Poker Articles

February 2007 - Posts

• PokerXFactor Celebrates One Year Anniversary

  
  

  Less than a year ago, on March 6, 2006, PokerXFactor was born. Armed with four hours of video by top online pro and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Cliff “ JohnnyBax ” Josephy and hedge fund owner turned poker superstar Eric “ sheets ” Haber, PXF... Read More... Posted Feb 27 2007, 01:14 PM by Dan with No Comments

• The Man Who Started it all Appears on the PocketFives.com Podcast

  
  

  At the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, an accountant from Tennessee wrestled through a field of nearly 850 poker hopefuls to win $2.5 million and his first WSOP bracelet. His name? You guessed it: Chris Moneymaker. It was a suitable last name for... Read More... Posted Feb 27 2007, 11:37 AM by Dan with No Comments

• FTOPS III: traheho and Boosted J

  
  

  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series culminated last Sunday with a $500 buy-in, $1.5 million guarantee NLHE event. Just like every other tournament in the series, Full Tilt exceeded their guarantee when 3,217 players showed up for the Main Event. The event... Read More... Posted Feb 23 2007, 01:30 AM by Lenny with No Comments

• Armando "highyield6" Fernandez Wins LAPC Event

  
  

  The L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino is currently home to some of poker’s greatest stars. Home to 30 high stakes poker events throughout the past few weeks, the LAPC has taken center stage for some of poker’s biggest and brightest stars to showcase... Read More... Posted Feb 23 2007, 12:12 AM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: ComeOnPhish Reaches the Top 20

  
  

  Nobody new joined the top 10 this week, but atimos continued his climb towards the top, moving up another spot to number 6. ComeOnPhish (pictured) was the highest ranked player to move up into a new decile, picking up another two spots to achieve the... Read More... Posted Feb 22 2007, 03:01 AM by Adam with No Comments

• Advertising Shake Up in Store at the 2007 WSOP

  
  

  PocketFives.com has become one of the first sites that online poker players turn to when breaking news from around the industry occurs. Last weekend, a thread was posted by one of our members about poker-related advertisements possibly being a thing of... Read More... Posted Feb 21 2007, 05:13 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Imper1um Takes Down FTOPS Event #7

  
  

  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series just wrapped up on Sunday night, but not before some PocketFivers made their mark in online poker history. PocketFives.com #4 ranked Online Tournament Player Imper1um captured Event #7 of the FTOPS, a $216 No Limit tournament... Read More... Posted Feb 19 2007, 01:39 PM by Dan with No Comments

• PocketFivesLive.com Covers the WPT L.A. Poker Classic

  
  

  The largest poker room in America will soon play host to one of the fastest-growing live events around – The L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino. The $10,000 World Poker Tour event will kick off on Saturday, February 24 and PocketFivesLive.com Tournament... Read More... Posted Feb 18 2007, 03:21 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: Movin' up fast

  
  

  Moving up through the Online Tournament Player Rankings is no easy task for anyone; it's a highly competitive environment, and most of the players you're trying to move past are also playing all the time and bolstering their PLB totals. Worldsgrtest... Read More... Posted Feb 15 2007, 02:02 AM by Adam with No Comments

• Jim “KrazyKanuck” Worth Owns UB Tourneys

  
  

  Winning a $129 bounty tournament on UltimateBet in one night is normally a great feat for any poker player. $8,000 in your pocket and the satisfaction of knowing you’ve knocked out solid online poker players en route to victory. On Tuesday, February 13... Read More... Posted Feb 14 2007, 01:12 PM by Dan with No Comments