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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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Posted Dec 20 2006, 11:38 AM by Dan with No Comments
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PocketFives.com, 2008
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Mark 'Dipthrong' Herm, who won the Full Tilt $750k and Bodog $100k last week is our headline guest on this week's show.  P5s Live reporter and WSOP Media Event winner Brett 'bertminatti' Collson  joins us as well as we get back to poker talk on the P5s Podcast.

P5s Podcast, Jul 17, 2008
Thur, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST
Scott 'SCTrojans' Freeman is back on the show this week.  WSOP Media Director and Poker Author Nolan Dalla is our second guest.

P5s Podcast, Jul 10, 2008
Thur, 10 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST
 
So Long, Farewell
2008-07-16 01:10:28
November Nine Set!
2008-07-15 07:00:04
PocketFives.com Rankings
Rank PLB PRO
1. shaundeeb 1 4
2. djk123 2 9
3. moorman1 4 8
4. M8kingmoves 11 3
5. rdcrsn 6 6
6. PearlJammer 7 7
7. USCphildo 3 13
8. AJKHoosier1 13 2
9. PURPLEPILS99 5 17
10. SN8WMAN 9 14
Last update: 07/16/2008
P5s Sortable Rankings
Rank PLB
 1. Mr_BigQueso 4055.92
 2. ryanbluf 3936.76
 3. cactusjak9 1895.17
 4. Fajzher 1841.06
 5. Hazmat2001 1622.90
 6. Shaaarrrp 1214.78
 7. hustler2727 747.56
 8. Raf1318 730.02
 9. spudd69 654.00
 10. truconfidence 487.03