After a single day with no bracelets handed out, the 2023 World Series of Poker was back to shipping out hardware on Saturday night, with a trio of events coming to conclusion and a pair of longtime grinders finally finding WSOP gold. The H.O.R.S.E. Championship reached the money, and the second flight of the Milly […]

Day 25 of the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris casinos saw a rarity for the series, as no gold bracelets were awarded. Six events were in motion, however, with a huge Day 2 of the Seniors, two $10,000 Championship events, the Tag Team and the Millionaire Maker all […]

Early Friday morning, Ryan Torgersen suffered the ultimate heartbreak in poker after finishing runner-up in Event #9 of the 2020 World Series of Poker Online. A little bit more than 24 hours later, Torgersen enjoyed the ultimate joy after winning Event #10 ($600 NLHE Monster Stack) to win his first career bracelet and $172,361.

On his 36th birthday, Craig Varnell stormed back from 3.5 big blinds to score his first World Poker Tour title. The victory came in the 577-entry Season XVII WPT Choctaw Main Event and was worth a career-best $379,990.

The World Poker Tour is back in Las Vegas to close out Season XVII, and the grand finale includes the final table of WPT Choctaw. Headed up by chip leader Will Berry, just six players remain from the 577 entries.

On Monday morning, 31 players woke up with the chance to make the final table of the World Poker Tour Choctaw event knowing full well they’d have to wait 11 more days before playing down to a winner. Over the course of six hours of play, 25 players were sent to the rail with the […]

Poker’s Mid-Major circuits are home to some of poker’s brightest up-and-coming stars. Each month, PocketFives breaks down the big winners from the WSOP Circuit, WPT DeepStacks, Heartland Poker Tour, and Mid-States Poker.

November was a big month for attention-grabbing poker headlines. There was a hard-to-believe $100,000 prop bet that generated incredible buzz, the return of a high-profile lawsuit between a WSOP Main Event runner-up and the largest online poker site in the world, and the conclusion of a handful of prominent live poker tournaments that found winners. […]

Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and debate the hottest topics in poker.

When the details of the Rich Alati bathroom bet first emerged two weeks ago, many of the armchair quarterbacks at home decided that Alati was going to do serious damage to his mental health or his vision – and potentially both – over the course of the 30-day prop bet.

Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and debate the hottest topics in poker.