Viktor ‘papan9_p$’ Ustimov had himself quite a day on Tuesday. The Russian grinder finished third in the final event of the 2020 World Series of Poker Online and then went on to earn the first PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker title of his career.

Online poker is experiencing a big-time upswing. In light of current events, players from all over the world are finding themselves spending their days indoors and turning to online poker as a main source of entertainment.

‘Lena900‘ closed 2019 in a big way, winning the PocketFives Monthly LeaderBoard for December. The final month of the year saw ‘lena900’ rack up 50 cashes for more than $300,000 in prize money. He earned 3,270 leaderboard points and finished 120 points ahead of ‘papan9_p$‘ in second place.

Former #1-ranked online poker player in the world ‘girafganger7’ added another line item to his already incredibly packed resume by taking down the PocketFives Monthly Leaderboard for August.

One of online poker’s most popular players, ‘girafganger7,’ scooped the 2019 PocketFives February PLB title. Girafganger7’s February included 124 cashes for $454,604 in prize money and a leaderboard-topping 4,867.51 points.

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