Poker Articles

June 2007 - Posts

• Win NFL and World Series Tickets on Players Only

  
  

  Players Only knows its audience: Competitive males with an itch to play at one of the top online poker rooms on the Net today. If you’re a sports junkie, you’ll love two promotions that Players Only is currently running. The first is called the “ Fox... Read More... Posted Jun 30 2007, 11:58 PM by Dan with No Comments

• All About the Absolute Poker Satellite Blowout

  
  

  Absolute Poker has received some major press on PocketFives.com lately and it’s well-deserved. Two weeks ago, we announced that Absolute Poker was included in the PocketFives.com Online Tournament Player Rankings, making the Absolute’s major tournaments... Read More... Posted Jun 30 2007, 11:54 PM by Dan with No Comments

• P5sLive Recap: PocketFivers Go 3-4-5 in Event 25

  
  

  It’s hard to believe that a week has passed since the last PocketFivesLive.com update on the World Series of Poker, currently underway from the Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas. In the first two weeks, PocketFivers captured a whopping four bracelets... Read More... Posted Jun 30 2007, 11:49 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Full Tilt Ups Its Guarantees

  
  

  Fresh off its World Series of Poker Main Event Seat Giveaway, Full Tilt Poker is at it again. This time, the site has drastically upped the number of guaranteed tournaments it offers. PocketFiver ftpdoug first broke the news on the site and, since then... Read More... Posted Jun 30 2007, 11:45 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Who's the Best Player in Your Country or State?

  
  

  Ever since our earliest days as a site, we at PocketFives.com have been committed to bringing the online poker community a rankings system that is unparalled anywhere else on the net. While the World Wide Rankings (the main rankings on the site) provide... Read More... Posted Jun 30 2007, 05:47 AM by Adam with No Comments

• P5sLive Recap: P5ers Pocket Nearly $8 Million

  
  

  Three weeks of the World Series of Poker are in the books. Several weeks are still to come including the Main Event, which kicks off next Friday, July 6th, in the Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas. The 12-day event will be the highlight of many PocketFivers... Read More... Posted Jun 29 2007, 11:48 AM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: THAY3R is a Player

  
  

  Success just seems to follow Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen wherever he goes. Having cashed three times already in this year’s WSOP (in addition to a recent WPT final table at Mandalay Bay), Thayer has still found time to rise six spots in the P5s ranks to... Read More... Posted Jun 27 2007, 11:48 PM by Tracy with No Comments

• Free Money and a Chance to Play Against the Best

  
  

  For those of you looking for new promotions, we've got one that’ll get you excited. This Thursday, June 28th at 8:00pm ET, PocketFives is hosting a blockbuster freeroll on Players Only for P5ers who have signed up through our links. The top 20 finishers... Read More... Posted Jun 25 2007, 09:09 PM by Dan with No Comments

• The PocketFives WSOP Party is Thursday!

  
  

  The very first PocketFives World Series of Poker party took place in 2005 at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas. About 100 PocketFivers attended the party, which occurred less than six months after the site was launched. In 2006, the party moved to the... Read More... Posted Jun 22 2007, 10:20 AM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: On McLEOD Nine

  
  

  Andy McLeod is on a roll. Not only has he taken the lead in the Sliding PLB as of last week’s ranking update; he's now jumped two spots this week to become the 4th ranked player on PocketFives. His week was a small one by his standards, totaling around... Read More... Posted Jun 21 2007, 04:37 PM by Tracy with No Comments