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  • “It Feels Good, But I’d Rather Have $1 Million in Profit”
    “It Feels Good, But I’d Rather Have $1 Million in Profit”

    Known as inca7baron PocketFives, Miguel Silva is up to $1.2 million in career online tournament winnings. He officially hit $1 million last month and told us that while he’ll definitely take a new profile badge, “I’d rather have $1 million in profit.” Wouldn’t we all?

  • Two Sunday Major Final Tables, One Win for Zaureos in Februry
    Two Sunday Major Final Tables, One Win for Zaureos in Februry

    On the second weekend of February, Edgar Roberto Briga Claro Valente Oliveira, known as Zaureoson PocketFives, won the Full Tilt Sunday Major for $39,000. It was his largest cash to date and came in a tournament he’s highly familiar with. “I feel really happy because it’s one of my favorite tournaments and it’s really fulfilling […]

  • “It Was a Good MTT to Win Because Rebuys Are My Best Game”
    “It Was a Good MTT to Win Because Rebuys Are My Best Game”

    Earlier this month, Portugal’s skyboy(pictured) came away with an outright win in the PokerStars Sunday $100 Rebuy. There were over 1,000 entrants and his reward for beating all of them was $55,000. “It was a good MTT to win because rebuys are my best game,” he told us. In fact, his top three cashes dollar-wise […]

  • “Poker in Portugal is on the Rise”
    “Poker in Portugal is on the Rise”

    Earlier this month, Portugal’s faustideo, who is known as Pedro Faustino in the real world, final tabled the PokerStars Sunday Million and walked away with $58,000. There were a little more than 7,100 entrants that week and Faustino chalked up his largest online poker score to date by a factor of three.

  • Key to the Sunday Brawl: “I Play a Maximum of 18 Tables at the Same Time”
    Key to the Sunday Brawl: “I Play a Maximum of 18 Tables at the Same Time”

    Earlier this month, Portugal’s Tiago tiago_diasDias (pictured, image courtesy PokerPT) finished in third place in the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl. There were slightly more than 600 entrants that week and Dias’ deep run was worth $13,000, bringing his lifetime total to nearly $800,000 in online tournaments. “I’m feeling very good,” Dias told PocketFives. “I feel […]

  • “Anyone Who Works Hard and Has Confidence in Himself Knows Anything is Possible”
    “Anyone Who Works Hard and Has Confidence in Himself Knows Anything is Possible”

    One of the most recent members of the PocketFives community to hit $1 million in online tournament cashesis Portugal’s Acacio Bispo (pictured). The 12th ranked player in his home nation, Bispo is the lone PocketFiver from the northeastern town of Macedo De Cavaleiros. Given how popular poker has become in Portugal, we thought the occasion […]