Only one player has held the #1 spot for more weeks than Cliff ‘JohnnyBax’ Josephy, but while ‘lena900’ has had 10 turns as the #1-ranked player for 97 weeks, Josephy had one run that lasted an astonishing 74 weeks. That level of success has made Josephy a longstanding favorite of the PocketFives community and his… Continue reading #1 Number One: Holz, Beresford, Gross All Chasing Josephy in Clubs

The 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event went from 1,286 players down to 354 on Tuesday Those left are deep in the money and guaranteed $34,845, and it’s Dean Morrone holding the chip lead entering Day 5. Former NFL star Richard Seymour was one of the big stacks to advance.

Brazil’s Henrique Bastos Coutinho came through a 5,490 player field to bank $148,292 and become this week’s PokerStars Sunday Million champion. Playing under the alias ‘Galochina10‘ he was able to beat ‘it.happ3ns.‘ into second-place for $104,064, with ‘mrAndreeew‘ taking away $73,028 in third-place. The win for Coutinho meant he smashed his previous best recorded online cash of $10,244 by some margin.

For yet another week, ‘C Darwin2’ is on top of the online poker world and the PocketFives Worldwide Rankings. ‘C Darwin 2’ had a busy couple days that included a third place finish in the partypoker $20,000 guaranteed High Roller on August 1 that earned him $6,440 and 117.39 PLB points.

In late May, Belgium’s ‘girafganger7‘ quietly removed his screennames from his PocketFives account and in the process gave up his control of the #1 spot on the PocketFives Rankings, allowing the Swedish players to eventually take over the top five spots. He’s back this week though and has retaken the #1 spot and left six… Continue reading RANKINGS: ‘girafganger7’ Back in Rankings, Takes Over Top Spot

The PocketFives Rankings have long been a playground for Swedish players. Just last week ‘lena900‘ moved back into the top spot for the fifth time in his career and now there’s six Swedes in the top 10 with another two knocking on the door.

As the 2017 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event was playing down to a final table on Monday, there was one name that had a lot of people talking. Belgium’s ‘girafganger7‘ was at the final two tables of the High version of the Main Event while also chip leader of Event #1 High… Continue reading RANKINGS: SCOOP Success Propels ‘ girafganger7’ To #1 Ranking

As has been the case for the better of 2017, the top three in the PocketFives Rankings continues to be a combination of ‘lena900’, Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez and ‘C Darwin2‘. This week, Sweden’s ‘lena900’ held on to the #1 spot for the fifth consecutive week. Despite cashing a total of 41 times, only one of… Continue reading RANKINGS: No Change at #1, ‘girafganger’ Re-Debuts at #5

After staring up at Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez for the past four weeks, Sweden’s ‘lena900′ has taken over the #1 spot in thePocketFives Rankings – but just barely. ‘Lena900’ posted two cashes this past week that were big enough to add to his PLB score and move him past Gonzalez. He won a $530 buy-in partypoker… Continue reading RANKINGS: ‘lena900’ Takes Over #1 Spot From ‘SixthSenSe19’

For the fourth consecutive week Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez remained as the world’s #1-ranked online poker player, but there’s five different players from Sweden attempting to chase him down. Gonzalez has 154.38 PLB point lead over his next closest competitor despite not having posted a qualifying cash in over a month. Gonzalez managed just four cashes… Continue reading RANKINGS: Five Swedes Chasing #1 Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez

For the fourth time in five weeks there has been a change at the top of the PocketFives Rankings but while change seems to be the constant at the top, it’s just two players going toe-to-toe. Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez pushed past ‘lena900‘ to retake the #1 spot thanks to a runner-up finish in the partypoker… Continue reading RANKINGS: Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez Bounces Back to #1

It seems like there’s a heavyweight fight going on between two of the world’s best online poker players and at stake is the #1 ranking on PocketFives. Sweden’s ‘lena900‘ and Uruguay’s Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez have swapped the #1 spot yet again with ‘lena900’ sitting on top after another strong week that included two big wins.… Continue reading RANKINGS: Back and Forth Continues, ‘lena900’ Back at #1

Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez regained the #1 spot in the PocketFives Rankings last week and then went about making sure he did everything in his power to stay there this week. Gonzalez had two scores big enough this week to add to his PLB total, including the second biggest PLB Points grab of his career. Gonzalez… Continue reading RANKINGS: Fabrizio Gonzalez Still #1, ‘pappadogg’ Cracks Top 10

In a day filled with big tournaments and big winners, the big headline coming out of the 888poker Super XL series on Sunday was ‘mindcrushers‘ crushing another Super XL event and became the first two-time winner of the series. Mindcrushers topped the Event #21 $75 Super Turbo Tune Up Event just days removed from a… Continue reading 888poker Super XL: ‘Mindcrushers’ Wins Second Event on Busy Online Sunday

It’s been 14 weeks since somebody other than Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez has held down the #1 spot in the PocketFives Worldwide Rankings. Gonzalez held on to the top spot this week despite the fact he played a full schedule at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas. Despite just five cashes – and none big enough to add… Continue reading RANKINGS: Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez Continues Run at #1