Earlier this week, Judge Paul Barbadoro of the US District Court concluded that the Wire Act only applied to sports betting. As a result, the World Series of Poker confirmed all online gold bracelet events will be available to players in both Nevada and New Jersey.

Ian ‘APokerJoker2’ Steinman, the #4-ranked online poker player in Nevada, has had himself a decent 2017 World Series of Poker. He’s cashed five times, including a final table, and now starts Day 1B of the Main Event with an above average stack of 94,300. It’s a stark difference from years past for Steinman.

After ending the reign of ‘CloverSparklesFartShovels’ at the top of the Nevada Online Poker Rankings in April, Bobby ‘bcm4924’ McLawhorn spends his second straight month in the number one spot. McLawhorn finished May atop the rankings and was the only player to crack 2,000 points for the month. He put some distance between him and… Continue reading Bobby ‘bcm4924’ McLawhorn Keeps Top Spot in Nevada Rankings

After making a massive jump up the leaderboard last month, Bobby ‘bcm4924’ McLawhorn overtook ‘CloverSparklesFartShovels’ for the top spot in the PocketFives Nevada Online Poker Rankings. ‘CloverSparklesFartShovels’ held the pole position in the Silver State for all of 2017, but over the course of two months, McLawhorn moved up six spots on the leaderboard to… Continue reading RANKINGS: ‘bcm4924’ Overtakes ‘CloverSparklesFartShovels’ in Nevada

For the third consecutive month, ‘CloveSparklesFartShovels’ sits atop the PocketFives Nevada Online Poker Rankings, but it was Bobby ‘bcm4924’ McLawhorn that made the most noise in March. McLawhorn jumped five spots all the way up to the runner-up spot for March. He had a monsterous third month of the year, earning 61 cashes and winning… Continue reading RANKINGS: ‘CloverSparklesFartShovels’ Still Top Dog in Nevada

After starting out the new year on top of the PocketFives Nevada Online Poker Rankings, ‘CloverSparklesFartShovels’ holds on to the top spot for the second month in a row. He finishes February with a sizable lead over the rest of the field, almost 140 points ahead of his closest competitor.

The new year is only a month old, but there was already a lot of movement atop the Nevada Online Poker Rankings. After five consecutive months of Mark ‘wsopfreezer’ Johns at the top of the leaderboard, ‘CloverSparklesFartShovels’ had a monster January to jump two spots and start the new year at the top of the… Continue reading RANKINGS: ‘CloverSparklesFartShovels’ Starts 2017 #1 In Nevada

2016 ended with Mark ‘wsopfreezer’ Johnsatop the PocketFives Nevada Online Poker Rankings. Johns put an exclamation point on an already solid year by claiming the top spot for almost the entire second half of the year, finishing the year with five straight months in the pole position. Johns started the month on a good note,… Continue reading RANKINGS: Mark ‘wsopfreezer’ Johns Finishes 2016 #1 in Nevada

For the third straight month, Mark ‘wsopfreezer’ Johns claimed the top spot in the PocketFives Nevada Online Poker Rankings. The rest of the leaderboard saw some movement among the familiar names who have been dominating the Nevada online poker scene for the better part of the year, but after yet another solid month from Johns,… Continue reading Mark ‘wsopfreezer’ Johns Keeps Nevada Top Spot For Third Month

In a nearly identical ranking from last month, Mark ‘wsopfreezer’ Johns spends his second straight month atop the Nevada Poker Rankings and is the top online tournament player for the month of September. There were no new players able to break into the rankings this month and aside from a little movement near the bottom… Continue reading Mark ‘wsopfreezer’ Johns Spends Second Month Atop Nevada Leaderboard

Mark ‘wsopfreezer’ Johns had a monster month of August to take over the top spot in the Nevada Online Poker Rankings. He leapfrogged Bobby ‘bcm4924’ McLawhorn to claim the pole position from McLawhorn, who held it for the month of July.

For the second straight month, Bobby ‘bcm4924’ McLawhorn sits atop the Nevada Online Poker Rankings. And for the second straight month, he had to edge out another grinder to do it.

For the first time in fourth months, there is someone new atop the Nevada Online Poker Rankings. Bobby ‘bcm4924’ McLawhorn took over the top spot in June, a spot that was held by Ian ‘APokerJoker2’ Steinman for four consecutive months.

There’s a new top dog in town in Nevada. After entering the top 10 of the PocketFives Rankings for Nevada in the beginning of January, Ian ‘APokerJoker2’ Steinman is now the new #1 player in the state.

This weekend in Nevada, 13 PocketFives members made it to 21 final tables and cashed for $21,610 collectively, or 30% of the total prize pool. PocketFives member MastAAce08had four cashes totaling $8,393, including taking down the largest score of the weekend in the Sunday $20K of $6,766. Running a close second was PaulDewald (pictured), who… Continue reading Nevada Weekend Tournament Review for October 12, 2015