He’s an online crusher, live poker triple crown winner, Scotland’s #1 all-time money winner, and the country’s only World Series of Poker bracelet holder. We caught up with Niall ‘firaldo87’ Farrell a couple of weeks after his €25K WSOPE bracelet win for €745,287, to find out how he went from a $4 online sit & […]

Imagine being #1 in the world at…well, anything. It’s an impressive feat, particularly in highly competitive and financially lucrative fields. This has been a regular reality for Sweden’s ‘C Darwin2‘ over the past few years. He’s been hanging around at the top of the online tournament poker world for some time, and after another incredible […]

As one of only a handful of 888poker.com ambassadors, Sofia Lövgren is used to being in the poker spotlight. She has enjoyed a great career in cash games and tournaments so far, but like all poker players, it’s the ‘Martin Jacobson Club’ she really wants to join. There’s no spotlight brighter than the one her […]

Back in November 2016, when Canadian Troy ‘teckidtq’ Quenneville turned up to play some live poker at the World Poker Tour partypoker Million festival in Punta Cana, the regs probably didn’t think anything of him. After all, he had just two live cashes to his name, combined to the tune of $559. But Troy was […]

When the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star event gets underway this week in San Jose, California, Ian Kalman will be in the field taking on some of the biggest names in the game. “I love the Shooting Star tournament. It’s nice that it’s local and easy to get too. I mean, I don’t […]

The man once known only as ‘WCGRider’ has been a busy guy of late. Not only has Doug Polk managed to create a YouTube channel with close to 70,000 followers that’s jam-packed with original content; he’s also found the time to get back to his roots of Heads Up No Limit Hold’em cash games. However, […]

YouTube has quickly emerged as one of the more popular mediums to consume poker content. Andrew Neeme has just as quickly grown to become one of the more popular poker YouTubers on the web. Neeme, a Las Vegas based professional poker player, started a vlog about four months ago, chronicling his journeys as a mid […]

For Josh Reichard, poker has always been a family affair. The 25-year-old poker pro is steadily climbing the all-time ring list on the World Series of Poker Circuit and won his sixth career ring last week at the Potawatomi Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee. The Janesville, WI native won the $365 Pot Limit Omaha event […]

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but even when you’ve been playing poker for years you always need to be learning and improving, both on and off the tables. Just ask ‘Pappadogg‘ – a player who has just broke into the worldwide top ten rankings for the first time, currently sitting […]

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, […]

A few weeks ago, we told you that several players were fast approaching $10 million in online winnings; none more so than Bryan ‘bparis’ Paris, who led the pack in the race to join Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman in that elusive club. After finishing second in a PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker event for $52K […]

Jared Tendler has been a driving force behind the rapid advancement of theories and strategies surrounding poker’s ‘mental game’ over the past five years. His books, The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, have been a vital resource to many poker players struggling to overcome tilt issues, striving to achieve peak performance, or simply […]

Cliff Josephy came into the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event final table with arguably more experience than anybody else at that table with him. That didn’t stop the man more commonly known by his online name, ‘JohnnyBax,’ from enlisting the help of a coach. With the implementation of the November Nine and the […]

The regulation of online poker in New Jersey has allowed for players who may not have otherwise had a chance to pursue the game of poker the opportunity to play the game they love. New Jersey has shown time and time again whether you are a longtime professional or a family man looking to make […]

Before the 2016 WSOP Main Event final table PocketFives is providing extensive coverage of the 2016 November Nine including player features, interviews, previews, and statistics. In this edition of Five Questions we introduce you to Jerry Wong. Jerry Wong comes into the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table as the short stack, […]