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 […]

‘Greenstone25‘ and ‘Carnotaurus‘ put up some very good results in Thursday’s partypoker POWERFEST action. Each player made three final tables to haul in a ton of cash.

SUNDAY MAJORS: ‘Junglemandan’ Wins partypoker MILLION, Sunday Big Game for $258K You could say that ‘Junglemandan‘ had himself a day on partypoker on Sunday. He posted two wins and two more top nine finishes on his way to picking up $275,000. ‘Junglemandan’ beat out 4,567 other players outright in the partypoker MILLION to win $153,000. […]

Over 9,000 Twitch viewers saw popular streamer and 888poker ambassador Parker ‘Tonkaaa’ Talbot take the silver medal in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $124,114 following a heads-up deal with eventual winner ‘PokerDave476‘.

No PocketFiver enjoyed more success on 888poker in March than Russia’s ‘josef_shvejk‘, even though is month actually represents opportunity lost.

Comin on the heels of his runner-up finish in the XL Blizzard Mini Main Event, Roman ‘Romeopro’ Romanovsky put together a dominant February on 888poker to be the top-earning PocketFiver on the site.

‘C Darwin2’ eviscerated the competition in October to win the PLB title and then followed that up in November with another strong month and yet another PLB title. ‘C Darwin2’ was the only player to cross the 3,000-point mark and finished with a manageable margin of victory over Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar and ‘hellohellohello.’

PocketFives Rankings saw no change this week, but two players cracked the top 10 – one of them for the first time in his career. Russia’s ‘josef_shvejk‘ moved from #13 to #8, marking his career-best ranking, while Sweden’s Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar climbed from #12 to #7 – just three spots off of his previous best. […]

Sweden’s Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar could move into the top five of the PocketFives Rankings this week thanks to an impressive Sunday that included a victory in the $2,100 buy-in High Roller event on Stars for $53,828 along with a third place showing in the Sunday 500. Korsar chopped the tournament with ‘Dattebayo‘ who was awarded […]

The PocketFives Rankings have long been a playground for Swedish players. Just last week ‘lena900‘ moved back into the top spot for the fifth time in his career and now there’s six Swedes in the top 10 with another two knocking on the door.

Swedish online poker tournament specialist Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar (ranked #14 worldwide) captured an outright victory in the $2,500 buy-in Super High Roller event on partypoker for a payday or $52,437. ‘Stikeeez‘ was awarded $35,661 for second place in that event followed by 31st-ranked Troy ‘iamthedeck ftw’ Quenneville of Canada who cashed for $24,253 in third. […]

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 […]

After a photo finish in May, the ending of the June Monthly PocketFives Leaderboard was anything but dramatic. Bryan ‘bparis’ Paris absolutely crushed the competition last month with 3,342.60 PocketFives Leaderboard Points, over than 500 more than the next closest player.

“It takes a lot of work to be a winning player now.” A quote from a man who has been around poker for ten years that undoubtedly rings true with players everywhere.