Every poker player wants to play in the PokerStars Players Championship in Barcelona this August, but not everyone can afford to buy-in for €22,500 (approx. $25,000). Winning a PokerStars Platinum Pass – which includes the buy-in and money for travel and accommodations – could be your ticket to the big dance, and there are plenty… Continue reading How To Win a PokerStars Platinum Pass

Originally scheduled to take place in August, the 2020 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement was made by PokerStars on Friday, May 22, 2020.

320 Platinum Passes. $1 million added to first place. No rake. Those were some of the key components that made the 2019 PokerStars Players Championship the largest $25,000 buy-in event of all time. The event is coming back in 2020, this time in Barcelona, and it turns out the location is not all that will… Continue reading PokerStars Aiming to Make PSPC Sequel ‘Bigger and Better’

In January, PokerStars made history by hosting the PokerStars Players Championship – the largest $25,000 buy-in poker tournament of all time. Now, seven months later they’ve announced that they’re bringing it back and giving it a new host city. The 2020 PokerStars Players Championship will be held in Barcelona, August 20-24 as part of the… Continue reading PokerStars Players Championship Heading to Barcelona in 2020

Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast is LIVE this week from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure with daily episodes bringing in all of the guests and action from the PokerStars Players No Limit Championship and the PCA Main Event.

Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast is LIVE this week from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure with daily episodes bringing in all of the guests and action from the PokerStars Players No Limit Championship and the PCA Main Event.

The PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship is one of the most highly anticipated poker tournaments ever. The event comes with a rake-free $25,000 buy-in, hundreds of Platinum Pass qualifiers and $1 million added to first place prize. The momentous event takes place January 6-10 in the Bahamas and the PocketFives team will be there to… Continue reading The PokerStars Players Championship Should Set $25K History

Written by Lance Bradley Years ago, Randi Hilsercop gave her husband, Jeremy, an official deck of cards from the World Series of Poker and an autographed 8X10 of his favorite poker player, Daniel Negreanu, as a Christmas gift. Since then, the couple has moved five or six times around the country for Jeremy’s job. Throughout… Continue reading Lifelong Poker Fan Goes Viral on Christmas Day, Now Headed to PSPC

Nearly every ride at Disney World starts with a slow build-up and crescendos into some combination of speed and excitement before inevitably slowing to a halt to allow the rider to safely depart. The last 14 months of Anthony Maio’s life have closely resembled a thrill ride, but one that shows no signs of slowing… Continue reading Life and Poker Thrill Ride Continues for New Jersey’s Anthony Maio

The last European Poker Tour event of 2018 wrapped up Tuesday in Prague with Germany’s Paul Michaelis beating a final table that included a few well-known PocketFivers on his way to picking up €840,000 ($954,677) and a trip to the Bahamas to play in the $25,000 PokerStars Players Championship in January.

Fifteen years ago, the poker world was introduced to Chris Moneymaker. The accountant from Tennessee with an unthinkable last name earned his way into the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event via a satellite on PokerStars for a paltry $86. Moneymaker went on to win the event thanks to a storybook run in poker’s… Continue reading Chris Moneymaker Reflects On Storybook 15-Year Run

Next up on the European Poker Tour schedule is EPT Prague. The event heads to Casino Atrium Prague at the Hilton Prague December 7-18, for a plentiful festival that includes 43 events. EPT Prague is anchored by the €5,300 Main Event running December 12-18 and the series will also award two Platinum Passes to the… Continue reading Platinum Passes and Millions of Dollars Up for Grabs at EPT Prague

“I’d love to be a poker player forever. I would love to do what Doyle Brunson did, obviously who wouldn’t?” You may not recognize him now that he chopped off all of his hair, trimmed his bushy beard, and has a swollen black eye from a bike-riding adventure gone wrong, but Arlie Shaban is showing up everywhere… Continue reading Laboring Away, Arlie Shaban Dreams of Being a Poker Player Forever

“I’m gonna make this happen. Somehow, I’m gonna win one of these damn passes.” After calling his shot earlier this year, Nathan Manuel has done it. He’s won a PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship Platinum Pass. Winning the Pass involved topping a field of 825 entries in the $86 buy-in Moneymaker PSPC Tour stop at Run It… Continue reading Nathan Manuel Completes Platinum Pass Quest, Eyes Next Goal

There was very little fanfare when Denis ‘aDrENalin710’ Strebkov topped a 482-player field in Event #5 (Medium) on the second day of the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker. The 28-year-old Moscow resident was one of 15 winners on that day.