With one week to go in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP, three PocketFives members lead the WCOOP Leaderboard. At stake for the winner of the series-long leaderboard is a Champion’s Trophy, $20,000 in cash, and a 2016 TCOOP Main Event ticket.

Orjan athilla Skommo (pictured) isn’t the first PocketFives member we’ve interviewed who hit it big, lost most of it, and then built up a usable bankroll. In fact, that trend seems to be rather common. But, it’s what you learn from the experience that defines you as a poker player.

The 2014 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Challenge featured nine events over the weekend, with PocketFives members taking home a substantial amount of the prize money. In the $2,000+100 NLHE Main Event, pktsebensof Australia (pictured) made a strong case for getting back into the Top 500 worldwide rankings with a 3rd place showing […]