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June 2008 - Posts

• Fourth Annual PocketFives Party is Tuesday, July 1st

  
  

  It makes me excited just typing that headline. The fourth annual PocketFives Party takes place next Tuesday, July 1st and is proudly sponsored by DoylesRoom . The party will be held at the Hooters Casino, which is just off the south end of the Strip on... Read More... Posted Jun 23 2008, 05:05 PM by Dan with 2 Comments

• Tournament Review for 6-22-2008

  
  

  This past Sunday saw PocketFives.com members take down five of ten major tournaments, including the PokerStars Sunday Million, which was won by tEh_R3aLde4L for over $158k. The Full Tilt Poker $750k was won by Ramzi , who outlasted over 3,400 opponents... Read More... Posted Jun 23 2008, 07:57 AM by dhubermex with 1 Comments

• P5'ers Take 2nd and 3rd in WSOP Event #36

  
  

  Saturday night provided for another solid showing by PocketFives.com members in this year's World Series of Poker, as P5'ers took 2nd and 3rd place in the $1,500 No Limit Holdem Event #36. After cashing in WSOP Events 2 and 9, Cody thugmoneymkr... Read More... Posted Jun 22 2008, 07:50 AM by dhubermex with No Comments

• Tim “Tmay420” West Makes Final Table of WSOP Event 34

  
  

  One of the most feared players in all of poker reached the final table of the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys event (#34) of the 2008 World Series of Poker on Friday night. The event attracted 320 players and several PocketFivers landed near the top... Read More... Posted Jun 20 2008, 09:31 PM by Dan with No Comments

• HR 5767 to be Marked Up in Committee

  
  

  On Friday, June 20, major news broke from Capitol Hill. The House Financial Services Committee announced that it will mark up HR 5767 to tomorrow, June 24th, at 10:00am ET. Now dubbed the “Payments System Protection Act” according to the Committee website... Read More... Posted Jun 20 2008, 01:41 PM by Dan with 2 Comments

• Annie Duke Reaches Final Table of WSOP Event 33

  
  

  It had been a little over a year since PocketFiver Annie Duke reached the final table of a World Series of Poker event. On June 3rd, 2007, she finished third in the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better tournament, cashing for $75,210. Fast... Read More... Posted Jun 19 2008, 10:38 PM by Dan with No Comments

• PocketFivers Go 2-3 in WSOP Event #31

  
  

  On Wednesday night at the 2008 World Series of Poker, Seth grtwhitehoop Fischer and Justin Fluffdog87 Filtz reached the final table of the $2,500 Six Handed No Limit Event (#31). After a wild final table where the two would lose critical pots with pocket... Read More... Posted Jun 19 2008, 10:11 AM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: Deeb Takes Over PLB Lead

  
  

  This week's P5's Rankings update has online tournament player shaundeeb (pictured) taking over the top spot in the PocketFives Sliding Leaderboard with over 7,000 points. Despite playing a full schedule at this year's Wolrd Series of Poker... Read More... Posted Jun 19 2008, 12:53 AM by dhubermex with 1 Comments

• Grant Hinkle on His WSOP Bracelet

  
  

  In Event #2 of the 2008 World Series of Poker , Grant “drossxyu” Hinkle conquered a 3,929 player field en route to his first ever WSOP bracelet in his first ever WSOP cash. Twenty-one tournaments later, in Event #23, his brother, Blair, took home his... Read More... Posted Jun 18 2008, 10:23 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Three PocketFivers Reach Final Table of WSOP Event #29

  
  

  We’re 30 events into the 2008 World Series of Poker and already PocketFivers have accumulated over $9 million and racked up four bracelets. In comparison, last year, members of the site cashed for $15 million and won six bracelets total. We’ve set the... Read More... Posted Jun 17 2008, 11:24 PM by Dan with No Comments