Las Vegas’ largest poker room at The Venetian just got even bigger. Opening this weekend in Sin City, the Venetian’s new poker room at The Palazzo has 50 poker tables and in now part of a spacious 14,000 square foot space in the heart of the gambling capital of the world. With stars such as […]

Both Jeremy Becker and Landon Tice went into their summer Vegas crossbook bet with high hopes of defeating the other. Coached by Daniel Negreanu and Matt Berkey respectively, Becker and Tice’s head-to-head was billed as a fascinating clash between two rising stars of the modern game. The results are in… and both men lost money […]

The latest World Poker Tour was one of the biggest of the year as Josh Reichard beat Landon Tice heads-up for an incredible top prize of $839,300. The victory, which takes Reichard from 636th on The Hendon Mob to inside the top 500 players in poker history, was an epic one as he beat Matt […]

The final stages of this year’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event have thrilled poker fans following the action in Hollywood. There are four major poker series held annually at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida and with an incredible 1,869 players in this month’s Main Event, it is Dylan […]

The opening day of the 2022 World Series of Poker has concluded in Las Vegas.  After an opening day featuring “Shuffle up and deal!” from reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump, the traditional curtain-raiser of the $500-entry Casino Employees event was followed by the first day of action in a new event, the $100,000 High Roller […]

After an exciting final table, the World Series of Poker Online Series Event #18 ($1,000 NLHE North American Open), was won by James Gilbert after he took control of a stellar final table to sweep to victory and claim his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet, along with the top prize of $137,569.

Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and debate the hottest topics in poker.

There’s not a single year-end list that won’t be heavily influenced by the pandemic, and this one is no different. Nearly every industry faced overwhelming challenges in the face of COVID-19, the same was true for poker. As live poker events took a backseat to an online poker surge, some of this year’s brightest rising […]