There were another seven High Roller events on the partypoker POWERFEST schedule on Wednesday as the $20 million guaranteed online series ramps up to its Sunday finale.

There may less than a week left in this edition of partypoker’s POWERFEST but there are still millions of dollars in prize money up for grabs ahead of Sunday’s Main Events. On Tuesday, some of the biggest names in the online poker game were back at it, battling for their share of massive mid-week prize… Continue reading POWERFEST: ‘EmpireMaker’ Conquers NLHE Super High Roller For $128K

For the tenth time in his storied career, Sweden’s ‘Lena900’ has captured a PocketFives Monthly PLB award. ‘Lena900’, the current #1-ranked player in the world, continues to make the case for being named the greatest online poker player of all time. This time he secured the Monthly PLB title for February after posting 120 cashes… Continue reading ‘Lena900’ Does It Again, Takes February Monthly PLB Title

‘Lena900’ has done it again. For the second time in two years, Sweden’s ‘Lena900’, the current worldwide #1-ranked online poker player, emerged as the winner of the PocketFives Yearly Leaderboard.

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. October brought us one of the biggest stories of 2019 when allegations of cheating by Californian poker pro Mike Postle captured the attention of… Continue reading 2019 Retrospective: Mike Postle Cheating Allegations Rock October

For the first time in his prestigious online career, Sweden’s Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar took down the PocketFives Monthly Leaderboard, taking the honor for the month of October.

The current #1-ranked online poker player in the world Sami ‘LarsLuzak’ Kelopuro also took the top spot in the PocketFives Monthly Leaderboard for the month of September.

The PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller fell one entrant short of hitting it’s $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, but 49 players took to the action with five places paid. ‘Striker33333‘ and ‘WATnlos‘ cashed before ‘fishbones11‘ took third for $16,828. It was then a battle of Sweden as former PocketFives #1 ‘Lena900‘ took on Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar.… Continue reading SUNDAY MAJORS: Johannes Korsar Beats ‘lena900’ for High Roller Win

Former world-ranked #1 Steven ‘SvZff’ van Zadelhoff topped a 62-player field in the PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller to win $38,529. With seven places paid, ‘x_zola25‘, ‘kissyingui‘, and ‘jays94‘ all cashed before RYE’s ‘bencb789‘ hit the rail in fourth place for $14,419. Sweden’s Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar then took the bronze medal for $20,009, before ‘edoiler‘… Continue reading SUNDAY MAJORS: Steven van Zadelhoff Ships Sunday High Roller

‘Ifkata‘ took home this Sunday’s biggest prize in online poker after coming through an increased 11,863 player-field in the PokerStars $109 Sunday Million. The prize pool was set at $1,186,300, which showed a turnaround after last week’s missed guarantee, and when just the final three remained, a money-deal was agreed to. ‘platin32‘ then hit the… Continue reading SUNDAY MAJORS: Sunday Million Rebounds, ‘Ifkata’ Takes Home Title

The PocketFives Milestone Report looks at the online poker players who are achieving career-best achievement or reaching new heights in the rankings. It’s been a minute since we’ve checked in on the progress of some of the PocketFives community and, in the past month or so, there have been plenty of new major milestones to… Continue reading MILESTONES: Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar Passes $12M

The world of online poker took center stage on Sunday evening after live events such as the WSOPE, and WPT Montreal came to their conclusion, and it was well-known grinder Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth who showed his prowess by winning both the PokerStars and partypoker High Roller tournaments. The PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller saw 100 entrants… Continue reading SUNDAY MAJORS: Andres ‘probirs’ Nemeth Does High Roller Double Duty