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Martin Jacobson and the Rise of Sweden as a Poker Powerhouse
In 2014, Martin Jacobson's life was changed forever after he won the World Series of Poker Main Event. The Swedish poker player received the second largest cash prize ever...
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Heads-Up with #33 Ranked perrymejsen
To close out July, Jerry Odeen, known on PocketFives as perrymejsen, took second in the weekly PokerStars Sunday 500 and earned $40,000. There were 606 entrants that day and...
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It's the Tournament "Everyone Wants to Win"
If you haven't heard of Sweden's Sheaterbefore reading this article, where have you been? Seriously. Have you been living under a rock? Or perhaps on the top of a...
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PocketFives Rankings: Sheater Skyrockets to #4
Don't look now, but there's a familiar name in the online poker world barreling towards the top of the PocketFives Rankings: Sweden's Sheater. He was up a very healthy...
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"It Would Be Really Cool to Be Ranked #1 at the End of the Year Online"
In May, Anton AnteSvanteWigg (pictured) won the PokerStars Sunday 500and raked in $90,000. There was no chop to be had and Wigg, who is #7 in the PocketFives Rankings,...
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"That's What I Pray For Every Time I Go to Bed"
The 99th ranked member of the PocketFives community is Sweden's Fjaluz, who recently hit $1 million in career online tournaments scoresand is officially at $1.3 million now. He won...
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How Many Friends Can You Fly to Uganda for $75,000?
Late last month, xtheWall(pictured), who calls Sweden home, was part of a four-way chop of the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up. His reward was the largest amount given out in the...
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The Allure of Six-Max Tournaments with "Spewy French Regs"
On the final weekend of July, Sweden's MangeJao, whose real name is Magnus Nordmark (pictured), won the Winamax High Roller for $14,000 following a two-way chop. The six-max tournament...
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Martin Jacobson – 2014 WSOP Poker Player Profile
Swedish poker professional Martin Jacobson began Day 6 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event in 14th place out of 79 players with 3,925,000 in chips. Jacobson...
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"I Love Winning and It's Nice to Be #1 at Something"
Last month, Sweden's Lukas lukethaflukeBerglund (pictured) took down the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawloutright for $49,000. He defeated over 1,200 entrants in the weekly tournament, which at the time...