With the EPT Barcelona festival on the horizon, we spoke to one of Europe’s hottest poker talents and a PokerStake seller, Adi Radjkovic. Since leaving the army, Adi has focused on poker tournaments and won almost $800,000 in ranking events. In recent months, he has cashed all over Europe and is taking on the Catalan… Continue reading Adi Rajkovic – The Best Is Yet to Come

Poker legend Gus Hansen, also known as The Great Dane, has joined Team Winamax and will be playing under their colors in the forthcoming EPT Monte Carlo Main Event and  the 59th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this summer For many years an enigmatic player, Gus Hansen is a bona fide star and… Continue reading Gus Hansen Joins Team Winamax in Shock Ambassador Appointment

After weeks of hovering in the top 5 of the worldwide Online Poker Rankings, Brazilian crusher Pedro ‘pvigar’ Garagnani finally made his move and supplanted fellow countryman Bruno ‘brunovolks’ Volkmann as the #1-ranked online player in the world.

The 2021 Online Player of the Year race stands to be one of the most contested in recent history as every major operator continues the trend of last year by offering a wealth of major events backed by massive guarantees. With nearly a quarter of the year already played out, an early look at the… Continue reading Joao Vieira Out in Front Early in 2021 Online Player of the Year Race

For the second month in a row, a high-profile Brazilian poker pro ran away with the monthly PLB contest as Yuri ‘Yuri Martins’ Dzivielevski used a pair of major six-figure scores to help clinch the February Online Poker Player of the Month title.

For weeks now, the worldwide Online Poker Rankings have been a tight-knit crew. Brunno ‘bbotteon’ Botteon has held down the top spot for the past eight weeks and well-known names like Ivan ‘zufo16’ Zufic, Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson, and Bert ‘girafganger7’ Stevens have occupied their own positions inside the Top 5.

Steven ‘SvZff’ van Zadelhoff is the #3 player in the Worldwide Rankings and #1 overall in his adopted country of Malta. The island off the coast of Europe is home to other poker players who call the former European Poker Tour stop their home away from home. The mixed bag of cultures makes for an… Continue reading Dutchman Steven ‘SvZff’ van Zadelhoff Leads Maltese Rankings

It’s another week in the #1 spot for the Swedish destroyer ‘C Darwin2’. With a PLB point total of 10,674.85, the online legend continues to hold a massive lead of over 1100 points to whoever would challenge him in the #2 spot. His lead though, as wide as it is, is not insurmountable. Sure, it’s… Continue reading RANKINGS: Hungary’s Andreas ‘probirs’ Nemeth Powers His Way To #2

We have interviewed several players here on PocketFives who have won the Winamax High Roller. The most recent among them: Prague’s pappadogg (pictured), who took it down for $13,000. He’s primarily a cash game player, but has had a considerable amount of success in the tournament world as well, amassing $1.5 million in cashes in… Continue reading Kickboxing in Prague FTW

Earlier this year, Australia’s sammejao(pictured) won the Winamax High Roller for the second time. His first taste of victory in it came in 2014 on a Sunday and was good for $20,000, while his latest go-around came during the week for almost $6,000. To win a high-dollar six-max tournament two times is quite a feat,… Continue reading Six-Max Games, Einstein References, and My Friend Mangejao

The first of three Day 1s in the popular Winamax Million Event as part of the Winamax Series XI took place on Sunday. Two more Day 1s are scheduled if you missed out, as Day 1B will take place on Monday and Day 1C will take place on Tuesday. All three starting days begin at… Continue reading Winamax Million Event Begins Sunday, Three Day 1s

The 2014 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and the Winamax W Series both started their second weeks, which meant plenty of action online. As of 12:00 Eastern Time Monday, several key WCOOP events were still in progress. We will update this article after the covered tournaments are concluded.

Last month, the Winamax High Roller, a $375 No Limit Hold’em tournament, drew 162 entrants and paid out a first place prize of $16,000. Its recipient was Scotland PocketFiver squire1888 (pictured), who is up to almost a half-million dollars in career online tournament winnings. “It was my first outright win in a while,” squire1888 told… Continue reading “I Learned the Hard Way What Not to Do With Your Wages”

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”

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”