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November 2008 - Posts

• 60 Minutes Questions Legitimacy of Online Poker

  
  

  While PocketFivers were busy dominating online poker tournaments on Sunday night, the CBS News program “ 60 Minutes ” questioned the legitimacy and legality of the industry as a whole in the United States. In its feature segment entitled “The Cheaters... Read More... Posted Nov 30 2008, 09:35 PM by Dan with 8 Comments

• Rankings Update: "moorman1" Advances to #2

  
  

  This week's P5s Rankings update features Chris moorman1 Moorman (pictured) of the United Kingdom, who moves up one spot to the #2 worldwide ranking this week after taking down the $150k Guaranteed PokerStars $100 Sunday rebuy tournament for $34,200... Read More... Posted Nov 28 2008, 11:28 PM by dhubermex with No Comments

• Team PokerStars Pro Member Akkari Wins Sunday 500

  
  

  On the felts of PokerStars, one PocketFiver, who is also a sponsored member of the online poker room, took down the site’s weekly Sunday 500 . Andre aakkari Akkari defeated fellow Team PokerStars Pro member Gavin Griffin heads-up to take home the $91... Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 01:20 PM by Dan with 5 Comments

• 60 Minutes Story on Online Poker to Air Sunday

  
  

  Rumors have been swirling around the online poker industry as to when a report by CBS News program “ 60 Minutes ” about the recent cheating scandals on Absolute Poker and UltimateBet would air. On Tuesday, we received our answer. The story, which is actually... Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 12:01 PM by Dan with 19 Comments

• Bodog to Host Special Thanksgiving Tournaments

  
  

  Thanksgiving is just a day away, and Bodog is set to give away $5,000 cash and ten seats into the $100k Guaranteed weekly tournament in a series of special MTTs that begins this Thursday with the "Thanksgiving Thursday Turbo" that will guarantee... Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 05:24 AM by P5s Staff with 1 Comments

• theVisionary Wins PocketFives Triple Crown

  
  

  The newest Triple Crown winner on PocketFives.com is a transplant from London, England who now resides halfway around the world in Tauranga, New Zealand. Neil theVisionary Mcfayden took down the Titan Poker $50,000 Guaranteed Super Tuesday on November... Read More... Posted Nov 25 2008, 10:38 PM by Dan with 7 Comments

• Internet Gambling Expert Breaks Down UIGEA Regulations

  
  

  Professor I. Nelson Rose is one of the foremost industry experts on internet gambling. His 1986 book, Gambling and the Law , helped put him on the map and he has since acted as a witness and consultant in a number of high-profile internet gambling cases... Read More... Posted Nov 25 2008, 08:23 PM by Dan with 4 Comments

• CEREUS Launches, New Features Added

  
  

  If you’re a regular user on UltimateBet and Absolute Poker or were just an interested poker player who got a little curious, then you know that the CEREUS poker network made its debut Tuesday morning. Combining the player bases of the two popular online... Read More... Posted Nov 25 2008, 03:24 PM by Dan with 10 Comments

• High Stakes Poker Season V Location Announced

  
  

  On December 19-21, some of the top stars in the poker world will invade the Golden Nugget Casino in Downtown Las Vegas for the fifth season of GSN ’s “ High Stakes Poker .” The marquee televised cash game can regularly be seen on Sunday nights on the... Read More... Posted Nov 24 2008, 10:09 PM by Dan with 1 Comments

• CEREUS Officially Launches, Combines UB and AP Player Bases

  
  

  PocketFives.com has learned that the long-awaited CEREUS network will officially launch on Tuesday, combining the player bases of UltimateBet and Absolute Poker into one large pool. Members will likely remain playing on each individual online poker room... Read More... Posted Nov 24 2008, 11:58 AM by Dan with 10 Comments