While each of the four “regional” brackets in the #1 Number One contest is comprised of online poker’s all-time greats, the Diamonds bracket could easily be dubbed the “group of death”. Not only does it feature some of the most successful players to have ever reached #1 on PocketFives, but it also features some of […]

For the second time in just two days, Calvin ‘cal42688’ Anderson broke his own record for most Spring Championship of Online Poker titles by taking down Event #26 – High ($1,050 Omaha Eight or Better) for just over $26,000.

Former #1-ranked Calvin ‘cal42688’ Anderson won a record-breaking ninth PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker title on Day 6 of SCOOP and catapulted himself into the top spot on the overall series leaderboard.

A few days before the 2017 World Series of Poker began, WSOP bracelet winner and former #1-ranked player on PocketFives, Calvin Anderson fired out a tweet that caught a lot of people off guard.

On Friday, longtime PocketFiver Cal cal42688Anderson (pictured) won his second PokerStars World Championship of Online Pokerbracelet. He took down a $320 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Six-Max tournament for $36,000, defeating a field of 649.

For the 14th straight week, Chile’s Nico PokerKaiserFierro (pictured) is the top dog in the PocketFives Rankings. He has been #1 ever since May 6 and is enjoying the longest run by anyone at #1 since Cal cal42688 Anderson did so for 22 weeks in late 2012 and early 2013. In fact, Fierro’s 14 weeks […]

In a $2,100 Stud event held this week during the ongoing PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker, or SCOOP, PocketFiver Calvin cal42688Anderson (pictured) made history. Anderson recorded his sixth SCOOP title, surpassing fellow PocketFiver Shaun shaundeeb Deeb, who was perhaps not coincidentally also at the final table. Deeb owns five career SCOOP victories.

There are 13 players left in Event #38 of the 2014 World Series of Poker, a $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better tournament. Among those still in the hunt is Cal cal42688 Anderson, who is seeking his second bracelet of the year.

“I wouldn’t say it was easy; I just ran really good.” Those were comments from Calvin cal42688Anderson to World Series of Poker staff after his victory on Sunday at the Rio in a $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better tournament. “Seven Stud Hi-Lo isn’t a game where you can just start bluffing people […]

Wade ricestudTownsend (pictured) has been on a tear so far this year. He opened 2014 by taking down the PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy for almost $60,000 officially. He final tabled an FTOPS tournament for $26,000 and then, in a one-week span earlier this month, won the PokerStars $109 No Limit Hold’em Turbo 2X Chance and […]

We have a tie! On Friday, Cal cal42688Anderson (pictured), a former #1 ranked player here on PocketFives, tied the record by getting his fifth PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker watch. According to PokerStars, Anderson came mighty close to several victories already this year, making six final tables during the 2014 SCOOP before Friday’s win: