In 2014, Martin Jacobson‘s life was changed forever after he won the World Series of Poker Main Event. The Swedish poker player received the second largest cash prize ever given out in the WSOP’s marquee tournament, $10 million, and was the first player from his home country to win it all.

To close out July, Jerry Odeen, known on PocketFives as perrymejsen, took second in the weekly PokerStars Sunday 500 and earned $40,000. There were 606 entrants that day and Odeen was one of six PocketFivers to finish in the top 10. Consequently, PocketFivers earned 46% of the prize pool.

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.

In May, Anton AnteSvanteWigg (pictured) won the PokerStars Sunday 500and raked in $90,000. There was no chop to be had and Wigg, who is #7 in the PocketFives Rankings, booked his third largest cash to date.

The 99th ranked member of the PocketFives community is Sweden’s Fjaluz, who recently hit $1 million in career online tournaments scoresand is officially at $1.3 million now. He won the PokerStars Hotter $75 and final tabled the PokerStars.fr SCOOP Main Event, both in January, for almost $50,000 total.

Late last month, xtheWall(pictured), who calls Sweden home, was part of a four-way chop of the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up. His reward was the largest amount given out in the chop, $75,000, which also was his largest online tournament cash to date. “I feel great about it,” the Swede told us in an exclusive interview. “I… Continue reading How Many Friends Can You Fly to Uganda for $75,000?

On the final weekend of July, Sweden’s MangeJao, whose real name is Magnus Nordmark (pictured), won the Winamax High Roller for $14,000 following a two-way chop. The six-max tournament had 190 entrants and a buy-in of nearly $400, with the top 21 getting paid. Nordmark told us in an exclusive interview, “It felt good. It’s… Continue reading The Allure of Six-Max Tournaments with “Spewy French Regs”

Swedish poker professional Martin Jacobson began Day 6 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event in 14th place out of 79 players with 3,925,000 in chips.

Last month, Sweden’s Lukas lukethaflukeBerglund (pictured) took down the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawloutright for $49,000. He defeated over 1,200 entrants in the weekly tournament, which at the time was competing against the Spring Championship of Online Poker on Full Tilt’s sister site, PokerStars.

On Wednesday, Sweden’s Andreas Berggren (pictured, image courtesy poker.se), known as r4ndomr4gsin the online poker world, became the new #1 player in the PocketFives Rankings. This is his second stint at #1 and he is fresh off final tabling the PokerStars Sunday 500 over the weekend for $44,000, which helped put him over the top.… Continue reading Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About #1 Ranked r4ndomr4gs

Earlier this month, the Winamax Grand Tournamentplayed out on the EU-facing site. There were over 1,000 entrants and, after the final cards were dealt, Sweden’s Eiffel– like the tower – came away with a $30,000 score and took second place. His hit came just a few weeks after a win in the site’s High Roller.… Continue reading “You Will Get Rolled Over By Some Kamikaze Bluff From a French Guy”

Sweden continued its attack on the upper reaches of the PocketFives Online Poker Rankingsthis week, claiming three of the top four spots worldwide. Holding down the fort at #3 worldwide and #2 in Sweden is Sheater, who took down the Winamax Grand Tournament over the weekend, a $1,311 buy-in tournament, for a cool $45,000.