When it was announced that 54 events of the 2020 World Series of Poker would be held on GGPoker, it meant that for the very first time players outside of the United States could compete for a gold bracelet online. It also opened the door for elite online poker players all over the world to […]

Russia is an absolute powerhouse when it comes to online poker. From their high-profile top-tier tournament pros to their stables of small-stakes grinders, the results put up by Russia has the country as a perennial presence in the top-3 of the PocketFives Overall Country Rankings. When it comes to capturing World Series of Poker bracelets, […]

Orpen Kisacikoglu will have you believe that he’s a businessman who plays poker recreationally. That might be true, but on Tuesday the Turkish-born high roller showed he has the chops to hang with some of the best poker players in the world by beating the 32-entry field in the Triton Super High Roller Series €100,000 […]

There were a number of big scores picked up by online poker tournament players over the past weekend, as the 2017 WSOP Main Event began in Las Vegas. Longtime online tournament specialist ‘veeea‘ picked up the outright victory in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $166,531 with ‘Lui Martins‘ walking away with $115,248 in second place […]

If you believe American pop culture, the Russians are always the bad guys. In Rocky IV, Ivan Drago was meant to destroy Rocky Balboa. In Rambo, Colonel Podovsky was the one torturing John Rambo. In the WWF, Nikolai Volkoff wouldn’t begin his matches until he sang the Soviet national anthem.