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April 2009 - Posts

• Blogging, Poker, and Stripping at Foxwoods

  
  

  The beauty of blogging is that you can write about whatever you want. Just took a bad beat? Write about it. Is the girlfriend getting you down? Write about it. Just saw someone’s pants fall down while playing poker at Foxwoods? That’s good fodder too... Read More... Posted Apr 27 2009, 08:14 PM by Dan with 2 Comments

• charder Comments on WPT Championship Final Table

  
  

  Entering the final table of the recently completed World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship , PocketFiver Christian charder Harder held the second largest stack at 7.4 million. Still, the Maryland native trailed chip leader Yevgeniy atimos Timoshenko by six... Read More... Posted Apr 27 2009, 07:07 PM by Dan with 7 Comments

• Yevgeniy Timoshenko (atimos) Discusses WPT Championship Win

  
  

  The 2009 running of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship ended with one PocketFiver triumphing above the rest. Yevgeniy atimos Timoshenko, a former Monthly PLB winner on PocketFives.com, took home the $2.1 million first place prize money and became... Read More... Posted Apr 27 2009, 02:12 PM by P5s Staff with 6 Comments

• Tournament Review for 4-27-2009

  
  

  PocketFives.com members won five major tournaments over the weekend, led by Sweden's AnteSvante , who took down the PokerStars Sunday Million for $227,800 after final tabling the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Mulligan for another $5,300. UWOkid87 was also... Read More... Posted Apr 26 2009, 07:49 PM by dhubermex with 1 Comments

• Harrah's Releases 2009 WSOP on ESPN Television Schedule

  
  

  The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is now just one month away. On May 27th, players from around the United States and across the world will descend on the Rio in Las Vegas in pursuit of their share of poker history. Last year, a bevy of PocketFivers... Read More... Posted Apr 26 2009, 01:28 PM by Dan with 8 Comments

• Yevgeniy Timoshenko (atimos) Wins WPT Championship

  
  

  PocketFiver Yevgeniy atimos Timoshenko came into the final table of the Season VII World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship holding nearly a 2:1 chip lead over his next closest competitor. In the end, he walked away as its champion, pocketing $2.1 million... Read More... Posted Apr 26 2009, 10:29 AM by P5s Staff with 5 Comments

• Four PocketFivers Reach WPT Championship Final Table

  
  

  Saturday marks the final table of the Season VII World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship . Not one, not two, not three, but four PocketFivers will take to the felts in this marquee event, which began one week ago with 337 players. Holding a commanding lead... Read More... Posted Apr 25 2009, 09:46 AM by Dan with 5 Comments

• Ari Engel Wins WSOP Circuit Heads-Up Event

  
  

  Recently, longtime PocketFiver Ari Engel grabbed a win in a $1,000 buy-in Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em event held during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The field was capped at 64 players and, in the end, Engel... Read More... Posted Apr 24 2009, 08:29 PM by Dan with 10 Comments

• mcmatto Discusses SCOOP Two Day Event Chop

  
  

  In the inaugural PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), PocketFiver Matt mcmatto Affleck raised eyebrows by chopping the high-stakes version of Event 8, a $3,150 No Limit Hold’em Two Day affair. He was part of a three-way deal and took... Read More... Posted Apr 24 2009, 01:11 PM by Dan with 1 Comments

• P5sLive Recap: Ten Remain in WPT Championship

  
  

  Just 10 players remain in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship , which is entering Day 6. On Friday, the field will be narrowed down to the final six, who will return on Saturday to play in front of a live studio audience. The tournament will air as... Read More... Posted Apr 24 2009, 08:34 AM by P5s Staff with 2 Comments