No matter how you look at it, Niklas ‘Lena900’ Astedt is one of the most dominant online poker players in the history of online poker. The Swedish superstar has hit the top of the Online Poker Rankings ten different times and spent a record 97 weeks in total at #1. On top of that, he… Continue reading #1 Number One: Legendary ‘Lena900’ Is The Spades Bracket Top Seed

The PocketFives Milestone Report looks at the online poker players who are achieving career-best achievement or reaching new heights in the rankings. It’s been a minute since we’ve checked in on the progress of some of the PocketFives community and, in the past month or so, there have been plenty of new major milestones to… Continue reading MILESTONES: Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar Passes $12M

Longtime online poker tournament specialist Ryan ‘HITTHEPANDA’ Franklin took down the PokerStars Sunday Million for a cash prize of $159,701 with fellow veteran Anatoly ‘NL_Profit’ Filatov of Russia finishing second for $112,069 and #400-ranked ‘vip25459‘ placing third for $78,646. ‘Alexey5758‘ was awarded $55,192 in fourth place while ‘fatboi‘ of the United Kingdom walked away with… Continue reading SUNDAY MAJORS: Ryan Franklin Wins Sunday Million for $159,700

The problem with being the #1-ranked online poker player in the world is that the rest of the world is chasing you. A bit of a rungood from any of the contenders puts your position in peril. Unless of course, you’re Swedish superstar ‘C Darwin2‘. Thanks to three qualifying cashes over the past week, ‘C… Continue reading RANKINGS: ‘C Darwin2’ Adds to Lead, Stays #1 for 7th Straight Week

When one thinks about the current state of poker domination, you may be tempted to default to the current crop of German players who have been crushing the live high-roller tournament scene. Names like Holz, Sontheimer and Kempe come to mind when you think about who may be vying for the best of the best.… Continue reading Top-Ranked Players In Sweden Double As Best In The World

It was Christmas Day 2013 when ‘Sheater’ made PocketFives history by becoming the first Swedish player to sit atop the PocketFives Rankings. Since then six other Swedes have taken the #1 spot at some point while ‘Sheater’ has continued to grind away. This week ‘Sheater’ became just the third Swede to pass the $8,000,000 earnings… Continue reading THE MILESTONES: ‘Sheater’ Passes $8M, Kenny Hallaert Hits Top 50

With 3,180 PLB Points, Joao ‘joaosimaobh’ Simao from Brazil, who hit #1 worldwide a few days ago, won the April Monthly PocketFives Leaderboard (MPLB). This is his first MPLB win and the sixth all-time for Brazil.

For the first time in more than two years, Sweden’s ‘Sheater‘ won a PocketFives Triple Crown. And this one was a milestone, as it marked the fifth won by the longtime online poker player who is nearing $7 million in career winnings. And amazingly, two of his Triple Crown qualifying wins this time around came… Continue reading ‘Sheater’ Wins Fifth PocketFives Triple Crown

If you haven’t heard of Sweden’s Sheaterbefore reading this article, where have you been? Seriously. Have you been living under a rock? Or perhaps on the top of a mountain with no internet? Maybe we’ll give you a pass. The Swede is the #4 player worldwide in the PocketFives Poker Rankingsand a former #1.

Don’t look now, but there’s a familiar name in the online poker world barreling towards the top of the PocketFives Rankings: Sweden’s Sheater. He was up a very healthy 12 spots this week and ended up at #4 with 6,586 PLB Points, the metric used to determine the Rankings.

It’s Wednesday, which means the PocketFives Online Poker Rankingshave been recalculated. Nico PokerKaiser Fierro (pictured) is at the top of the leaderboard once again this week. In fact, he has an 800-point lead over second place, so we wouldn’t foresee him dropping from that perch anytime soon.

It was a good week to be Austria’s huiiiiiiiiii(pictured), who shot up 12 spots to #4 in the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings, his highest position ever. The top-ranked player in Austria, huiiiiiiiiii earned $11,000 after a runner-up finish in the PokerStars.fr Night on Stars on Sunday. Two days prior, he hit the jackpot in a… Continue reading PocketFives Rankings Update: Hooray for huiiiiiiiiii

The PocketFives Online Poker Rankingswere recalculated on Wednesday, with Griffin Flush_Entity Benger (pictured) making a major splash. The former #1 player in our Rankings, last seen at the top in mid-2012, Benger moved up from #14 worldwide to #4 and is 700 points off the pole position.

We had two new entries into the top 10 of the PocketFives Poker Player Rankingsthis week. In fact, both came from the 20s in a very impressive showing. We’ll start with Costa Rica’s Nicholas rounder63 Carrillo (pictured), who moved up from #20 to #5, his highest slotting ever. He has a healthy $4.4 million in… Continue reading PocketFives Rankings Update: rounder63, overthetop43 Vault into Top 10

For the second straight week, we have a new #1 player atop the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings, which are recalculated every Wednesday. This time, it’s Sweden’s Sheater, who was last ranked #1 in January. This is Sheater’s second stint at #1, a spot no player has held for more than four weeks since the middle… Continue reading PocketFives Rankings Update: New #1 For Second Straight Week