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March 2009 - Posts

• King of the Sunday Million

  
  

  What else does the winner of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event need? How about a win in the Sunday Million? Carter ckingusc King, who was part of a five-way chop in the WCOOP Main Event last year for $1.26 million... Read More... Posted Mar 26 2009, 09:37 PM by Dan with 1 Comments

• Mig.com, the Domain of Champions

  
  

  Recently, Corwin mig.com Mackey did something that he's really good at: dominate a tournament. This time, the 57th player on the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings took second in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $78,000. In just two years, Mackey... Read More... Posted Mar 26 2009, 04:17 PM by Dan with 4 Comments

• Weekday Tournament Review for Mar-27-2009

  
  

  Pocketfives.com members won seven major tournaments for the first part of this week, led by Dan USCSwimmer White (pictured) of South Carolina who was the top finisher among PocketFivers in the Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday, taking 4th for for $37.6k, earning... Read More... Posted Mar 26 2009, 11:55 AM by wandigo with 3 Comments

• The Maven, Dream Team Poker Join the PocketFives.com Podcast

  
  

  This week, the PocketFives.com Podcast sponsored by Carbon Poker is privileged to welcome three-time Triple Crown winner David The Maven Chicotsky (pictured at right) to the show. A veteran of the live and online poker scenes, Chicotsky took down the... Read More... Posted Mar 25 2009, 08:36 PM by Dan with 3 Comments

• Free iPod Touch or $200 Cash for New Betfair Players

  
  

  Betfair has announced a special offer for new players: receive a free 8GB iPod Touch or $200 cash for playing your first real money hand! From now until April 12th, all Betfair players who play their first real money hand automatically become eligible... Read More... Posted Mar 25 2009, 07:33 PM by P5s Staff with 3 Comments

• Full Tilt Unveils FTOPS XII Schedule, Mini Series Details

  
  

  PocketFivers anxious for the 12th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) won't have to wait long. The 25 event series with over $18 million on the line will kick off on May 6th, culminating in a $2.5 million guaranteed Main Event 11 days later. In... Read More... Posted Mar 25 2009, 01:38 PM by Dan with 2 Comments

• Rankings Update: ender555 Now Ranked #5 Worldwide

  
  

  This week's Online Poker Rankings update features Joe ender555 Ebanks (pictured) of Ohio, who climbs one spot up to #5 worldwide thanks to his consistent results in early '09. So far this year, Joe has a victory in the UltimateBet $500+30 freeze... Read More... Posted Mar 25 2009, 04:00 AM by dhubermex with 5 Comments

• Mike Sowers (SowersUNCC) on Surviving a Televised Final Table

  
  

  As a result of his third place showing in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic, PocketFiver Mike SowersUNCC Sowers saw his bankroll balloon by $654,000. This wasn’t his first final table in a major live poker tournament, however. In fact... Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 01:35 PM by Dan with 3 Comments

• iMEGA Sues to Legalize Sports Betting

  
  

  On Monday, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) announced that it had filed a lawsuit to declare the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) unconstitutional. The lawsuit is being filed in New Jersey... Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 10:27 AM by Dan with 1 Comments

• Tournament Review for 3-23-2009

  
  

  PocketFives.com members won six major tournaments over the weekend, led by 2008 PokerStars WCOOP Main Event champion Carter ckingusc King (pictured), who took down the $1.5 Million Guaranteed Sunday Million for $193,700. Many of our readers will recall... Read More... Posted Mar 22 2009, 08:45 PM by dhubermex with 3 Comments