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By: Dan Cypra
"I Said I Would Buy Her a New Oven if She Made Me Brownies"
On May 6, Owen ozzieowen Shiels (pictured) earned himself a few brownie points, literally. He took third ...Published: May 22nd, 2013
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By: Dan Cypra
Who Are the Top Online Poker Players in Mexico?
Holding strong at #2 worldwide in the PocketFives Country Poker Rankings is Mexico. The North American ...Published: May 22nd, 2013
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By: Earl Burton
cal42688 Becomes Second Player to Win Four SCOOP Events
Monday was a good day for the #2 ranked player in the PocketFives Rankings, as Calvin cal42688 Anderson ...Published: May 22nd, 2013
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By: Dan Cypra
PocketFives Rankings Update: T 54 T 97s Up 24 Spots to #5, New #1 Player
It's rare to see a person jump 24 spots in the PocketFives Poker Rankings and land in the top 10, but that's ...Published: May 22nd, 2013
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By: Dan Katz
Ultimate Poker Traffic Up 27% Week Over Week
Although it is not a gigantic online poker room, Ultimate Poker continues to do quite well just three weeks ...Published: May 21st, 2013
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Tournament Review Articles
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| Tournament Review For May 20, 2013 online tournament player T3G3S picked up his largest career online poker tourney cash over the weekend with an outright victory in the PokerStars SCOOP-22-M for $249,245 while fellow member Vinicius viniciustele Barrel Teles of Brazil (pictured) earned $183,391 for his runner-up performance. LucianoHollanda of Brazil overcame a significant chip deficit to take down the SCOOP-21-M for $110,766 ... |
See all articles by David Huber |
May 21st, 2013 | 1 |
| Tournament Review For May 13, 2013 PocketFives members took the three top spots in the PokerStars $100 Sunday Rebuy as several 2013 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) major events were in still in progress as of Monday afternoon. Amtozza earned $73,329 for his outright victory in the rebuy tournament while cal42688 and stlouis6 collected $53,399 and $40,180 for their respective 2nd and 3rd place efforts. |
See all articles by David Huber |
May 13th, 2013 | 2 |
| Tournament Review For May 6, 2013 members took three out of the top four spots in the PokerStars Sunday Million weekly flagship event, led by veteran member and former #3 ranked Keven Stamdogg Stammen (pictured), who collected $178,719 for his runner-up performance as a result of a heads-up deal. |
See all articles by David Huber |
May 6th, 2013 | 0 |
| Tournament Review For April 29, 2013 pasha I986 of Belarus was the largest winner among members in online poker tournaments over the weekend, cashing for $201,403 in the PokerStars Sunday Million weekly flagship event upon finishing in 2nd place officially. Despite his runner-up performance, he was able to secure the largest payout in the tournament due to a heads-up chop. Fellow member jbrown8777 was eliminated in 6th place in the ... |
See all articles by David Huber |
Apr 29th, 2013 | 4 |
| Tournament Review For April 22, 2013 phaplap Arda of Turkey picked up his largest career online tournament cash over the weekend with a victory in the PokerStars $500k Guaranteed Sunday Warm-Up for $98,933 following a three-way final table deal. |
See all articles by David Huber |
Apr 22nd, 2013 | 3 |
| Tournament Review For April 15, 2013 Jonathan Poker Own U Bardier, who is currently ranked #84 worldwide, placed 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $80,309. Veteran PocketFiver brainwash and Greece's parisdedes finished 3rd and 4th in the Sunday 500 for $50,180 and $50,519 respectively following a four-way final table chop. |
See all articles by David Huber |
Apr 15th, 2013 | 7 |
| Tournament Review For April 8, 2013 Weland tlt17 Holroyd of the United Kingdom placed 3rd in the PokerStars Sunday Million weekly flagship event over the weekend for $122,595. With that score, he could very easily work his way back into the Top 500 worldwide rankings. Fellow member pokergrinder6 finished 4th in that tournament for $82,384. |
See all articles by David Huber |
Apr 8th, 2013 | 3 |
| Tournament Review For April 1, 2013 Online tournament specialist 1SickDisease was the largest winner among PocketFives members over the weekend; banking $333,680 for his outright victory in the FTOPS Event #34 ($2,000+100 NLHE 6-max Re-Entry). Kevin was formerly ranked as high as #4 globally. jus2awsum took home $85,360 for 5th place in the 2-day tournament. 100 ranked RLOG of the United Kingdom (pictured) took home $194,632 for ... |
See all articles by David Huber |
Apr 1st, 2013 | 10 |
| Tournament Review For March 25, 2013 PocketFiver yesyouareNR1 of Latvia was involved in a three-way chop in the PokerStars Sunday Million flagship event over the weekend; walking away with $160,914 upon bowing out in 3rd place. |
See all articles by David Huber |
Mar 25th, 2013 | 5 |
| Tournament Review for March 18, 2013 Portugal's leguito walked away with $125,835 for 3rd place in the PokerStars Sunday Million flagship event over the weekend. The performance put him over the $1.3 career online poker tournament winnings mark. |
See all articles by David Huber |
Mar 18th, 2013 | 0 |
| Tournament Review for March 11, 2013 mcc3991 McCorkell of the United Kingdom took down the largest cash among PocketFivers in online tournaments over the weekend with his first place effort in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $80,204. Fellow members clerckyTD and LilFishAtL finished 3rd and 4th in that event for $51,152 and $57,283 due to a 5-way final table chop. |
See all articles by David Huber |
Mar 11th, 2013 | 8 |
| Tournament Review for March 4, 2013 The United Kingdom's Dave geeforce1 Kent (pictured) was the largest winner in online tournament action among PocketFives members over the weekend; taking home $836,322 for his runner-up performance in the PokerStars $7 Million Guaranteed 7th Anniversary event. The tournament took just over 15 hours to conclude and when the dust had settled, Dave was part of a three-way final table deal. Fellow ... |
See all articles by David Huber |
Mar 4th, 2013 | 4 |
| Tournament Review for February 25, 2013 Andrew stato_1 Hulme of the United Kingdom (currently ranked #160 worldwide), earned $71,813 for his 2nd place effort in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up as a result of a 4-way final table negotiation. |
See all articles by David Huber |
Feb 25th, 2013 | 9 |
| Tournament Review for February 18, 2013 member PlayaPlz took home $98,556 for his victory in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up. Ranked #234 worldwide, Robby is close to eclipsing $900,000 in career online tournament winnings. Fellow PocketFiver jpc was involved in a heads-up chop in that event; walking away with $84,001 for 2nd place while psyhoagromor (pictured) finished 4th for $42,953. |
See all articles by David Huber |
Feb 18th, 2013 | 3 |
| Tournament Review for February 11, 2013 Longtime PocketFiver KJulius10 (pictured) was the largest winner among members in online tournament action over the weekend. Kyle took home exactly $199.000 for his runner-up performance in the PokerStars Sunday Million weekly flagship event. Despite his 2nd place finish, Kyle managed to earn the largest payout in the tournament thanks to his negotiations in a three-way final table chop in which ... |
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Feb 11th, 2013 | 15 |
Other Recent Articles
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| gboro780 Wins SCOOP $2,100 NLHE Knockout Title Congrats to former #1 player in the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings Steve gboro780 Gross (pictured), who came away with the win in a PokerStars SCOOP $2,100 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Turbo Super Knockout on Monday for $106,000. Gross, now calling Canada home, was part of a four-way chop of the tournament and officially came away with the win. This is his first SCOOP title. He won a WCOOP ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 21st, 2013 | 5 |
| Grinding and Knowing Yourself How many times have you gone to play poker when you really didn't feel like it' You know what I mean, those times you feel kind of "meh," but you feel you should go try to earn some money' This will mostly happen to players who are playing for a living. |
See all articles by John Reynolds |
May 21st, 2013 | 9 |
| Big Huni on Sixth Triple Crown: "It Feels Good to Get Back in the Groove" On May 8, Chris Big Huni Hunichen (pictured) booked his sixth online poker Triple Crown. He accomplished the feat after taking down the PokerStars $55 Rebuy, WPT Poker $20,000 Guaranteed, and Full Tilt Tyrannosaurus Rex all in a one-week period. His half-dozen awards are tied for the sixth most all-time on PocketFives and, as always, Hunichen made time for an interview about going where few have ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 20th, 2013 | 1 |
| Pick Off a Bluff by NeverScaredB, Get a Big Stack at the Final Table recent weeks, Ukraine's psyhoagromor (pictured) took third place in the PokerStars Sunday $100 Rebuy. The tournament featured a star-studded final table that included three members of the top 200 on PocketFives, including 16th ranked NeverScaredB, who exited in 10th place. In the end, psyhoagromor, whose first name is Gleb, walked away with $33,000, boosting his lifetime tracked cash total to ... |
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May 20th, 2013 | 12 |
| Oh Hi There, $102,000 Recently, the MiniFTOPS Main Event played out on the virtual felts of Full Tilt Poker. The tournament drew 13,000 entrants and $1 million was paid out. Over $140,000 in prize money separated first place from ninth, and taking second when all was said and done was André galatrixo Pereira (pictured), who calls Portugal home. He was the biggest winner among members of PocketFives that weekend. |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 19th, 2013 | 4 |
| Annie Duke Issues New UB Statement, Regrets Promoting UltimateBet Late Saturday night, former UB pro Annie Duke (pictured) issued a lengthy statement on Facebook responding to the tapes allegedly made by Russ Hamilton detailing a cover up of the cheating scandal at UB. Her commentary follows a short series of Tweets last weekend that read in part, "I had access to the delayed viewing of cards only for a few UB tournament events where I was a radio commentator. ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 19th, 2013 | 10 |
| 2013 WSOP At a Glance: Moneymaker Anniversary, Free WiFi, Hole Cards In a conference call with members of the media last week, World Series of Poker officials outlined a number of changes and events on deck for this year's festivities, which start in two short weeks. WSOP Vice President Ty Stewart opened the call by lauding, "We are thrilled to be opening the doors to the 44th annual WSOP. The work is already underway at the Rio." The 2013 WSOP is Stewart's ... |
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May 18th, 2013 | 4 |
| Want to Buy Jamie Gold's WSOP Bracelet? Want to buy Jamie Gold's (pictured) World Series of Poker bracelet' You can! Heritage Auctions will auction off the bracelet and a commemorative watch in July. Gold's bracelet could carry significant weight given that it came as a result of defeating the largest Main Event field in WSOP history at nearly 8,800 players. Gold earned $12 million for the victory back in 2006 and is still third on ... |
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May 18th, 2013 | 11 |
| PokerStars Takeover of Atlantic Club Dead, Isai Scheinberg's Role Questioned The latest twist in PokerStars' attempted purchase of the Atlantic Club (pictured) in Atlantic City, New Jersey came down this week. According to , "The revelation that Isai Scheinberg – PokersStars' Israeli-Canadian founder and a target of a Federal criminal court case - was involved in the deal came as both sides filed a flurry of legal papers in advance of a hearing today in state Superior ... |
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May 17th, 2013 | 7 |
| Live Games, Then SNGs, Then Cash Games, Then MTTs, Then Cash Games To say that Lithuania's Justas (pictured), better known on PocketFives as jusc, has hopped around games would be an understatement. He started off in live casino games. Then, he headed to sit and gos and subsequently moved over to cash games. He then made MTTs his bread and butter before ultimately heading back to the land of cash. Now, he plays MTTs on Sundays and during larger tournament ... |
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May 17th, 2013 | 0 |
| "I Lost Everything, But I Really Enjoyed Poker and Kept Going in Freerolls" Every player has his own unique story of how he got started in the game. Whether through freerolls, low-stakes tournaments, or a massive flash in the pan, each player built his bankroll in a different way. For Poland's debesciak69, an initial run online didn't go so well, but an affinity for freerolls kept him involved and eventually led to a win in an iPoker iPOPS $135 No Limit Hold'em event ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 17th, 2013 | 1 |
| What Makes a Good Game? “Sorry the game wasn’t any good; they just weren’t gambling last night,” a dealer from a game that I go to every once in a while told me after I had come up to play in one of the games that wasn’t as wide open as usual. The game was a $5/$10 round and round game with Hold'em and Omaha. Often, this particular game can be wide open with huge pots hand after hand and money moving around ... |
See all articles by Courtney Harrington |
May 17th, 2013 | 3 |
| U.S. Government Targets Bitcoin Transactions On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) halted the ability of Bitcoin users to make transactions between a popular e-wallet and the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange. The DHS Seizure Warrant calls for the forfeiture of a Dwolla e-wallet account held by a subsidiary of the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange, resulting in the suspension of transactions between the two companies. |
See all articles by Dan Katz |
May 16th, 2013 | 4 |
| When Will Caesars Launch its Real Money Online Poker Site in Nevada? Last weekend, Todd Witteles posted on Twitter, "Report: Caesars Nevada online poker to launch within 7 days." Four days later, we haven't heard much from the Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment about a time line for the launch of its real money, regulated online poker site in Nevada. In the meantime, the lone option for Nevada players is Ultimate Poker, which has ties to Fertitta Interactive, ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 16th, 2013 | 0 |
| Who Are the Top Online Poker Players in Finland? Holding strong this week at #16 in the PocketFives Country Poker Rankings is the mighty nation of Finland, which is home to over 400 registered members of our site. The country has a combined PLB score of its top 20 players of nearly 72,000 points and can be found sandwiched in between the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Let's take a look at the top 10 players in Finland according to the ... |
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May 15th, 2013 | 0 |
| Atlantic Club on $11M Spent by PokerStars: "That Was the Risk They Took" The apparent end of the deal between the Atlantic Club (pictured) in New Jersey and PokerStars is headed into the New Jersey courts. PokerStars has won a preliminary injunction to block the Atlantic Club from courting other potential suitors, but the Atlantic Club and its current owner, Colony Capital, have struck back with legal arguments. |
See all articles by Earl Burton |
May 15th, 2013 | 16 |
| Doyle Brunson Stepping Aside from WSOP Tournament Play On Wednesday, poker legend Doyle Brunson (pictured) revealed that he doesn't plan to play any tournaments at this year's World Series of Poker. The 10-time bracelet winner and former back-to-back Main Event champion cited Father Time in a Tweet to his nearly 400,000 followers: "Afraid I am finally gonna give in to Father Time and pass on tournament play at WSOP. #toomanyhours." Whether he'll ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 15th, 2013 | 6 |
| PocketFives Rankings Update: PearlJammer Reenters Top 10 The latest version of the PocketFives Rankings was released on Wednesday, and Jon PearlJammer Turner (pictured) stood out from the pack. This week, he jumped 11 spots to #8 worldwide and is just 150 PLB Points shy of reaching #7. His month of May has included wins in the PokerStars Hotter $5.50, $55 Rebuy, and $109 No Limit Hold'em Turbo. |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 15th, 2013 | 0 |
| Crockfords Gives Details of How Phil Ivey Allegedly Cheated The exclusive London casino Crockfords has responded to Phil Ivey’s (pictured) lawsuit with its own account of how the man regarded as the best poker player in the world won over £7 million playing Punto Banco over the course of two nights in August 2012. |
See all articles by Dan Katz |
May 14th, 2013 | 64 |
| Nevada Gaming Officials Investigating Ultimate Poker, Iovation After uproar from players, Ultimate Poker, the first regulated real money online poker site in Nevada, ceased working with Iovation, a company with ties to the former Ultimate Bet. Greg Pierson, who founded Ultimate Bet in 2000, is also a co-founder and current member of the Board for Iovation, leaving many in the poker community unsettled when it came to playing on Ultimate Poker. Now, Nevada ... |
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May 14th, 2013 | 3 |
| Annie Duke: "Sad, A Few Folks Making Accusations and Assumptions" Following the release of tapes allegedly made by Russ Hamilton discussing the cheating scandal and its subsequent cover-up at Ultimate Bet, former UB pro Annie Duke (pictured) weighed in with her reaction. Duke's name was mentioned, in part, in the following context at one point during the recordings, which publicly came to light over the weekend: "The tools [that allowed the cheats to see ... |
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May 13th, 2013 | 22 |
| Full Tilt Claims Administrator: "We Haven't Received Any Updated Information" Two months ago today, the Garden City Group was named the Claims Administrator for U.S. Full Tilt Poker player refunds. The company, whose address is listed as a Post Office box in Dublin, Ohio, told PocketFives on Monday, "We haven't received any updated information since this started. The last information was back in March. Nothing has changed. We don't have a time frame for when the victim ... |
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May 13th, 2013 | 15 |
| MrTimCaum: "If You Want to Get in My Winner's Photo, Get Over Here Now" It was a very busy news weekend for the online poker community. Russ Hamilton was allegedly recording Ultimate Bet meetings, Phil Hellmuth was reacting to the tapes, and Ultimate Poker dumped Iovation, a company associated with UB. Not to be overlooked, longtime PocketFives member Steve MrTimCaum O'Dwyer (pictured) defeated one of the most talented EPT final tables we've ever seen to win the EPT ... |
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May 12th, 2013 | 2 |
| Ultimate Poker Severs Ties with Iovation There has been plenty of news brewing over the weekend regarding the former owners and decision-makers of Ultimate Bet allegedly conspiring to cover up the cheating at the now defunct online poker room. Consequently, Ultimate Poker, the first regulated real money online poker site in the U.S., and which had ties to a verification service that was linked to Ultimate Bet called Iovation, has taken ... |
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May 12th, 2013 | 3 |
| Phil Hellmuth: "Horrible Read About My Relationship with Ultimate Bet" According to a statement posted by Kevin kevmath Mathers on Two Plus Two, former Ultimate Bet pro Phil Hellmuth (pictured) lashed out at Russ Hamilton and others associated with UB for keeping him "in the dark. They lied to me about their activities and I made a big mistake in trusting them for way too long." |
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May 12th, 2013 | 11 |
| Players React to Recorded UB Meeting Involving Russ Hamilton In the last day, a three-hour video popped up online that allegedly features Russ Hamilton (pictured) and UB reps including former legal counsel Dan Friedberg discussing the ongoing security issues at Ultimate Bet. A 10-minute highlight reel was subsequently posted on YouTube that featured Hamilton allegedly saying in part, "The tools were regularly set for a 15-minute delay… Annie Duke used ... |
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May 11th, 2013 | 13 |
| It's My Second Biggest Online Score and It Always Feels Good to Get a Win The final Sunday in April was monumental for David davidv1213 Vamplew (pictured), who took down the PokerStars Sunday $100 Rebuy outright for $61,000. There were over 1,000 entrants and the member of the Scotland Poker community defeated a final table that included six PocketFivers. |
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May 11th, 2013 | 6 |
| My First World Series of Poker It was the summer of 2006 and I was very much still in the early days of my “career” as a poker player. I had been playing a little more seriously and regularly, but by no means thought of myself as a professional. I was very much on the outside of the poker world. I was playing a lot of tournaments online and had transitioned into playing in some slightly larger live cash games, mostly ... |
See all articles by Courtney Harrington |
May 10th, 2013 | 1 |
| Sauce1234 Takes Isildur1 for Nearly $1.4 Million in PLO We're just a few weeks away from the start of the 2013 World Series of Poker, but there is plenty of high-stakes action going on right now. Take Full Tilt Poker, for example, where Ben Sauce1234 Sulsky and Viktor Isildur1 Blom (pictured) have been battling it out in Pot Limit Omaha. In fact, according to HighStakesDB, in a session that stretched from late Wednesday night to the pre-dawn hours of ... |
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May 10th, 2013 | 6 |
| Jason Mercier Wins $62,000 in OFC Tournament at EPT Monte Carlo He's back! The last recorded win in a live poker MTT for Jason treysfull21 Mercier (pictured), according to the Hendon Mob, was back in December 2011 in the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic High Roller Event for over $700,000. Fast-forward to May 2013. This week, Mercier came out on top of an Open Face Chinese Poker tournament that had a hefty €2,000 buy-in to earn $62,000 during ... |
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May 9th, 2013 | 1 |
| To Be Successful at Poker, You Have to Take Care of All Parts of Your Life On one of the final days of April, Yuri Martins (pictured), playing under the screen name theNERDguy, came away with a win in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance and booked a payday of $48,000. The tournament surpassed its $175,000 guarantee by more than $100,000 after 1,439 players turned out. PocketFivers claimed more than 60% of the prize pool and Martins bested longtime PocketFiver Jon ... |
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May 9th, 2013 | 6 |
| Chris Moorman and Paul Volpe Cease Representing Lock Poker Two high-profile poker players announced this week that they will no longer represent Lock Poker. Both Chris moorman1 Moorman and Paul paulgees81 Volpe (pictured) informed the public of their decisions via Twitter and, as their names no longer appear on Lock Poker’s website, it looks like the defections are effective immediately. |
See all articles by Dan Katz |
May 9th, 2013 | 19 |
| Who Are the Top Online Poker Players from Russia? PocketFives has seen a considerable increase in traffic from Russia recently. And, perhaps not surprisingly, the massive nation is rising up the PocketFives Country Poker Rankings leaderboard. This week, it moved up from #5 to #4 worldwide with a combined PLB score of its top 20 players of 94,651 points, just ahead of the 94,483 belonging to Brazil. We thought it would be worthwhile this week to ... |
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May 8th, 2013 | 3 |
| Ultimate Poker Numbers Climbing After First Week in Nevada It has now been one week since the first regulated online poker site in the United States went online in Nevada. In that short time span, the site in question, Ultimate Poker, has demonstrated a great deal of success while working through a variety of issues. |
See all articles by Earl Burton |
May 8th, 2013 | 11 |
| PocketFives Rankings Update: p0cket00, moorman1 Re-Enter Top 10 Don't look now, but two former #1 players in the PocketFives Rankings have re-entered the top 10. When and if they will climb back to the top spot remains to be seen, but each certainly has the chops to make a run. This week, moorman1 (pictured) rose from #15 worldwide to #8, while p0cket00 climbed from #12 to #5. Half of the top 10 has been ranked #1 at some point during their tenure on ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 8th, 2013 | 3 |
| Phil Ivey: "Crockfords Left Me No Alternative But to Proceed with Legal Action" In August 2012, Phil Ivey turned £1 million into £7.3 million at the exclusive Crockfords Casino in London. However, he has yet to see any of that money. And now, the man who is viewed by most as the greatest poker player in the world is suing Crockfords. |
See all articles by Dan Katz |
May 7th, 2013 | 16 |
| PokerStars Files Suit Against Atlantic Club According to Diamond Flush, PokerStars has filed a lawsuit against Resorts International Holdings, RIH Propco, Eric Matejevich, Irwin Apartment Trust, and Michael Frawley over a failed purchase of the Atlantic Club in Atlantic City (pictured). The deal reportedly died last week after certain deadlines were not met, but the lawsuit could resurrect the purchase. Read the Diamond Flush article. |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 6th, 2013 | 18 |
| U.S. Players: P5s HogWild Poker League Back in May, $500 Plus P5s Gear The PocketFives League on HogWild Poker is back in May. This month, we're giving away $500 along with a variety of PocketFives gear, including a hoodie to the League's winner. U.S. players are welcome and there's no cost to play, so it's our way of saying thank you to our American members who have stuck with the game since Black Friday. |
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May 6th, 2013 | 5 |
| Counter-Strike > World of Warcraft > Poker How did you get into poker' Did you see the game on television and decided it looked exciting' Did friends challenge you to a $10 sit and go' For James jamerOK Cawley (pictured), Counter-Strike led to World of Warcraft, which led to poker. Recently, Cawley was the recipient of a PocketFives online poker Triple Crown after wins on Full Tilt, PartyPoker, and PokerStars for a total of 564 PLB ... |
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May 6th, 2013 | 19 |
| Why Not Play With Real Money Since I am Playing Anyway? At some point, many of us have stopped playing poker for play chips and started competing for real cash. For Paris parisdedes Dedes (pictured), his poker journey began by battling for free on a Facebook app. He told PocketFives in an exclusive interview, "When I started playing on Facebook, I ended up playing for three or four days and thought, 'Why not play with real money since I am playing ... |
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May 5th, 2013 | 0 |
| WSOP Officials: No Security Concern or Threat to WSOP or Rio In light of the Boston Marathon bombings in recent weeks, a thread popped up on Two Plus Two recommending that World Series of Poker officials heighten security measures. The original post in the thread read in part, "The last hour or so on Twitter, an argument has started about safety at the WSOP. Someone Tweeted that they thought the WSOP should increase security and check backpacks and stuff ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 4th, 2013 | 3 |
| My Last 6 Months: Wins in the Sunday Warm-Up, iPoker $200K In November of last year, Trevor Dinneen (pictured), who is known as allintrev23 on PocketFives, took down the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $110,000 officially. The cash was worth 628 PLB Points and he outlasted a field of over 3,500 opponents. Last month, he was up to his winning ways once more, this time taking down the $200,000 Guaranteed on the iPoker Network and raking in $33,000. To boot, ... |
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May 4th, 2013 | 2 |
| On Black Friday, I Was Leaving on a Cruise Out of Miami Last month, Spencer Hudson (pictured), known on PocketFives as UHBigTex, final tabled the Full Tilt Poker $350,000 Guaranteed for $18,000. He is a U.S. transplant now living in Mexico and told us the story about leaving on a cruise out of Miami on Black Friday. He has been a longtime member of PocketFives – June 2005, to be exact – and has more than $2.3 million in tracked online poker ... |
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May 3rd, 2013 | 2 |
| We Are Who We Are In the immortal words of Jordan JWPRODIGY Westmorland (pictured), "We are who we are." Well, we think Ke$ha might have said it too, but who's counting' Westmorland is one of a handful of Thailand poker community members on PocketFives and finished in third place in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up on April 8, booking a $57,000 payday. On May 2, he claimed his $1 million cash badge, so we thought it ... |
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May 3rd, 2013 | 5 |
| Bet the Blocker Ever hear someone say they don’t like Pot Limit Omaha or PLO/8 because there is no way to bluff' If so, you have identified someone you want to be playing against who is missing out on a big part of the game. I play in some of the loosest games you can find with plenty of action and a mass of players who are getting to showdown with a high percentage of hands. Even with that, I find myself ... |
See all articles by Courtney Harrington |
May 3rd, 2013 | 3 |
| Peter King to Introduce U.S. Online Poker Bill "Shortly" It has been an exciting week in the U.S. with the launch of the Nevada site Ultimate Poker, the first fully regulated intrastate internet poker room in the U.S. It is the first poker room, hopefully, of many, and with New Jersey and Delaware already legalizing the game and a few other states with legislation in the works, the status quo could be slowly improving for online poker players in the ... |
See all articles by Dan Katz |
May 2nd, 2013 | 26 |
| Winamax Added to PocketFives Rankings, Lowers €200K Buy-In to €50 There has been a ton of demand to have Winamax added to the PocketFives Rankings. Every time someone has asked whether PocketFives plans to add Winamax to our leaderboards, our response was always the same: "We're working on it." Well, we are pleased to say that Winamax has been added to the PocketFives Rankings effective May 1. And, you can boost your PLB score by playing in Sunday's €200,000 ... |
See all articles by Dan Cypra |
May 2nd, 2013 | 2 |
| Who Are the Top Ranked Players from Norway? Up two spots this week in the PocketFives Country Poker Rankings is Norway, which advanced from #22 worldwide to #20. The Scandinavian nation leapfrogged Israel and Romania in the process and has a combined PLB tally of its top 20 members of 66,031 points. Who are the players making waves in this community' Here are the top 10 PocketFivers in Norway in terms of PLB score: |
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May 1st, 2013 | 4 |
| PocketFives Rankings Update: PearlJammer Up 70 Spots in 2 Weeks The PocketFives Online Poker Rankings were recalculated on Wednesday. One of the biggest jumps of the week belonged to NeverScaredB, who rose from #22 worldwide to #10, cracking the top 10 for the first time ever. NeverScaredB had a rock solid April that included a win in the PokerStars Big $162 for $21,000. He also took down the same tournament on the second-to-last day of March for $25,000. ... |
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May 1st, 2013 | 6 |
| Major Setback in PokerStars Atlantic City Casino Purchase, Deal Dead? While the celebration is ongoing in Nevada after Tuesday's launch of the first regulated online poker site on the U.S., the potential for the “big kahuna” of online poker to reenter the U.S. market potentially took a blow. |
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