Poker Articles

September 2006 - Posts

• Congress Passes Internet Gambling Legislation: Future of Industry Unknown

  
  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – A last-minute effort by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) to pass internet gambling legislation succeeded on Friday, September 29, 2006, leaving the future of the industry in the United States in doubt. The President is expected... Read More... Posted Sep 30 2006, 01:36 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Online Poker Has a New Number One Ranked Player

  
  

  JohnnyBax has been the ultimate staple of the PocketFives online poker community for 17 months---he became the number 1 player in our rankings on April 18th, 2005, and he held the spot until September 18th, 2006. In addition to being the poster boy for... Read More... Posted Sep 28 2006, 03:07 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Triple Crown: Drinks are on me!

  
  

  HB HITMAN has a long-running rivalry with his good friend Bigriskky, so when Bigriskky completed 2/3 of the Triple Crown a couple weeks ago, HB knew he had to get cracking or fall behind. He has recently expanded his play to a number of new sites in search... Read More... Posted Sep 28 2006, 01:29 PM by Lenny with No Comments

• How to Final Table a WPT event (part 1)

  
  

  If patience is a virtue (and it is), Lou Russo is a saint. Known on Pocketfives as ljrtr, Louis J. Russo has made his entire career as a gambler. It just so happens that he started out in a different game – trading commodities on the floor of the exchange... Read More... Posted Sep 28 2006, 07:40 AM by Lenny with No Comments

• Online Poker Stars Compete in UltimateBet Poker Classic

  
  

  On Wednesday, September 27, 2006, the fifth annual UltimateBet Poker Classic will kick off from sunny Aruba. This $5,000 buy-in event is expected to draw over 800 poker hopefuls, including many of online poker’s greatest stars. More than fifty of PocketFives... Read More... Posted Sep 26 2006, 01:18 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Online Poker Pro Devin Porter Joins Team UB

  
  

  Longtime PocketFiver and online poker pro Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter was just announced as the newest member of Team UltimateBet. It was not long ago when Devin Porter announced on PocketFives that he was taking the plunge and going pro. He... Read More... Posted Sep 25 2006, 11:31 AM by Dan with No Comments

• P5sLive : Devin Porter

  
  

  Longtime Pocketfiver and my good friend Devin Porter was just announced as the newest member of Team UB! We are proud to announce the recognition of this rising star on PocketfivesLive, as we look forward to covering our friend TranquilChaos , aka Devin... Read More... Posted Sep 25 2006, 08:39 AM by Lenny with No Comments

• Two Friends, a watch and a glimpse of greatness

  
  

  The Borgata Poker Open was very good to Pocketfivers, with online stars like Johnnybax and Pokerstars phenom Vanessa Rousso both at the final table of the $5k event as Court arrived in Atlantic City we knew PocketfivesLive was going to have a lot to talk... Read More... Posted Sep 23 2006, 09:43 AM by Lenny with No Comments

• myCitadel Wallet Sponsors PocketFives Online Poker Podcast

  
  

  PocketFives.com, the online poker authority, produces a weekly Podcast covering the spectrum of the online poker world. The show features interviews with some of the greatest minds in online poker, along with the latest news from major poker tournaments... Read More... Posted Sep 20 2006, 01:20 PM by Dan with No Comments

• WiscoMurray: A Week to Remember

  
  

  When I spoke with P0ker H0 a few months back he told me to watch out for an up and coming player on UltimateBet named WiscoMurray . Sure enough, just three months later, this kid is not only playing in but dominating some of the biggest tournaments on... Read More... Posted Sep 20 2006, 12:08 AM by Lenny with No Comments