Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Former #1-ranked player in the world wins World Championship of Online Poker event. Sunday marked the third time this year that a player once ranked #1 on PocketFives has won a WCOOP title. Dan ‘djk123’ Kellly beat out 721 other players to win the $700 Mix Max… Continue reading Sunday Majors: Kelly Wins WCOOP #5, Colman Chops Grand

This was supposed to be the final installment of Rank & File for the 2016 World Series of Poker. It was supposed to show the final tally for how the former #1-ranked players on PocketFives did this summer but it turns out there’s going to be at least one more Rank & File needed after… Continue reading Rank & File: Josephy and Benger Steal Show to Close out 2016 WSOP

Shaun Deeb beat out a stacked final table towin the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event and earn the second bracelet of his career and second for former PocketFives #1-ranked players. Deeb’s victory was one of just 21 cashes by this group in the last week. They’ve now recorded 75 WSOP cashes this summer earning a… Continue reading Rank & File: Shaun Deeb Earns Second WSOP Bracelet for Former #1s

Brian Hastings(pictured), known on PocketFives as Stinger885, won his second career World Series of Poker bracelet on Saturday night in a $10,000 Seven Card Stud event. His reward was $239,000, which came after outlasting a rock solid final table in which the top three finishers were all members of the PocketFives community.

Eight players remain in the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, including three brand name members of the online poker community. Brian Stinger885 Hastings (pictured), a longtime fixture of the poker and daily fantasy sports worlds, leads the way with a stack of 770,000. Hastings was a top-five chip leader after Day… Continue reading Brian Hastings Leads WSOP $10K Seven Card Stud Event with 8 Left

On Sunday, Dan djk123Kelly (pictured) carried a major chip lead into the final table of a $1,500 Limit Hold’em tournament and closed it out, capturing his second World Series of Poker bracelet. Kelly, who lost the chip lead for much of the final table but managed to claw back, is over $2.2 million in career… Continue reading djk123 on Winning 2nd WSOP Bracelet: “It’s Frustrating Getting 6th and 5th”

World Series of Poker bracelet number two could be well within the grasp of longtime PocketFiver Dan djk123Kelly (pictured), who has a commanding lead in Event #43, a $1,500 Limit Hold’em tournament. Kelly has 734,000 in chips entering the event’s final day on Sunday, leading former World Poker Tour Championship winner David Chiu‘s second place… Continue reading djk123 Holds Commanding Lead in WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold’em with 9 Left

The main storyline on Sunday at the Rio in Las Vegas, the site of the 2014 World Series of Poker, was a potential bracelet #14 for Phil Hellmuth, America’s favorite poker brat. Hellmuth went heads-up with five-time bracelet winner Ted Forrest (pictured) in a $1,500 Razz event (#7).