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December 2006 - Posts

• P5ers Grab Added Cash on Mansion

  
  

  Early this month we gave the Pocketfives community the heads up on Mansion Poker ’s generous $250k money added promotion. As usual, when Pocketfivers show up to play, they come home with the goods. We haven’t been tracking anything officially; I’ve just... Read More... Posted Dec 30 2006, 10:12 PM by Lenny with No Comments

• PocketFives.com Wins Bluff Magazine’s 2006 Top Forum Award

  
  

  Thursday, December 28, 2006, was a historic day for PocketFives.com. Originally launched in January, 2005, the site received the Top Poker Forum award for 2006 from Bluff Magazine. Voted on by the magazine’s readers as part of the Readers’ Choice Awards... Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 06:07 PM by Dan with No Comments

• PocketFivesLive.com Covers the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

  
  

  The PocketFivesLive.com staff, fresh off coverage of the World Poker Tour’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic, will travel to Nassau in The Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. This $7,800 buy-in WPT event, which takes place at the world-famous... Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 04:16 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: Top 10 Shakeup

  
  

  Two players who have been mainstays in the top 10 for months move up a couple spots each this week. Imper1um had two Sunday final tables, which helped propel him to the number 4 spot, and t soprano is benefitting from an impressive list of December results... Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 02:58 AM by Adam with No Comments

• Andy McLEOD... Australian for Triple Crown

  
  

  The latest addition to the Triple Crown Wall of Champions is Andy McLEOD , a young man from Down Under who has burst onto the MTT scene with a vengeance in the past few months. He has been playing poker online for about two years, and now he is playing... Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 02:41 AM by Lenny with No Comments

• PokerStars Fifth Anniversary Celebration

  
  

  This Christmas season, PokerStars isn’t celebrating with a tree or fruit cake. It’s not inviting its in-laws over for a game of Taboo. Instead, PokerStars is breaking out all the stops for its Fifth Anniversary celebration. Through January 2, 2007, you... Read More... Posted Dec 23 2006, 01:49 PM by Dan with No Comments

• He Doesn't Suck123

  
  

  Ken “isuck123” Goldin has had his fair share of success online, but up until recently, the live arena had not been particularly kind to him. Last Sunday, he entered the main event of the WSOP Circuit even in Atlantic City, and he was a man on a mission... Read More... Posted Dec 23 2006, 02:03 AM by Lenny with No Comments

• Rankings Update: Annette Continues to Rise

  
  

  Annette_15, now number 1 in the 3-month sliding PLB, continues to rack up wins, and she's now picked up enough votes in the pro poll to boost her to the number 2 spot in the rankings. Upon hearing the news of her rise, her response was, "just one more... Read More... Posted Dec 21 2006, 02:53 AM by Adam with No Comments

• WSOP Discusses Harrah's Buyout and Legislation

  
  

  On Tuesday, December 19, 2006, Harrah’s Entertainment officially announced that it had been bought out by two private equity firms, Apollo Management Group and Texas Pacific Group, for $26.7 billion, which included more than $10 billion in debt. The deal... Read More... Posted Dec 20 2006, 05:27 PM by Dan with No Comments

• David “nutstr84444” Redlin Finishes Fifth at Bellagio WPT

  
  

  Not even a lawsuit over violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act could keep 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Hachem from taking down the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic and pocketing over $2 million. Hachem is one of several... Read More... Posted Dec 20 2006, 11:38 AM by Dan with No Comments