The final flight of the World Series Of Poker Main Event has traditionally been the biggest, but no one could’ve been prepared for the throng of poker players who entered Day 1d, as a new single-day record was set and last year’s record 10,043 player field is officially back in reach. Read on to find… Continue reading WSOP 2024: Day 1d of the WSOP Main Event Smashes Attendance Records

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

Every player from Joe Public to Daniel Negreanu has attempted to call poker cards before they are revealed, but it so difficult that to do so consistently invites ridicule. Get it right and you look like a wizard, get it wrong and you can look like the biggest fool at the felt. Doing so may… Continue reading Jean-Robert Bellande Calls the Cards but Who’s Done It Better?

This week the World Series of Poker Main Event, in all its glory, returns to the Rio for what is strongly rumored to be the very last time. Thousands of players – both pros and recs – will pony up the $10,000 buy-in in hopes that after more than two weeks, it will be they… Continue reading First-Round Picks: The 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event

For the past three weeks, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida has been home for a number of poker’s best players as the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open made its return after having to take 2020 off due to the pandemic.

Through the first four events of the 2021 U.S. Poker Open, some of the best players in the world have claimed victory by dominating the final table. On Tuesday night, Joey Weissman arrived at the final table of Event #5 ($10,000 NLHE) with a middle-of-the-pack stack and watched as Adam Hendrix built up a monster… Continue reading Joey Weissman Scores Huge Comeback to Win U.S. Poker Open Event #5

When the final table of Event #3 ($10,000 NLHE) of the 2021 U.S. Poker Open began, Joe McKeehen was sitting pretty atop the chip counts. A little over two hours later, McKeehen was posing for winner photos after adding another title to his already impressive career resume after dominating the final table from start to… Continue reading Joe McKeehen Beasts His Way to Victory in U.S. Poker Open Event #3

Over a year ago, Qing Liu made the final table of the World Poker Tour Gardens Poker Championship. That final table was meant to be played in Las Vegas last March but the coronavirus pandemic put an extended delay on that event. This week, Liu traveled to Las Vegas to play the WPT Venetian event… Continue reading Qing Liu Denies Joe McKeehen to Win WPT Venetian for $752K

Over the 31 days of July, 31 different players picked up a World Series of Poker bracelet on WSOP.com. While the winners dominated the headlines, there were thousands of players – 2,289 to be exact – who added to their WSOP resume with an in-the-money finish. Digging through all of the numbers from the 2020… Continue reading All The Stats That Matter From the WSOP.com Bracelet Events

The 2020 World Series of Poker is just past the halfway point of the tournaments being held on WSOP.com. Through Saturday there are 17 events in the books and a number of the best players in the world continue to pile up the stats – and dollars – on their quest for WSOP glory. Here’s… Continue reading Number Crunch 2020 WSOP: McKeehen, Laplante, Zinno, NJ Lead Way

Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and debate the hottest topics in poker.

The argument could be made that Joe McKeehen is the most successful World Series of Poker Main Event champion of the modern era. The 2015 WSOP Main Event champion added a second bracelet in 2017 and has nearly $9 million in live earnings outside of his Main Event victory. Early Wednesday morning, McKeehen added to… Continue reading WSOP: Joe McKeehen Tops $3,200 High Roller for Third Bracelet Win

As the launch of Pennsylvania online poker approaches, PocketFives takes a look at how players from that state did at the 2019 World Series of Poker. Pennsylvania poker players accounted for 2,439 total entries at the 2019 WSOP, ranking the state 15th out of all states to have players participate in the series. Per official… Continue reading Pennsylvania Poker Players Shined Bright at the 2019 WSOP

There’s a reason that summer in Las Vegas is often called ‘poker player summer camp’ and it’s not just because the World Series of Poker is going on.

  Frankie O’Dell Wins Third Omaha Hi-Lo Bracelet Frankie O’Dell just might be the best Omaha Hi-Lo tournament player ever. On Sunday he beat out a final table that included Robert Mizrachi and Owais Ahmed to win his third bracelet in that variation and if you’re still unsure about his place in the game, just… Continue reading WSOP: Frankie O’Dell Snags $10K Omaha Hi-Lo Championship