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September 2008 - Posts

• DoylesRoom $250k Guaranteed Super Saturday

  
  

  DoylesRoom , one of the most trusted online poker sites on the net, will host the Super Saturday $250k Guaranteed tournament on September 27th at 4:00pm ET. The event will feature 10 elimination bounties on DoylesRoom pros worth $1,000 each. The tournament... Read More... Posted Sep 25 2008, 06:32 PM by P5s Staff with 4 Comments

• WSOPE Primer on the PocketFives Podcast

  
  

  Just about everyone knows the story of last year’s World Series of Poker Europe Main Event . In the first year that the event was held, one PocketFiver proved to herself and the entire poker world that she belonged in the same breath with the industry... Read More... Posted Sep 24 2008, 05:18 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Bodog Poker Open II Begins Sunday

  
  

  In March, PocketFiver Shawn phatcat Luman (pictured) took down the Main Event of the very first Bodog Poker Open , winning $76,280. The $500 buy-in event marked the conclusion of the wildly popular tournament series on the online poker site. Starting... Read More... Posted Sep 24 2008, 04:15 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: "AJKHoosier1" Back on Top

  
  

  This week's P5s Rankings update features Alex AJKHoosier1 Kamberis (pictured) regaining his #1 worldwide ranking following a $782,000 for 3rd place in the 2008 PokerStars WCOOP Main Event. Alex was the central part in a 5-way final table chop negotiation... Read More... Posted Sep 24 2008, 01:35 PM by dhubermex with 3 Comments

• PocketFivers Earn Nearly $10 Million from WCOOP Final Tables

  
  

  On Monday night, the Main Event of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker drew to a close. A win by ckingusc meant that PocketFivers banked another $1.2 million from final tables in the world’s largest online tournament series. All told... Read More... Posted Sep 23 2008, 08:22 AM by Dan with No Comments

• Carter "ckingusc" King Wins WCOOP Main Event

  
  

  The 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event concluded Monday evening with PocketFiver Carter ckingusc King (pictured) taking home the championship bracelet and $1,265,432! With that cash, Carter earns the largest online tournament... Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 08:40 PM by dhubermex with 12 Comments

• GPSTS Back in Action in 2008

  
  

  It’s been a slow summer for the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, or GPSTS . After all, the organization sees much, if not all, of its participation from college students across the United States. The GPSTS “views poker as an exceptional game of... Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 04:43 PM by Dan with No Comments

• AJKHoosier1 and Cobra234 Lead PocketFivers into WCOOP Final Day

  
  

  Today marks the second day of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event. Play on Sunday night stopped when there were 60 people remaining. Perched atop the leader board at the end of Day 1 was august35, who held 3.8 million... Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 12:17 PM by Dan with 3 Comments

• PocketFives: 2008 WCOOP Final Table Cash List

  
  

  The 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker featured an unprecedented $30,000,000 overall guarantee and a $10 million guaranteed two-day Main Event. Following is a list of PocketFives.com members who made final table appearances in the 2008... Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 06:46 AM by P5s Staff with No Comments

• Tournament Review for 9-21-2008

  
  

  Weekend major tournament action centered on the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Poker, as nearly 2,200 players paid the $5,200 entry into the $10,000,000 Guaranteed WCOOP Main Event on Sunday. The two day event will continue today at 4:30pm ET with... Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 03:20 AM by dhubermex with No Comments