On the heels of the 2018 World Series of Poker, the month of August is usually a reset for many in the poker world after they take some time to recharge from the strenuous Vegas grind. That doesn’t mean the news slows down, though. Here are PocketFives’ top stories from August.

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker always has an impact on the PocketFives Rankings, but to say the final week changed the fortunes of a few of the top-ranked players would be an understatement. Joao Mathias ‘joaomathias’ Baumgarten managed to hang on to the top spot but WCOOP Leaderboard winner Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez broke […]