Russian online poker crusher and the current #8-ranked player in the world Arsenii ‘josef_shvejk’ Karmatckii edged out Swedish superstars ‘DeathbyQuads’ and ‘C Darwin2’ for the top spot on the PocketFives Monthly LeaderBoard for the month of November.

Movers & Shakers takes a look into those PocketFives members that have made big moves in the top 100 of the online poker rankings.

Movers & Shakers takes a look into those PocketFives members that have made big moves in the top 100 of the online poker rankings.

It seems like there’s nothing that can shake Sweden’s ‘C Darwin2’ from his perch atop the PocketFives Rankings. For the fifth straight week, ‘C Darwin 2’ holds down the #1 spot after a week that saw him add over 450 PLB points to his total thanks to a pair of wins.

Events like PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker and partypoker’s Powerfest are designed for grinders capable of putting long hours over a concentrated amount of time. It should shock absolutely nobody that the players who inhabit the top of the PocketFives Rankings have also enjoyed success over the past couple of very busy weeks in […]

It seems that knocking ‘C Darwin2’ out of the #1 spot in the PocketFives Rankings might be impossible. After taking nearly two full weeks off of online play, ‘C Darwin2’ returned to the virtual felt this week and despite not recording a single qualifying cash, can still call himself the top-ranked player in the world.

At this point, it might just take a miracle or two for somebody to unseat the Swedish players from the top of the PocketFives Rankings. Yet again, Swedish players fill every single spot in the top five and have seven of the top 10. ‘C Darwin2’ maintained the #1 ranking despite putting in only a […]

Every week The PocketFives Milestone Report looks at the online poker players who are achieving career-best achievement or reaching new heights in the rankings

Every week, a member of the PocketFives community sets a new personal best. Whether it’s their largest score ever or a milestone win, it happens every single week.

It’s Wednesday, which can only mean one thing: Hump Day. Okay, it means two things then: Hump Day and the latest update to the PocketFives Rankings. This week’s major storylines: two new entrants into the top 10 and the world’s #1 player widened his lead over the competition.

Swedes continue to dominate the top of the PocketFives Rankings and this week, another Swede played his way into the top 10. Debuting at #8, his highest ranking ever, ‘DeathbyQuads‘ is the fifth player from Sweden in the top ten worldwide.

It’s Wednesday, which means we recalculate the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings. Last week, Sweden’s ‘eisenhower1‘ led second-ranked ‘veeea’ by just 27 PLB Points, the measure used to determine the Rankings. This week, the Swede has widened his lead to 310 points. This is his 15th straight week at #1 in the world on PocketFives.