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December 2008 - Posts

• All In on the Sunday 500

  
  

  Recently, Matt All in at 420 Stout coughed up $500+30 to enter the Sunday 500 on PokerStars one week ago. He was one of 1,168 entrants, creating a total prize pool of $584,000. A few hours later, Stout emerged victorious, finding his bankroll over $105k... Read More... Posted Dec 30 2008, 10:17 PM by Dan with 6 Comments

• Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!

  
  

  In the world of Australian poker players, one name that jumps out is Andy McLEOD . However, his first name is not Andy nor is his last name McLeod. Instead, James Obst pays homage to a local athlete through his screen name. Obst recently took second in... Read More... Posted Dec 30 2008, 02:17 PM by Dan with 3 Comments

• Year in Review: Poker Legislation

  
  

  To say that the 2008 calendar year has been a busy one on the legislative front would be a huge understatement. The legislative wheels in the United States have been churning, with groups like the 1.2 million member strong Poker Players Alliance (PPA... Read More... Posted Dec 29 2008, 08:25 PM by Dan with 4 Comments

• 2008 Year in Review: The World Series of Poker

  
  

  One of the highlights of any calendar year for poker players is the World Series of Poker . Held annually at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the WSOP serves as the host of over 50 prestigious poker tournaments. For the second time, the... Read More... Posted Dec 29 2008, 06:50 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Mpowa Takes Down PokerStars World Record Event

  
  

  A total of 35,000 players hit the felts of PokerStars on Sunday for the online poker site’s successful attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record for largest online poker tournament ever. Unofficially, the mark to beat was 26,517, which is the number... Read More... Posted Dec 29 2008, 04:12 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Locking Down the Bayou Poker Challenge

  
  

  Recently, Justin lockdownpokah Allen was among 103 players who entered the Winter Bayou Poker Challenge held at Harrah’s New Orleans. The $5,150 tournament awarded a $158,000 first place prize and when the smoke cleared in the Big Easy, Allen emerged... Read More... Posted Dec 28 2008, 08:23 PM by Dan with 10 Comments

• Tournament Review for 12-28-2008

  
  

  The last Sunday of the year proved to be a profitable one for PocketFives.com members; who took down two major tournaments. Matt All In At 420 Stout (pictured) won the PokerStars "Sunday 500" for over $105,000. Bigmoneystud received $43,800... Read More... Posted Dec 28 2008, 06:02 PM by dhubermex with 2 Comments

• Rankings Update: Hungary's "breeth" Approaches #1 Ranking

  
  

  Peter breeth Turmezey of Hungary (pictured) spent his second week atop the overall PocketFives Leader Board (PLB) rankings. Peter has had very significant online poker tournament scores in the last months of '08; including a victory in the PokerStars... Read More... Posted Dec 28 2008, 07:18 AM by dhubermex with 1 Comments

• Full Tilt Launches Two Holiday $100K Tournaments

  
  

  On Saturday and Sunday, Full Tilt Poker is running a pair of $100,000 guaranteed tournaments in its own attempt to spread a little holiday cheer. While its major competitor in the market, PokerStars, is offering the World’s Largest Poker Tournament on... Read More... Posted Dec 26 2008, 11:08 AM by Dan with No Comments

• PokerStars $2.5 Million Guaranteed Coming Sunday

  
  

  With a Guinness Book of World Records attempt coming up on Sunday, PokerStars is upping the ante in another big way. In addition to the $11 buy-in $500,000 Guaranteed event to try to set the mark for the largest poker tournament ever held, PokerStars... Read More... Posted Dec 25 2008, 09:27 PM by Dan with No Comments