In the end, the PocketFives #1 Number One competition became another chance for Niklas ‘lena900’ Astedt to prove his dominance.

Though tens of thousands of players have made their way into the PocketFives Rankings since the website launched in 2005, just 60 different players have climbed to the top and held the #1 spot. This list of players who have been #1 includes some of the most respected and feared players in the game, spanning […]

For the tenth time in his storied career, Sweden’s ‘Lena900’ has captured a PocketFives Monthly PLB award. ‘Lena900’, the current #1-ranked player in the world, continues to make the case for being named the greatest online poker player of all time. This time he secured the Monthly PLB title for February after posting 120 cashes […]

With Pennsylvania on the verge of going live with online poker, it’s time to get prepared for how you can become one of the top online poker players in the state.

Markku ‘markovitsus’ Koplimaa had himself a very busy – and very fruitful – July as took down the PocketFives Leaderboard for the month. Koplimaa picked up 2,601 PLB points through his 20 qualifying cashes to win the Monthly PLB for the first time in his career.

It’s been years since an American, playing online poker inside the United States, took down the Monthy PLB award.

Just a few short minutes after accomplishing what most poker players dream of – winning a World Series of Poker bracelet – Ari Engel stood in front of the assembled poker media for the customary post-tournament scrum and spoke candidly about how his confidence was low.

The United States Online Poker Rankings takes a look at the top online players in the current legalized and regulated markets available in the U.S.

The United States Online Poker Rankings takes a look at the top online players in the current legalized and regulated markets available in the U.S. Jon ‘itsmejon’ Borenstein, the #1 ranked player in New Jersey, has made his way to the top of the PocketFives United States Online Poker Rankings. Borenstein is coming off a […]

Joao Simao had an incredible 2018 on both the live and online MTT scene. He finished the year as both the #1-ranked online and live player in his native Brazil. On Friday he started 2019 off by outlasting a stacked final table to win the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure […]

In September 2017, Alexandre Mantovani outlasted all but three of the 2,183 players in the 2017 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event. Busting in fourth place came with a life-changing score of $612,697.15. It was 40 times larger than his previous best career cash.

Halfway through the final month of 2018, Sweden’s ‘lena900‘ remains atop the PocketFives 2018 PLB race. Most of the top five stayed the same, with each of the top four places having the same player as our last update, but the #5 spot did change and it now belongs to ‘DamageAP.’

Movers & Shakers takes a look into those PocketFives members that have made big moves in the top 100 of the online poker rankings. The most high-profile moves in the rankings belong to two very notable players, Steve ‘MrTimCaum’ O’Dwyer and Alex ‘SploogeLuge’ Foxen, but the biggest move within the top 100 was that of Arturs ‘ARTSchGamble’ Scerbaks.

Online poker is a global game with players logging on and grinding from every part of the world. Every country has a #1-ranked player and here we take a look at some of those that lead the way in their home countries.

“If you ask: ‘Is it still beatable?’, ‘Can you make a lot of money?’, ‘Can you start low and grind it up?’, The answer is yes.” Five years into his online poker career as a member of the PocketFives community, high-stakes online poker professional ‘Girafganger7’ still believes in the poker dream.