If you won $77,000 after chopping a big poker tournament, what would you do with it? Pay off student loans? Sink it back into your bankroll? Drink heavily? Travel around the world? For Andrew jambeyangRobson (pictured), a heads-up chop of the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up in mid-January meant the chance to spend $77,000 however he wanted.… Continue reading Charity, Skis, and a Nice Bottle of Macallan

Earlier this month, Antonio Da Silva (pictured), who is known online as Tonyfish77, finished third in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $52,000. It was a life-changer on every level and represented his largest tracked cash to date by a mile. Now, he is considering quitting his construction job to jump into the online poker world.… Continue reading “To Succeed in Poker, You Need to Have the Whole Package”

That quote comes from the poker story of Paul pvas2Vas Nunes (pictured). Without a miracle last-minute satellite entry into the Sunday Million, he may not be playing poker today. We caught up with him following a three-way chop of the PokerStars Sunday $100 Rebuyin which he brought home $46,000. We reached out to the England… Continue reading “I Won a Satellite to the Sunday Million and Somehow Won It”

In the second half of July, ten PocketFives members scored their $1 million cash badges. Among them was Conor Beresford (pictured, right), who is known as 1_conor_b_1 on PocketFives and captured his new profile badge on July 18. He gleaned, “It was a nice surprise when someone messaged me telling me I’d reached the $1… Continue reading “I Got 5th in the Sunday Million at 7am and Went to Work 90 Minutes Later”

United Kingdom’s Iaron Lightbourne was a relatively unknown poker player prior to his 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event run. Lightbourne entered Day 6 in ninth place with 79 players to go at almost 5 million in chips. He finished the tournament in 22nd place for $286,000.

Even though the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker(SCOOP) is over and done with, we’re happy to be able to report on players who did well in one of the largest series of the year. Among those who earned six-figure paydays this month was Jacob Slevin (pictured), who is known as 6Thor6 on PocketFives.