Connor Drinan joined an elite club on Thursday and in the process helped form an even more elite one. Drinan became the ninth player with five career PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker titles by winning Event #56 High (1,050 HORSE) and in the process joined Shaun Deeb as the only players to win four… Continue reading SCOOP: Connor Drinan Continues Crushing 2020 Series with Title #4

Mike Leah didn’t get to play much of the 2019 World Series of Poker after his first child was born during the summer. The Canadian doesn’t have to miss a single hand of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker though and on Saturday he made the most of it by winning his third career… Continue reading WCOOP: Mike ‘GoLeafsGoEh’ Leah Wins Third Title, $85K

One year ago, Gianluca ‘Tankanza’ Speranza emerged from relative obscurity to win the 2018 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event for a little over $1.1 million. On Tuesday, he thrust himself further into the spotlight and etched his name in online poker history by doing it again.

The 2019 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker continued on Thursday, with another pile of tournaments coming to a conclusion and plenty of winners being crowned. Among those grabbing SCOOP titles with Thursday’s action were Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah, Rui ‘RuiNF’ Ferreira, and Laszlo ‘omaha4rollz’ Bujtas. For Ferreira, it was his second title in two days.

February may seem like forever ago, but it wasn’t too long ago that the second month of 2018 saw the names of Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman, Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah, and Viktor ‘isildur1’ Blom capture the headlines. Below are PocketFives’ top five stories from February 2018, plus a look back at the February’s Monthly PLB winner.

It’s only Day 4 of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker but Roman d’Rome0pro’ Romanovsky has already secured his second title of the series after defeating his friend Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard heads-up in Event #16 (High). Romanovsky took down Event #2 (High) for $123,935 just days ago and repeated his triumph yesterday after Leonard, and he agreed to a chop… Continue reading SCOOP: Four Days In, Roman ‘Rome0pro’ Romanovsky Bags Second Title

Earlier this week, Mike Leah pulled off something that just might be some sort of World Series of Poker record when he cashed in three events in the same day. It’s impossible to verify since the WSOP doesn’t keep those sort of records, but Leah was able to do it because of the way the… Continue reading WSOP: Mike Leah Multi-tabling His Way to Potential Cashes Record

Mike ‘GoLeafsGoEh’ Leah has a poker resume that is comparable with almost anybody in the world. He’s got a World Series of Poker bracelet, multiple World Championship of Online Poker titles, over $5.5 million in live earnings and just shy of $3 million in online earnings. Of all his achievements on the felt, Leah feels… Continue reading Mike Leah Says Back-to-Back Fallsview Wins are a Career Highlight

The 48th event of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker ended with a win by Canada’s Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah. The $2,100 Seven card Stud tournament had a field of 65 entrants and Leah’s victory was memorable not only because he booked a $42,000 payday, but also because it was his second SCOOP victory of… Continue reading Canada’s Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah Dishes on Dual SCOOP Wins

Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah already has a World Series of Poker bracelet and two World Championship of Online Poker titles to his name. Wednesday he beat another longtime online grinder to win the first Spring Championship of Online Poker title of his career.

Longtime PocketFives grinder Mike goleafsgoehLeah (pictured) added another PokerStars WCOOPtitle to his name earlier this week after besting a field of 1,777 in Event #27, a $215 buy-in Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha tournament featuring progressive super-knockout bounties. When all was said and done, Leah banked a total of $37,226.91 after more than 13 hours of… Continue reading Mike Leah (goleafsgoeh) Captures Second WCOOP Title

It’s not every day that a player known in part for his online chops takes down two World Series of Poker Circuit rings in 24 hours, but that’s exactly what happened to Canada’s Mike goleafsgoeh Leah (pictured) on Friday. The scene of the crime: The Bike in Southern California.