Sweden’s ‘Sheater’ won his fifth PocketFives Triple Crown

For the first time in more than two years, Sweden’s ‘Sheater‘ won a PocketFives Triple Crown. And this one was a milestone, as it marked the fifth won by the longtime online poker player who is nearing $7 million in career winnings. And amazingly, two of his Triple Crown qualifying wins this time around came against the same player.

In order to score a Triple Crown, a player must win three multi-table tournaments, each of which starts within the same seven-day period across any three of the networks tracked for the PocketFives Rankings. Each tournament must have a prize pool of at least $10,000, at least 100 players, and have a real money buy-in. Satellites do not count.

After not recording a win in an online MTT since March 13, ‘Sheater’ came back with a vengeance. On April 4, his Triple Crown quest began with a win in the 888 Crocodile for $5,200 and 146 PLB Points. The $160 buy-in tournament generated a field of 161 entrants and had a prize pool north of $21,000. ‘Sheater’ beat ‘ractigons7‘ heads-up and, incredibly, members of the PocketFives community raked two-thirds of the prize pool.

One day later, ‘Sheater’ took advantage of the popular Heavyweight series at PartyPoker by winning the network’s Heavyweight Drago for $2,900 and 113 PLB Points. The Drago carries a $109 buy-in and fetched 128 players. Crazily enough, the Swede once again beat out ‘ractigons7’, the latter of whom could have had two legs of a Triple Crown in his pocket had the cards gone the other way. And once again, members of the PocketFives community raked two-thirds of the prize pool.

On April 7, his Triple Crown quest was complete with a win in the Hot $33 on PokerStars. The tournament had 987 players – nearly 1,000 – and, as its name suggests, sports a $33 buy-in. ‘Sheater’ earned $4,600 for the win and defeated Romania’s ‘ramondemon77‘ heads-up. Perhaps more importantly, a win in the Hot $33 meant his fifth PocketFives Triple Crown was secure.

“It feels good to get my fifth Triple Crown,” ‘Sheater’ said. “My game has been up and down. I’ve had a few scores, but had many losing days too.”

Here’s a look at Sheater’s Triple Crown runs over the years:

August 18, 2013 – William Hill, PokerStars, Unibet – 624.80 points
October 20, 2013 – PokerStars, Full Tilt, PokerStars.fr – 956.33 points
November 5, 2013 – PokerStars, Full Tilt, William Hill – 884.17 points
January 5, 2014 – William Hill, 888, PokerStars – 450.18 points
April 7, 2016 – 888, bwin, PokerStars – 432.11 points

His latest Triple Crown marks the first time he has won a leg on bwin or PartyPoker. It’s just the second time that a tournament on William Hill has not appeared in his list of victories, and it’s the 64th Triple Crown all-time won by a player from Sweden. It’s the 20th won by anyone in 2016.