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 […]

One of the busiest Sundays in the recent history of online poker included nine players adding a PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker title and a significant boost to their bankroll with the biggest winner of them all taking home nearly $161,000.

One of online poker’s most popular players, ‘girafganger7,’ scooped the 2019 PocketFives February PLB title. Girafganger7’s February included 124 cashes for $454,604 in prize money and a leaderboard-topping 4,867.51 points.

Steve ‘BetrThanPhil’ Tripp took the headlines on Day 3 of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker after grinding his way to victory in Event #8 (High) for a score of $100,343.

On PocketFives.com, player rankings are obviously pretty darn important. But while some players revel in the glory of a high ranking, for others – like Conor ‘1_conor_b_1’ Beresford – it’s really just a by-product or something far more important. “I don’t really follow my rank that much to be honest,” Beresford says. The young player, […]

Just two weeks Uruguayan poker pro Fabrzio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzales took over the #1 spot in the PocketFives Rankings for the first time and he doesn’t seem to be willing to let go of it any time soon. Gonzales maintained his hold on top spot this past week and has nearly a 1,000-point lead over his […]

Like other poker players, Russia’s Aleksandr ‘NoPlanB’ Mordvinov hit it big during the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker last month. During the series’ Main Event, he made the final table and finished in ninth place for $104,000, the largest score of his online poker career. He also earned 756 PLB Points for the PocketFives […]

Given that players from Sweden make up the top four worldwide in the PocketFives Rankings, it should come as no surprise that a Swede won the February Monthly PocketFives Leaderboard, or MPLB. His name: ‘lena900‘. Not coincidentally, he won the MPLB in January as well.

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 […]