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February 2008 - Posts

• Full Tilt Online Poker Series Recap

  
  

  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series set a record this February; paying out more in guaranteed prize money than ever before. This month's FTOPS concluded with the $500+30 $2 Million Guaranteed Main Event, which had 5,291 entrants for a total prize pool... Read More... Posted Feb 19 2008, 06:57 PM by dhubermex with No Comments

• FTOPS Event #17 Promises Exciting Conclusion

  
  

  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is coming to an end for the month of February, with exciting action currently taking place in its feature Event #17, hosted by FullTilt Pro Scott Fischman. As of February 17th, 4:30pm Eastern Time, many PocketFivers remain... Read More... Posted Feb 17 2008, 02:36 PM by dhubermex with No Comments

• The DoylesRoom.com Celebrity Bounty Tournament

  
  

  Top-ranked PocketFives.com members Jim "P0KERPR033" Campbell and Alex "AJKHoosier1" will be among the competitors on February 27th, at 8:00pm ET, in the DoylesRoom.com Celebrity Bounty Tournament. Online players from around the world... Read More... Posted Feb 16 2008, 01:33 PM by dhubermex with No Comments

• World Poker Season Six Nears GSN Debut

  
  

  As we broke on PocketFives.com last year, the World Poker Tour is heading to GSN , the Network for Games, after its run on The Travel Channel. The WPT revolutionized the way people watch poker. On Monday, March 24th, the sixth season of the WPT will kick... Read More... Posted Feb 16 2008, 12:13 AM by Dan with No Comments

• Party Poker: Still Going Strong

  
  

  Party Poker... an online poker site that brings out the most nostalgic feelings from U.S. poker players. As we bask in the memories of Mike Sexton and Shana Hiatt (who played a huge role in making PartyPoker the behemoth it became,) it seems like only... Read More... Posted Feb 14 2008, 07:42 PM by dhubermex with No Comments

• Rankings Update: "P0KERPR033" Moves Into #3 Spot

  
  

  Jim "P0KERPR033" Campbell (right) moved up to the #3 spot this week in the P5's Rankings . Jim won the PokerStars $150k Guaranteed $215 Rebuy in January, and has reached ten final tables since, including a $21,000 score from a $109 freezeout... Read More... Posted Feb 13 2008, 06:35 PM by dhubermex with No Comments

• The PokerStars Turbo Takedown

  
  

  Since the launch of the VIP Program on PokerStars in January of 2006, online poker players have enjoyed the benefits of perhaps THE most flexible player rewards program on the Net. With Frequent Player Points (FPP's) purchase options ranging from... Read More... Posted Feb 12 2008, 02:31 AM by dhubermex with No Comments

• Big Name PocketFivers Face Off in FTOPS Contest

  
  

  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicked off this past Wednesday with the No Limit Holdem Event #1, which offered a $1,063,800 prize pool and paid out $183,500 to the first place winner. For the past couple of years, it has been a tradition for high-stakes... Read More... Posted Feb 08 2008, 03:54 PM by dhubermex with No Comments

• Introducing the Remote Gambling Association

  
  

  The dispute between Antigua and the United States is heating up again. Late last year, the tiny island nation was awarded $21 million in compensation for a trade disparity that resulted from the U.S. not allowing foreign online gambling operators to solicit... Read More... Posted Feb 08 2008, 01:17 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: "SN8WMAN" Hawkins Storms Into the Rankings

  
  

  This week's PocketFives.com Online Tournament Rankings update features huge jumps by several players in the Top 100, led by former PocketFives.com Podcast Guest Brian "SN8WMAN" Hawkins (right), whose outright victory in the PokerStars Quarterly... Read More... Posted Feb 07 2008, 11:58 AM by dhubermex with No Comments