.49 |
| Mar 13th, 2017 | Party Poker | High Roller: $20K Gtd 6-Max Turbo | 2 | $4,665.95 | 97.86 |
| Mar 16th, 2017 | PokerStars | $215 Fat Thursday [Turbo], $75K Gtd | 8 | $1,931.08 | 88.79 |
| Mar 15th, 2017 | PokerStars | Omania High Roller: $320 PLO [6-Max], $40K Gtd | 5 | $3,750.73 | 86.23 |
Brown finished runner-up after a month saw him win the PokerStars Big $215 and a partypoker Six Max High Roller. He also had day to remember on March 19, hitting five big scores that earned him 502 PLB points.
| DATE | SITE | TOURNAMENT | PLACE | EARNINGS | POINTS |
| 03/19/2017 | PokerStars | $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE, $225K Gtd | 10 | $4,239 | 134.57 |
| 03/19/2017 | Party Poker | High Roller: $50K Gtd | 7 | $4,470 | 121.5 |
| 03/19/2017 | PokerStars | $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO [6-Max], $100K Gtd | 8 | $5,950 | 116.3 |
| 03/19/2017 | Party Poker | Heavyweight: The Weigh-in – $50K Gtd 6-Max Progres… | 8 | $1,461 | 67.04 |
| 03/19/2017 | Party Poker | High Roller: $50K Gtd 6-Max Turbo | 10 | $1,404 | 62.29 |
| RANK | PLAYER | POINTS |
| 1 | lena900 | 2,865.97 |
| 2 | Joel ‘jbrown8777’ Brown | 2,496.16 |
| 3 | inhoo | 2,483.75 |
| 4 | Nicolas ‘PokerKaiser’ Fierro | 2,459.27 |
| 5 | Ivan ‘Banicivan’ Banic | 2,301.65 |
| 6 | Andreas ‘r4ndomr4gs’ Berggren | 2,301.02 |
| 7 | Olli ‘OgSulttaani’ Ikonen | 2,208.96 |
| 8 | Renato ‘bauruzito’ Valentim | 2,201.16 |
| 9 | Andreas ‘r4ndomr4gs’ Berggren | 2,162.99 |
| 10 | Damianos ‘damourinio’ Aslanidis | 2,122.20 |