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October 2008 - Posts

• iMEGA Asks Kentucky Court of Appeals to Intervene

  
  

  The fight for the rights of online poker players in the Commonwealth of Kentucky took a turn for the better last week. The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA), which has been at the forefront of the battle over 141 internet... Read More... Posted Oct 25 2008, 09:31 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Twelve Players Remain in WPT Festa al Lago

  
  

  The 2008 WPT Festa al Lago Main Event at the Bellagio in Las Vegas enters Day 5 today with a total of four PocketFivers competing for the $1.4 million first place prize. At the top of the pack is 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure champion Bertrand ElkY... Read More... Posted Oct 25 2008, 08:06 AM by dhubermex with 4 Comments

• Brazil Dominates Full Tilt Poker $1 Million Guaranteed

  
  

  Poker players from Brazil took centerstage last week. Leandro brasapoker Pimentel (pictured) was the talk of Full Tilt Poker , winning the site’s monthly $1 Million Guaranteed. He took home a colossal $184,000 for his efforts. Pimentel defeated another... Read More... Posted Oct 24 2008, 01:30 PM by Dan with 3 Comments

• ElkY and Joe Sebok atop Festa al Lago Field

  
  

  At the end of Day 3 of the World Poker Tour’s Festa al Lago tournament, 34 players remain. The Bellagio tournament will award $1.4 million to its winner and still in the hunt are about a dozen PocketFivers, including Bertrand ElkY Grospellier and Joe... Read More... Posted Oct 24 2008, 08:56 AM by Dan with 11 Comments

• SCTrojans Re-Enters PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings

  
  

  The month of October has been a good one for long-time PocketFiver Scott SCTrojans Freeman. On October 14th, he won the Super Tuesday on PokerStars for $78,000 and, one week later, re-entered the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings . At one point last... Read More... Posted Oct 23 2008, 09:32 PM by Dan with 3 Comments

• Balla-B13 and ZeeJustin 2-3 at Festa al Lago

  
  

  The second day of play at the World Poker Tour’s Festa al Lago event occurred on Wednesday. When the smoke cleared, two PocketFivers found themselves perched atop the leader board at the Bellagio, the site of the marquee WPT event. Blake Balla-B13 Cahail... Read More... Posted Oct 23 2008, 09:04 AM by Dan with 4 Comments

• Americans for Tax Reform on the PocketFives Podcast

  
  

  The recent actions by Governor Steve Beshear in the Commonwealth of Kentucky have ignited a maelstrom of controversy from around the industry. In addition to organizations that you’d expect to see on the ground in Kentucky fighting for the rights of online... Read More... Posted Oct 22 2008, 04:35 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Scott “r_a_y” Montgomery Shares WSOP Main Event Prep

  
  

  When play resumes on Sunday, November 9th in the World Series of Poker Main Event , PocketFiver Scott r_a_y Montgomery will have the third largest chip stack at the final table, holding 19.7 million. He’ll be trailing chip leader Dennis Phillips’ stack... Read More... Posted Oct 22 2008, 11:50 AM by Dan with 11 Comments

• Psyduck in the Hunt for More WPT Gold

  
  

  The second of two starting days of the World Poker Tour’s Festa al Lago tournament played out on Tuesday. When the smoke cleared at the Bellagio, there were 256 survivors from Days 1A and 1B. Among them was a familiar face, Vivek Psyduck Rajkumar, who... Read More... Posted Oct 22 2008, 08:41 AM by Dan with 1 Comments

• Rankings Update: "Dipthrong" Close to Top 10

  
  

  This week's P5s Rankings update features a new entry into the top 10 as TheRealPokerccini climbs four spots to #9 worldwide. Mark dipthrong Herm (pictured) chopped the PokerStars Sunday 500 for $69,600 over the weekend and moves up five to #12. Mark... Read More... Posted Oct 22 2008, 07:22 AM by dhubermex with 4 Comments