Just one day’s play remains in the $50,000-entry Poker Players Championship, with a $1.3m top prize and a piece of poker history on the line. After four intense days at the felt, PokerStake seller Benny Glaser sits on top of the leaderboard, with his fellow stablemate Josh Arieh third in chips and hunting gold too.… Continue reading Two PokerStake Players on Brink of History… But Could Phil Ivey Stop Them?

Six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Jason Mercier’s love affair with the WSOP has been rekindled in spectacular fashion. In a field of crushers, Mercier, who sold to his $103,000-entry Event #3 of the 2024 WSOP Paradise on PokerStake,  sits atop the Day 2 field with an incredible 149 big blinds. With crushers… Continue reading Jason Mercier Climbs Highest on Opening Day of $100,000 PLO Event at WSOP Paradise

Eight WSOP bracelet events took place on Day 36 of the 2024 World Series of Poker, as David Eldridge beat Brian Rast to the PLO High Roller title. On the day before the WSOP Main Event starts, three bracelets were won as five more events took place at Horseshoe and Paris in Las Vegas.

After a wait that was 12 days short of a decade, Phil Ivey has won his 11th World Series of Poker bracelet. The player who many believe to be the greatest of all-time, or ‘GOAT’, took care of Danny Wong heads-up after Jason Mercier exited in third place in the $10,000-entry Limit 2-7 Triple Draw… Continue reading WSOP 2024: Phil Ivey Wins 11th WSOP Bracelet, Only Phil Hellmuth Ahead of ‘GOAT’ in Las Vegas

The latest day of WSOP drama had eight events in progress, as two players won first-time bracelets. PokerStake player David Coleman dominated to lead the final six in another event, while Phil Ivey and Jason Mercier left themselves close to gold only for Danny Wong to lead the final three into an added day in… Continue reading WSOP 2024: Jason Mercier and Phil Ivey in Three-Way Battle for Gold, Two Bracelets Won on Winners Wednesday

From front and center in the poker boom of the early 21st century to a discarded tour forgotten by many, The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) was once a jewel in the crown of PokerStars. Coming to the fore of a raft of national event hosted by the poker giant in 2010, barely a year… Continue reading The North American Poker Tour is Back in November – What Can Players Expect?

Another record-breaking day of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker saw Jason Mercier return to the annals of poker history as the devout Christian’s tournament resurrection was confirmed. Mercier, who hails from Florida and is a huge basketball fan, slam dunked in Event #60 as he defeated Mike Watson heads-up. Watson has never… Continue reading WSOP 2023: Jason Mercier Wins Sixth Bracelet After Denying Mike Watson, Ladies Event Breaks Attendance Record

If ever there was a player for whom the comeback trail was built, it might be Jason Mercier. Famously taking a step back from the live poker scene some years ago, Mercier’s role as husband and father has to a large extent taken over his life as the poker legend, now 36, has pulled back… Continue reading The Resurrection of Jason Mercier

Day 2abc of the WSOP Main Event saw a packed Bally’s and Paris casinos play down to Day 3 in style as past champions, new hopefuls and… Darth Vader – sort of – participated in this year’s WSOP Main Event Day 2. With players able to enter with a reduced stack, we saw the grand… Continue reading WSOP 2022: Main Event Day 2abc Sees Gavin Munroe Top a Million Chips; Riess and McKeehen Both Survive

A handful of WPT Online events wrapped up over the weekend on partypoker, although it was a quieter weekend for the series. The biggest winner was Benjamin Voreland, and we also saw notables Niklas Astedt and Pablo Brito Silva grab titles. For Astedt, it was his second title of the WPT Online series.

There was a time in the not-too-distant past where Jason Mercier would put on a Springtime show on the online poker felt. Mercier is one of just 10 players to have won five PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker titles and was the 2015 SCOOP Player of the Year. On Friday night, the 33-year-old won… Continue reading WPT Online: Jason Mercier Wins PLO High Roller

The day after the conclusion of their Championship Event, the World Poker Tour Online series rolled on and awarded two more trophies while looking forward to the next major event on the series – the WPT DeepStacks $3M Gtd Main Event.

As 2019 draws to a close, PocketFives takes a look back at the year that was in poker news, going month-by-month through the biggest and most important stories of the year. In May, the poker world was surprised when it was announced that Daniel Negreanu, the face of PokerStars, was no longer going to be… Continue reading 2019 Retrospective: Negreanu And PokerStars Part Ways In May

All good things must come to an end. And that end has come for the PCA. As PocketFives reported, when PokerStars announced the return of the PSPC in 2020 they also, unceremoniously, announced that the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure would not be back in 2020, ending its run of 16 years.

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