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March 2009 - Posts

• Homanga Final Tables Two Sunday Majors

  
  

  Last weekend was quite eventful for Chris homanga Homan, who made the final table of not one, but two Sunday Majors. He grabbed third place in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for a cool $56,000 and then promptly finished sixth in the Full Tilt Poker $750... Read More... Posted Mar 31 2009, 08:55 PM by Dan with 3 Comments

• PocketFives Rakeback Unveils over $100k in April Promotions

  
  

  PocketFives Rakeback has announced its exclusive promotions for the month of April which include well over $100,000 in added-money opportunities for members of our rakeback group! Online poker players who sign up for a real-money account on one of our... Read More... Posted Mar 31 2009, 04:48 PM by P5s Staff with No Comments

• Tournament Review for 3-30-2009

  
  

  PocketFives.com members won four major online poker tournaments on Sunday, led by Norway's Alosvik who took down the PokerStars Sunday Million for $187,450. There were four other P5s members at that final table, including ikszoorn and ThrillsnKills... Read More... Posted Mar 30 2009, 12:19 AM by dhubermex with 5 Comments

• Texas Hold'em is a Game of Skill

  
  

  The headline probably doesn't shock you if you're in the world of online poker. There's a reason why PocketFives.com became popular by ranking online poker players: Texas Hold'em, in its essence, is a game of skill. Citigal and PokerStars... Read More... Posted Mar 29 2009, 12:47 PM by Dan with 12 Comments

• NoIQ Poker Offers €340,000 in April Promotions!

  
  

  NoiQ Poker , a former skin of iPoker that is now part of the Entraction Network , is offering more than €340,000 in promotions for the month of April! Sign up for an account today through PocketFives Rakeback and enjoy 30% rakeback or VIP benefits up... Read More... Posted Mar 29 2009, 10:00 AM by P5s Staff with No Comments

• European Commission Finds U.S. in Violation of Trade Agreements

  
  

  In its preliminary findings released last week, the European Commission revealed that the stance of the United States towards internet gambling represented a violation of its World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations. A final version of the report is... Read More... Posted Mar 28 2009, 02:02 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Long Live the Kiwi

  
  

  If you've never been to New Zealand , you should really make it a point to go once in your life. Gigantic glaciers empty out into some of the world's largest rain forests. Peaks rise high above the ocean in the country's sounds and grass pastures... Read More... Posted Mar 27 2009, 09:33 PM by Dan with 5 Comments

• Join the Madness on Full Tilt Poker

  
  

  From now until Sunday at 4:00pm ET, Full Tilt Poker is encouraging you to enter the madness. What's that, you ask? Sit and Go Madness runs all this week on the popular online poker site and actually kicked off at 4:00pm ET on Friday. Prizes at all... Read More... Posted Mar 27 2009, 05:27 PM by P5s Staff with 2 Comments

• Bolivar Palacios (Ramux) Takes Seventh in LAPT Punta del Este

  
  

  The second installment of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour's (LAPT) Punta del Este event just wrapped up from sunny Uruguay. The $3,700 buy-in Main Event attracted 327 players and outlasting much of the competition was PocketFiver Bolivar... Read More... Posted Mar 27 2009, 01:11 PM by Dan with 10 Comments

• Dan White (USCswimmer) Laps the Competition in Full Tilt $1K Monday

  
  

  During the March 23rd installment of the Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday, Dan USCswimmer White (pictured at right) brought home the largest online poker cash of his young career. He took fourth place in the tournament for $37,000 and nearly would have won... Read More... Posted Mar 27 2009, 11:39 AM by Dan with 8 Comments