Chris Moorman is easily one of the most – if not the most – decorated players in PocketFives history. He’s been the #1-ranked player 13 different times and has held that spot for a combined 23 weeks. He was the first player to break $10 million and $15 million in lifetime earnings.

For the final three months of 2015 and the first month of 2016, Christian Jeppsson was the #1-ranked online poker player in the world. On Tuesday, the Swedish poker pro turned his final table big stack into a World Poker Tour championship and nearly $924,000.

Sunday was a massive day for online poker with turnouts in tournaments across all sites seeing extraordinary growth. When PokerStars chose March 15 as the date for its 14th Anniversary Sunday Million event, they had no idea that real world events would bring so many players back to the online tables.

It was just over four years ago that Christian ‘eisenhower1’ Jeppsson relinquished his grasp on the #1 ranking on PocketFives, but on Sunday the Swede put himself back into the spotlight by winning the PokerStars Sunday Million.

This time last year Sweden’s ‘eisenhower1‘ was the top-ranked online poker player in the world. With the 2016 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker now underway, he may be making a move back up the standings relatively quickly. The Swedish pro continued his winning ways Tuesday by taking down the $215 buy-in Six Max Rebuy […]

The Swedes are back in town. Players from Sweden own five of the top 10 spots worldwide in the PocketFives Rankings this week after ‘eisenhower1’ moved up three spots to #8. He’s a former #1 player and could make a serious run to reclaim his crown.

On February 10, Sweden’s ‘C Darwin2‘ ascended to the top of the PocketFives Rankings for the first time. He held down the #1 spot in the world for seven weeks before relinquishing his throne to fellow Swede ‘lena900‘ on March 30.

Sweden is dominating the PocketFives Rankings. It’s not like this is anything new, as Swedes are typically staples of the top 10. However, this week, Swedes hold down the top four spots worldwide.

It has been a volatile last four weeks in the PocketFives Rankings. On January 20, Sweden’s ‘eisenhower1‘, who had been #1 for four months, was bucked from the top spot worldwide. Then, ‘veeea‘ assumed the helm for three weeks. Now, there’s a new sheriff in town.

Every streak starts somewhere, whether it’s two complete passes in a row or two consecutive days without an accident on the job. For Artem ‘veeea‘ Vezhenkov, Wednesday marked his second week in a row at #1 in the PocketFives Rankings.

We have a new #1 ranked player on PocketFives. After a 16-week run at #1, Sweden’s ‘eisenhower1‘ dropped to #2 in the PocketFives Rankings this week. Your new #1: ‘veeea‘, who has been ranked #2 for much of the last four months.

It’s Wednesday, which means the PocketFives Rankings have been recalculated. And after a win in the PokerStars Sunday 500 over the weekend for $57,000 officially, Matt ‘mjw006‘ Wakeman moved up nine spots to #4 in the world, his best ranking ever.

It’s Wednesday, which means we recalculate the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings. Last week, Sweden’s ‘eisenhower1‘ led second-ranked ‘veeea’ by just 27 PLB Points, the measure used to determine the Rankings. This week, the Swede has widened his lead to 310 points. This is his 15th straight week at #1 in the world on PocketFives.

There were nine players who laid claim to the title of #1 in the PocketFives Rankingsin 2015. Plus, there were 14 lead changes during the year, which means there was plenty of movement atop of the Rankings. Let’s take a look back at the #1 ranked players of 2015.

The PocketFives Online Poker Rankingswere recalculated on Wednesday. eisenhower1, who calls Sweden home, closed out the 2015 calendar year as the #1 ranked player, having ascended to the throne on September 30. He has 7,313 PLB Points, the measure used to determine the Rankings, and leads second-ranked veeea by 27 points. Will we have a […]