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By P5s Staff Published on Jun 1st, 2010
If you tried visiting PocketFives.com on Monday, you were met with an ominous message saying the site was changing. Just before Midnight ET, PocketFives.com developers launched a brand new version after months of preparation. Our programmers have spent much of the day on Tuesday ensuring that the wealth of new features works seamlessly. So what can you expect? What’s new on PocketFives.com? Let’s take a quick tour and find out....
By Dan Published on Jun 1st, 2010
The final table of the $50,000 Player’s Championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is set. Holding the second largest stack by the slimmest of margins is Michigan native David Bakes Baker, who owns 3.10 million chips entering the final table. Baker trails only Robert Mizrachi, who has 3.13 million. Both Robert Mizrachi and his brother, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, made the final table of the $50,000 Player’s Championship, which will air as part of ESPN’s coverage of the WSOP. Let’s take a look back at Monday’s action....
By P5s Staff Published on May 30th, 2010
Two days are in the books in the $50,000 Player’s Championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Fifty-four players remain out of the 116 who entered on Friday, including several members of the online poker community. Omaha aficionado Scott BigRiskky Clements (pictured at right) owns a top 15 stack at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with 438,000. The entire field is staring...
By P5s Staff Published on May 29th, 2010
On Friday, the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) kicked off from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. On tap were the $500 Casino Employees Event and the $50,000 Player’s Championship. The latter was an Eight Game mix and featured a starting field of 116 players. A total of 105 survived the day, including several members of the online poker community, which turned out en masse to face ...
By Dan Published on May 28th, 2010
In the latest release of the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings, new Alaska resident Greg DuckU Hobson rose 17 spots from #46 worldwide to #29. He made waves during the recently completed PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) after taking fourth in the $10,300 buy-in high-stakes Main Event for a rock solid $473,000. Hobson also made the final table of the $1,050 No Limit Hold’e...
By Dan Published on May 27th, 2010
The 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions kicks off on June 27th from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and takes on an all-star game format. Twenty-seven players will take to the felts in the high-stakes $1 million freeroll, which wraps up Independence Day after a one-week break. The tournament will air on cable station ESPN on August 3rd and feature 25 bracelet ...
By Dan Published on May 27th, 2010
In a TLB competition held as part of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) and PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), Julie JRisk17 Risk outlasted her boyfriend, Jeff jshark4 Sharkey, in their respective stakes. As a result of a unique prop bet forged between the two, Sharkey must now work at McDonald’s for 30 hours. His first shift kicked off before dawn on Thursday after Sha...
