There were nine WSOP bracelet events on Day 23 of the 2024 WSOP, with two new winners and seven events without a gold bracelet being awarded. In the $100,000 High Roller event, Swedish legend Viktor Blom has the chip lead with six remaining, while six was the unlucky number for Game of Gold winner Maria […]

The next seven weeks will decide which poker players go home with one of the 99 WSOP bracelets on offer as the 2024 World Series of Poker takes place in Las Vegas this summer. From first-time players to seasoned professionals, Sin City will be packed with hundreds of thousands of bracelet hopefuls over the next […]

Super Bowl LVIII pitched two great teams against each other in a clash for the football ages. With a backdrop of ‘Taylor and Travis’, seven-figure sports bets and in-stadium appearances, some of poker’s finest were pitchside as the Kansay City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime. Who won or lost in the […]

The cycle of anyone’s life often includes a few ‘busy’ years, those periods of 12 months that were packed with excitement and change. For Josh Arieh, every year seems to be one of them, not least 2023. A game of golf with the most controversial U.S. President of all time? In the books. A fifth […]

The inaugural World Series of Poker Paradise Main Event has been won by German qualifier Stanislav Zegal after a thrilling battle in The Bahamas. With the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island attended by some of the biggest players in the world, the seven finalists in the WSOP Paradise Main Event were the envy of everyone […]

The final table of this year’s record-breaking World Series of Poker Paradise Main Event has been reached. With seven players remaining, stars of the ‘turquoise felt’ at Atlantis on Paradise Island that are still in with a chance of winning the $2 million top prize include chip leader Daniel Neilson, Portuguese professional Rui Sousa and […]

The World Series of Poker has landed in The Bahamas and over the course of the next fortnight, a total of 15 WSOP bracelet events will create legends in Atlantis. The famous venue, known once for its heritage with the European Poker Tour’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) now plays host to over a dozen bracelet […]

This time last week, Daniel Weinman became poker’s world champion, the newest winner of the WSOP Main Event. Bagging the top prize of $12.1 million, the man from Atlanta, Georgia immediately became a household name around the world, and not just in homes where members of the family are as happy passing the dealer button […]

Pulling out the biggest Mystery Bounty is a thrill for any player. But what if the biggest bounty is worth a quarter of a million dollars and its still in play when the last nine players reach the final table? Now that’s exciting. Add in being short stack of those nine and you have one […]

The thirty-seventh day of the World Series of Poker saw incredible action on the felt, with the $10,000 Main Event’s largest flight kicking off and the $1,000 Million Dollar bounty coming to a conclusion in jam-packed Bally’s and Paris Casinos in Las Vegas.

Not every staking deal is going to pan out, but in the case of this year’s 2021 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship, if you backed a player on PocketFives, you got straight up paid.

The latest day of poker action has concluded at the home of the World Series of Poker, the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. With two more bracelets won, there was also a pivotal day at the felt in the prestigious Poker Players Championship as Ryan Leng ended the third day on top of […]

Adam Friedman made history at the 2021 World Series of Poker on Wednesday night after winning the $10,000 Dealer Choice event for the third straight year, becoming the first player ever to win a single event three times in a row. In order to do it, had to best a completely stacked final 10 players […]

The Wynn Las Vegas poker room stepped up its holiday game this year with the first-ever Wynn Winter Classic. Anchoring the schedule was the $5,300 Championship and it attracted a field of 557 entries to generate a prize pool of $2.74 million. Taking home the inaugural title was Michael Rocco, who earned $540,800 in first-place […]

As the launch of Pennsylvania online poker approaches, PocketFives takes a look at how players from that state did at the 2019 World Series of Poker. Pennsylvania poker players accounted for 2,439 total entries at the 2019 WSOP, ranking the state 15th out of all states to have players participate in the series. Per official […]