It takes a special player to reach the top of the online poker rankings. In addition to elite skills on the virtual felt resulting in extraordinary results, it requires a dedication to the online grind that provides the amount of volume needed to surpass the competition.

After a couple of close calls earlier in 2020, former #1-ranked PocketFiver Patrick ‘pleno1’ Leonard has clinched the PocketFives Monthly PLB award for the month of May.

Eight more World Poker Tour Online series titles were handed out over the weekend including one for the UK’s Elliott Peterman who survived the multi-flight 6-Max Weekender to take home nearly a quarter-million-dollar payday.

‘Lena900‘ closed 2019 in a big way, winning the PocketFives Monthly LeaderBoard for December. The final month of the year saw ‘lena900’ rack up 50 cashes for more than $300,000 in prize money. He earned 3,270 leaderboard points and finished 120 points ahead of ‘papan9_p$‘ in second place.

Former world-ranked #1 Steven ‘SvZff’ van Zadelhoff topped a 62-player field in the PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller to win $38,529. With seven places paid, ‘x_zola25‘, ‘kissyingui‘, and ‘jays94‘ all cashed before RYE’s ‘bencb789‘ hit the rail in fourth place for $14,419. Sweden’s Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar then took the bronze medal for $20,009, before ‘edoiler‘ […]

It’s time once again to celebrate the drive of the PocketFives community and some of the major milestones accomplished by those keeping the poker dream alive.

It took a big week at the online tables by #1-ranked ‘lena900’ in order for him to hold on to his spot in the PocketFives.com Worldwide Rankings again this week.