Released on: October 9, 2008, 11:58 am

Press Release Author: Pocket Fives

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: The World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship kicks
off on Friday and among those in the field will be several members of
PocketFives.com, the premier online poker community. PocketFivesLive.com, which
provides coverage of online poker players in the biggest live tournaments, will be
on hand at the Fallsview Casino reporting on the action.

Press Release Body: San Jose, Costa Rica - October 10, 2008 -- (Express Press
Release) The World Series of Poker Europe and European Poker Tour London events have
been the talk of the poker world over the past few weeks. Now, the attention shifts
thousands of miles westward. The Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Canada will play
host to the World Poker Tour's North
American Poker Championship. It's a tournament that is popular with younger
poker players because of Canada's lower legal gambling age. In the fray at Fallsview
will be Court Harrington, Tournament Reporter for PocketFivesLive.com, which
provides coverage of online poker players
in the biggest live tournaments. Harrington just returned from to London, where
PocketFiver Scott "emptyseat88" Fischman finished sixth in the WSOP Europe Main
Event.

PocketFivers have dominated recent live poker tournaments. Michael "Martine23"
Martin took down the EPT London event, outlasting a field of 596 entrants en route
to a GBP1 million payday. Eric "p3achy_keen" Liu, who is an instructor for popular
poker training site CardRunners, finished fourth in that tournament. PocketFiver
Vivek "Psyduck" Rajkumar won the WPT Borgata event and Amit "amak316" Makhija took
second in the WPT Legends of Poker tournament, banking $563,320.

In last year's North American Poker Championship, PocketFivers finished 1-2: Scott
"BigRiskky" Clements took home the first place prize of $1.4 million and defeated
Jonathan "FieryJustice" Little heads-up; the runner up pocketed $715,000.
PocketFiver Barry "barryg1" Greenstein and Jeff "ActionJeff" Garza also reached the
six-handed final table, finishing fourth and sixth, respectively. This year's
tournament boasts a buy-in of $10,300 CAD. The first of three starting days kicks
off on Friday with Day 1A and the tournament plays down to a champion on Thursday,
October 16th.

For those players who are headed to Fallsview, coverage on PocketFivesLive.com is
completely free. It's a great way to let friends and family back home know what's
going on. To sign up, visit PocketFivesLive.com, home of the best WPT coverage.

In this week's Online Poker
Rankings update, the top six players remained the same as last week: Alex
"AJKHoosier1" Kamberis (#1), Chris "moorman1" Moorman (#2), Dan "djk123" Kelly (#3),
Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb (#4), Jim "P0KERPR033" Campbell (#5), and Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve"
Saul (#6). One of the biggest stories of the week was the rapid rise of PocketFiver
"TheRealPokerccini," who vaulted 22 spots from #47 to #25. He has the fourth best
PocketFives Leader Board (PLB) score and is ranked 23rd in the Pro Poll. He entered
the Rankings last week and piled up 85 cashes in September in tournaments that are
tracked for a grand total of nearly $200,000.

Web Site: http://www.pocketfives.com/

Contact Details: Contact Information:

Maria Gomez

Senior Editor

Pocket Fives

City: Escazu
State: San Jose
Postal Code: 1250
Country: Costa Rica

Phone number: (506) 2289-6647

Website: www.pocketfives.com