Hosted by PocketFives President and Editor in Chief Lance Bradley and poker writer Matt Clark, The Fives runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and interview players and industry leaders.

In recent days, word broke that PokerNews would no longer be providing exclusive live updates of the World Series of Poker. Instead, WSOP officials will take on the task of providing live updates themselves. We’ve heard the WSOP’s side of the story from Vice President Seth Palansky. Now, PocketFives sat down with Matt Parvis (pictured), […]

For the last seven years, PokerNewshas held the exclusive rights to report live from the World Series of Poker, creating a rich experience for viewers through chip counts, hand updates, live interviews, videos, podcasts, and more. But according to WSOP Vice President of Corporate Communications Seth Palansky, that relationship won’t continue into the 2015 series.

It took a couple of days, but the Venetianin Las Vegas officially let the world know why it turned away PokerNews from reporting on its own sponsored Mid-States Poker Tour eventlast week. PokerNews’ Brett Collsongave the following response from the Venetian’s Kathy Raymond via Twitter: “Given our Chairman’s clear position on the matter of online […]

The war against online poker from the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and its founder, Sheldon Adelson, ramped up this week, as PokerNews was turned away from reporting on its own sponsored MSPT event at the Venetian in Las Vegas (pictured). The Venetian, a Sands property, reportedly cited “site’s affiliation with online poker,” according to Pokerfuse.