Poker Articles

October 2006 - Posts

• Feature Site Week: PokerStars

  
  

  PocketFives.com is giving away thousands of dollars in bounties and added prizes this week on a site that nearly everyone here is familiar with: PokerStars . It's been a while, but Feature Site Week is back, and it's better than ever. Between... Read More... Posted Oct 31 2006, 03:41 AM by P5s Staff with No Comments

• Player Profiles Part III

  
  

  A new era has begun in Pocketfives.com rankings, and it is a fun time to be a part of this community. Solid data, combined with the human element of the Pro Poll, makes things very interesting. This is the first rankings system of its kind, and Pocketfives... Read More... Posted Oct 24 2006, 10:07 PM by Lenny with No Comments

• Player Spotlights: Rankings Data

  
  

  With the release of the Rankings Data, browsing profiles is just too much fun, so we decided to do a series of articles about this exciting new product. The first article featured two ranked players and a rising star ( Tmay420 , ocrowe , and LUVEMnLEAVUM... Read More... Posted Oct 19 2006, 01:25 PM by Lenny with No Comments

• Holy Rankings Data Batman!

  
  

  If you haven't checked out the new rankings data in the profile I suggest you click around and see what some of these great players have been up to. We have heard for a long time how these top players have been crushing online poker and now we can... Read More... Posted Oct 17 2006, 02:31 AM by Lenny with No Comments

• kwob20: Small town boy, big time player

  
  

  A quiet guy from upstate New York has been making a lot of noise on the tournament scene lately. kwob20 has been a Pocketfiver for some time now, but his one post will give you a pretty good idea of how little self-promotion this guy has done. You may... Read More... Posted Oct 12 2006, 08:49 PM by Lenny with No Comments

• Deuce2High Shows What Success is All About

  
  

  Mario Silvestri, a new addition to the PocketFives.com community (Screenname: Deuce2High ), and known on many sites as " Pwnasaurus ," just had a big couple of weeks in online poker. His performance was so impressive, in fact, that I felt it... Read More... Posted Oct 12 2006, 07:00 PM by Adam with No Comments

• No Sadness in Sandnes : Annette Triple Crown

  
  

  Poker is largely a boys club, but that doesn't stop talented women from succeeding at all levels of the game. Barbara Enright has been in the game longer than many of the players today could walk, and with the poker explosion and TV exposure came stars... Read More... Posted Oct 08 2006, 05:27 PM by Lenny with No Comments

• How to Final Table a WPT Event (part two)

  
  

  This article is continued from part one . After starting day two of the WPT Borgata Open with 40,000 in tournament chips Lou Russo was down to 14k and got it all in with his tournament life on the line with A10 vs AJ. His "one suckout of the tournament"... Read More... Posted Oct 06 2006, 05:43 PM by Lenny with No Comments

• BrooDogg Wins Back-to-Back "Oyster" Titles

  
  

  For the second time in a month, a P5er has won both the Monday and Tuesday "Oyster" tournaments on Paradise Poker . Last time it was Tmay420, and this time it was Sean "BrooDogg" Bruder, a talented player that's many weeks been... Read More... Posted Oct 04 2006, 10:34 PM by Adam with No Comments

• Online Poker Pro Cliff Josephy Places Second in Aruba

  
  

  In the fifth annual UltimateBet.com Poker Classic, online poker superstar Cliff “johnnybax” Josephy took home second place for $446,975. It was the largest single cash ever for Josephy, making six cashes for him in World Poker Tour play. Primarily an... Read More... Posted Oct 03 2006, 04:26 PM by Dan with No Comments