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. In April, there was plenty of online poker news, including one player scoring a Sunday Million victory for the second time in eight weeks… Continue reading 2019 Retrospective: Big April for the PokerStars Sunday Million

The second annual Global Poker Awards will take over Las Vegas and the PokerGO airwaves on March 6 as top players and industry leaders converge on the PokerGO studio at the ARIA Hotel & Casino to honor the biggest and brightest in the game.

There simply isn’t a more decorated player in the history of PocketFives than Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman. He’s won more Triple Crowns than anybody else, been ranked #1 more times than anybody else and was the first player to hit the $10 million and $15 million earnings marks.

When the poker industry gathers in Las Vegas Friday night to celebrate the best of 2018 at the Global Poker Awards, PocketFives.com will honor a player who has collected more accolades over the course of his online poker career than any player in the 15-year history of the site.

November was a big month for attention-grabbing poker headlines. There was a hard-to-believe $100,000 prop bet that generated incredible buzz, the return of a high-profile lawsuit between a WSOP Main Event runner-up and the largest online poker site in the world, and the conclusion of a handful of prominent live poker tournaments that found winners.… Continue reading 2018 Review – November: Bathroom Bet, Vayo Loses, Sinclair Wins WSOPE