It was a jam-packed Friday of action on Day 25 of the 2024 World Series of Poker, as the Millionaire Maker and the $250k Super High Roller both kicked off, promising massive paydays and tons of action for fans to salivate over. Another trio of WSOP gold bracelets were also doled out as a total […]

When it was announced that 54 events of the 2020 World Series of Poker would be held on GGPoker, it meant that for the very first time players outside of the United States could compete for a gold bracelet online. It also opened the door for elite online poker players all over the world to […]

The 2020 World Series of Poker $1,050 Beat the Pros Bounty Tournament took over 13 hours to complete including a final table that lasted for over three hours. Malikeh Jamali was the last woman standing when it was all said and done, grabbing the first-place prize of $151,127 and $88,053 in bounties for a total […]

Over the past 50 years, for many, the World Series of Poker has grown into more than just a poker series. It’s become a pilgrimage of sorts. Players from all over the world head to Las Vegas to take their shot at battling against the best, bringing home a bracelet and possibly be crowned a […]

When World Series of Poker officials announced in mid-April that the 2020 WSOP was being postponed due to the uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, they promised that players would be playing for “WSOP glory from their homes” this summer.

Connor Drinan joined an elite club on Thursday and in the process helped form an even more elite one. Drinan became the ninth player with five career PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker titles by winning Event #56 High (1,050 HORSE) and in the process joined Shaun Deeb as the only players to win four […]

Bulgaria’s Rosen ‘dtminator’ Apostolov banked their first six-figure online cash after navigating through a 10,344 player-field in the PokerStars $109 Sunday Million for $108,027. Apostolov crushed their previous best score of $12k after a heads-up victory over Canada’s ‘Samuel Peace‘. Morocco’s ‘bibichov1989‘ claimed the bronze medal for $55,843, with the well-known name of Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ […]

Mike Leah didn’t get to play much of the 2019 World Series of Poker after his first child was born during the summer. The Canadian doesn’t have to miss a single hand of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker though and on Saturday he made the most of it by winning his third career […]

One year ago, Gianluca ‘Tankanza’ Speranza emerged from relative obscurity to win the 2018 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event for a little over $1.1 million. On Tuesday, he thrust himself further into the spotlight and etched his name in online poker history by doing it again.

The 2019 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker continued on Thursday, with another pile of tournaments coming to a conclusion and plenty of winners being crowned. Among those grabbing SCOOP titles with Thursday’s action were Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah, Rui ‘RuiNF’ Ferreira, and Laszlo ‘omaha4rollz’ Bujtas. For Ferreira, it was his second title in two days.

February may seem like forever ago, but it wasn’t too long ago that the second month of 2018 saw the names of Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman, Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah, and Viktor ‘isildur1’ Blom capture the headlines. Below are PocketFives’ top five stories from February 2018, plus a look back at the February’s Monthly PLB winner.

If partypoker’s 2018 $20 million guaranteed MILLIONS Online plays out to a winner, that player will take home an online poker record-breaking score of $2.5 million.

Playing through a money bubble can be tough. This is especially true when there are millions upon millions of dollars up for grabs. That is exactly the situation during the partypoker $20M guaranteed MILLIONS Online. The field will be packed with professional players, shot takers and plenty of qualifiers. Many of those players will be playing […]

When partypoker’s upcoming MILLIONS Online tournament takes place from November 25 – December 5, its $20 million guarantee will make it the largest online poker tournament in history. The final four players are guaranteed to walk away millionaires and first place is promised a $2.5 million payday.

The World Series of Poker Player of the Year race featured a new leader almost every week for the duration of the series. Elio Fox jumped to an early lead thanks to his bracelet win and runner-up finish in the $100,000 High Roller all within in the first week. By the middle of June, Fox’s […]