On Wednesday, Britain’s Jareth East topped a record field in the WPTDeepStacks Online event at partypoker to win $557,658.14. East’s triumph came from besting a 3,554-entry field. The $1,050 buy-in event proved the largest field size in WPTDeepStacks history. The win also proved to be the largest score of East’s poker career. Prior to this… Continue reading Jareth East Wins WPTDeepStacks Online for $557,658

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak becomes more and more of a concern, the poker world, specifically the live poker world, is being affected. Several major tournaments and brands have canceled or postponed operations, and there will likely be more changes coming. One of the changes is the famed Irish Poker Open moving to be played… Continue reading Irish Poker Open Moves Online in Partnership With partypoker

Three players won bracelets on Day 15 of the 2019 World Series of Poker and a couple of four-time champions put themselves in position to win their fifth. John Gorsuch, Rami Boukai, and Andrew Donabedian all ended their day by posing for winner photos.

The final table for the PokerStars NL Hold’em Players Championship is set. On Thursday, the final eight players will take their seats to play for a massive $5.1 million first-place prize in what is the largest $25,000 tournament of all time.

There are only 38 players left to pursue the $5.1 million first-place prize of the $25,000 PokerStars NL Hold’em Championship.

Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast is LIVE this week from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure with daily episodes bringing in all of the guests and action from the PokerStars Players No Limit Championship and the PCA Main Event.

In the illustrious history of the PocketFives Rankings, 55 different players have managed to hold down the #1 spot. This edition of the RANK & FILE focuses on how those players did during the 2018 World Series of Poker.

Top 100 ranked online poker tournament player Doug ‘OU_dlanger610’ Lang of Canada took down the PokerStars Sunday Million weekly flagship event this weekend for a cash prize of $165,344 following a three-way final table negotiation. ‘Pavlov101‘ received $125,041 for third place while ‘marcelo v121‘ was awarded $117,044 for an official runner-up performance. Brazilian ‘Lorenzo Bazei‘… Continue reading SUNDAY MAJORS: Doug Lang Wins Sunday Million for $165,300

Over the last ten years, winning theWorld Series of Poker Main Event has been worth between $7.6 million and $10 million to the eventual champion. It’s life-changing money for sure, but now the folks over at 888poker want to make you even richer. As part of their Supersize ME promotion, any player that qualifies for… Continue reading 888poker Makes WSOP Main Event Win Worth $10M for Qualifiers

You know the headlines, you know the bustouts, you saw what happened on TV. But there were many untold and unexplored stories of the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event final table, so we decided to break some down and crunch some numbers.

When the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event final table began on Sunday night, nobody thought Qui Nguyen had a chance at overcoming a field that included two former #1-ranked players on PocketFives, a talented European poker pro, a former PokerStars SuperNova Elite and two young American poker pros who cut their poker teeth… Continue reading Qui Nguyen Wins 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event

Before the 2016 WSOP Main Event final table begins, PocketFives is providing extensive coverage of the 2016 November Nine including player features, interviews, previews, and statistics. In this edition of Five Questions we introduce you to Michael Ruane.

You get the impression from 2016 November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka that he really loves poker. He’s already promised that he won’t be retiring if he wins the Main Event and that he would continue to play high buy-in tournaments all around the world. But since the end of this year’s World Series of Poker, and… Continue reading November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka Hoping to Make Czech Poker History

You’ve seen plenty of numbers related to the November Nine. You’ve seen ages and chip counts, number of bracelets and final tables. Let’s not forget lifetime tournament earnings and number of big blinds. Rather than examine the obvious stats, let’s get to know this final table by the not-so-apparent numbers in this edition of The… Continue reading NUMBER CRUNCH: The 2016 November Nine

“It’s going to be fucking famous,” said Griffin Benger, 2016 November Niner, former #1-ranked player on PocketFives, of the hand that saw him eliminate possibly the most talked about and maybe even most-disliked player of the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event, William Kassouf. To many of the poker fans who have been tuning… Continue reading Benger vs. Kassouf: Possibly the ‘Most Famous’ Hand in WSOP History