When Ivan Stokes first found online poker following a relatively successful chess career, he was what you might call a total newb. “I didn’t even know how to click the timebank on my computer. I didn’t know what a hotkey was. I didn’t know there were poker forums,” Stokes said. “I’d read Sklanksy’s Theory of… Continue reading Passion for Learning Helps Ivan Stokes Create Poker Detox MTT Team

After coming off what he calls a “lazy” 2014, Dutch grinder Martijn “‘Quadchrazs” Ardon (pictured) has become the first to hit Supernova Elite at PokerStars this year, and at the same time, has broken the all-time record for the fastest to ever achieve the status. He officially achieved the milestone on February 21.

In the closing weeks of 2014, Michael MacHugh, who is known on PocketFives as SilentPurple, came away with a fifth place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million, earning a not-so-paltry $78,000. “It always makes for a nice Sunday,” MacHugh said of his final table. “I didn’t really pay much attention until last couple hundred players.… Continue reading Making Supernova Elite Four Times: “You Get into a System”

Uruguayan grinder Francisco “paulwiter” Garcia (pictured) became the first person from his country to reach the much sought after status of Supernova Elite on PokerStarsearlier this year. But it seems he didn’t spend too much time celebrating the achievement away from the tables. Now, Garcia is close to accumulating two million VPPs total to make… Continue reading paulwiter Counting Down to Second Supernova Elite of 2014

In the second half of July, ten PocketFives members scored their $1 million cash badges. Among them was Conor Beresford (pictured, right), who is known as 1_conor_b_1 on PocketFives and captured his new profile badge on July 18. He gleaned, “It was a nice surprise when someone messaged me telling me I’d reached the $1… Continue reading “I Got 5th in the Sunday Million at 7am and Went to Work 90 Minutes Later”