It has been a groundbreaking year for Polish PocketFiver bartek901(pictured), who earned his $1 million cash badge, final tabled the WCOOP Super Tuesday for $150,000, and took second in the PokerStarsSunday $109 Rebuy for $64,000, just to name a few scores. He’s the top-ranked Poland poker community member on PocketFives.

On the final weekend of July, N4kaicame away with the win in the 888 Poker Sunday Challenge. He certainly carried the banner for our community, as he was one of just two PocketFivers at the final table that day. His reward was $15,000 and you can find him on 888 under the user name EternallyYrs.

In the middle of February, the 888 Poker Mega Deeppulled in 829 entrants and offered up a prize pool of $165,000. The money made a 14-hour tournament much more palatable to Polish PocketFiver aimazing (pictured), who told us, “I’m feeling awesome. It’s my biggest score ever. However, I felt a little bit disappointed since I… Continue reading Staring at a Screen for 14 Hours: “It Doesn’t Happen that Often”

To close out the 2014 calendar year, hbo06(pictured) was part of a six-way chop of the PokerStars Sunday Million Special Editionfor a commanding $241,000. A few weeks later, he is at his all-time high in the PocketFives Online Poker Rankingsat #1,099 worldwide and plays as manipulatoron PokerStars and dajmiczipsyon 888 Poker.

Earlier this month, tomnovicki(pictured) finished fifth in the PokerStars Sunday Million, banking $54,000. Perhaps more impressively, he did so while juggling two kids, one of whom was two days old and the other of whom is two years old. Yes, it sounds like complete bedlam.

On the last day of March, the PartyPoker $200,000 Guaranteedfeatured a final table that included four members ranked in the top 500 on PocketFives. Among them was Poland’s danking, who drove to a first place finish, bringing home a payday of $28,000. There were over 1,100 entrants and danking has risen all the way to… Continue reading “I Believe Poland Can Be One of the Best Poker Nations in the World”

One of the largest cashes by any PocketFiver recently went to Jose Carlos Garcia (pictured), who is known on our site as TryToExploit. His victory came in the PokerStars Sunday Million after a heads-up chop and was worth a swashbuckling $230,000. The Million that week was gigantic, with well over 9,000 entrants and a prize… Continue reading Don’t Just Sit There! TryToExploit