Every player travels to the World Series of Poker from a different road, and this year, thousands of people will make it to Las Vegas with dreams that were formed all around the world.   One such player who has endured a harder journey than most, escaping war-torn Ukraine to evacuate his family to safety,… Continue reading Eugene Katchalov’s Journey from War-torn Ukraine to the World Series of Poker

The 2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London kicks off this week with the biggest buy-in in tournament poker history as the highlight. Deemed the Triton Million: A Helping Hand for Charity, the event has a gargantuan £1,050,000 buy-in, of which £1,000,000 goes to the prize pool and £50,000 goes towards charitable causes.

On Thursday, the World Series of Poker continued with its steady flow of announcements regarding its 2019 events by announcing the dates for WSOP Europe. The festival returns to King’s Resort Rozvadov in the Czech Republic October 15 and runs through November 4, 2019.

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.

When he’s not busy running King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Leon Tsoukernik likes to dabble in high roller poker tournaments both live and online and on Tuesday night, Tsoukernik picked up a partypoker POWERFEST title and a cool $207,978.

One look at #WSOP gives even those with the slightest interest in poker a severe case of FOMO. The first week of the 49th Annual World Series of Poker had it all. Big names fighting for multimillion-dollar scores and players mixing it up both on and off-the-felt.

Hosted by PocketFives President and Editor in Chief Lance Bradley and poker writer Matt Clark, The Fives runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and debate the hottest topics in poker.

The legal drama surrounding last summer’s high-stakes heads-up battle between King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik and poker pro “Aussie” Matt Kirk completed another episode on Tuesday. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, a Las Vegas judge dismissed Tsoukernik’s counterclaims of defamation, fraud and civil conspiracy against Kirk and the Aria Resort & Casino.

As the final days of 2017 slowly tick by, it’s time to take a look back at the year in poker. Over the last 10 days of the year, PocketFives is taking readers on a trip back in time to recap the last 12 months in a fun and unique way. To date we’ve gone… Continue reading 2017 in Review: Remember these WTF Moments?

As the final days of 2017 slowly tick by, it’s time to take a look back at the year in poker. Over the last 10 days of the year, PocketFives is taking readers on a trip back in time to recap the last 12 months in a fun and unique way. To date we’ve gone… Continue reading 2017 in Review: Accusations & Insults Ignite The Year In Grudges

As the final days of 2017 slowly tick by, it’s time to take a look back at the year in poker. Over the last 10 days of the year, PocketFives is taking readers on a trip back in time to recap the last 12 months in a fun and unique way. We’ll get things started… Continue reading 2017 in Review: Lawsuits and Legislation Rule Off the Felt News

Hosted by PocketFives President and Editor in Chief Lance Bradley and poker writer Matt Clark, The Fives runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and interview players and industry leaders. GREAT NEWS: The Fives is now available on Stitcher. Check out the links below to start listening on your favorite… Continue reading The Fives Podcast: Episode 29 – THE BEEF

The wranglings in the high-stakes heads-up legal drama between “Aussie” Matt Kirk and Leon Tsoukernik continued Tuesday as lawyers for Kirk filed a motion to dismiss Tsoukernik’s $10 million counterclaim. In the counterclaim, Tsoukernik, the owner of the Czech Rebuplic’s King’s Casino, is alleging defamation, civil conspiracy, and fraud, among other charges of Kirk. Tsoukernik’s… Continue reading Kirk Files Motion To Dismiss Against Tsoukernik’s $10M Counterclaim

Rob Yong, founder of UK card room Dusk Till Dawn, went on the record to reveal some behind-the-scenes details of the immediate aftermath of the now legendary late night high-stakes heads-up match between “Aussie” Matt Kirk and King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik which has led to, now, the filing of multiple million-dollar lawsuits. In summary,… Continue reading Rob Yong Sheds Light On Matt Kirk v. Leon Tsoukernik Lawsuit Drama

Hosted by PocketFives President and Editor in Chief Lance Bradley and poker writer Matt Clark, The Fives runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and interview players and industry leaders. GREAT NEWS: The Fives is now available on GooglePlay and Stitcher. Check out the links below to get listening on… Continue reading The Fives Podcast: Episode 28 – THE BAD GUYS WIN