Earlier this year, Mexico’s Aaron aguskbGustavson (pictured) earned his $3 million cash badgeon PocketFives. It’s fitting that we’re interviewing him now for a feature article, as he is also at his all-time high in the PocketFives Poker Rankings at #21 in the world. He’s a poker transplant living in Mexico.

Earlier this month, norfair18reached $1 million in online tournament cashes, earning himself a fancy new badge in his PocketFives profile. He is one day removed from taking fifth in the Bigger $162 on PokerStars and told us that the $1 million cash badge“feels good. It’s something concrete I can point to. I’m sure my parents… Continue reading “Being Extremely Competitive Makes Poker Players Successful”

Last month, TheDegenFundwas one of five people to chop the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up. His reward was a healthy $52,000, $17,000 more than fourth place would have made otherwise, and he has since risen to #150 in the PocketFives Rankings, his all-time high.

Changes in online gambling regulations are what originally inspired the design of a global relocation service for online poker players that would ultimately become Poker Refugees. Since Black Friday, we have continued to witness numerous changes in countries’ regulations as well as changes to online gaming providers’ internal operational policies, all of which affect professional… Continue reading My Thoughts on the Ever-Changing Global Gaming Market

An upheaval of sorts could be in store for US online poker players who relocated to Mexico following Black Friday. According to iGaming Business, legislation could soon be passed in Mexico that would ring-fence that nation and could cause poker refugees to flee once more.

Here’s a thought you might have not had. What if playing online during the World Series of Poker is actually more profitable than going to the WSOP itself? Sure, if you win the WSOP Main Event, you’d be up $10 million, but for all but one member of the poker community, winning the Main Event… Continue reading “More Money to Be Made Playing Online During the WSOP Than at the WSOP”

Mexico’s Luis Velador began Day 6 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event with 3,780,000 in chips, which was good enough to start the day in 19th place with 79 players remaining. He was the 2014 WSOP November Nine Bubble Boy, finishing in 10th place for $565,000.

After Black Friday, a host of brand name PocketFivers headed to Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, and a variety of other destinations in order to continue playing online poker. Sticking around in the US for longer than most regulars was Tim tcrames88Cramer (pictured), who has $1.2 million in online MTT winnings. We caught up with him… Continue reading “I Stayed in the US, But Realized I Was Missing Way Too Much Value”