By Joe Zusman | May 18, 2007

Two of the preeminent online poker websites, PokerSourceOnline.com and PocketFives.com, have teamed up in a ground-breaking partnership.The deal combines Poker Source Online’s extensive resources with Pocket Fives’ massive community to a global-reaching poker portal that has something to offer everyone.

Pocket Fives, in addition to its loyal poker forum membership, is perhaps best known for its online player rankings, which have become the most followed online poker-specific rankings on the internet.As a result of the international focus of Poker Source Online, country breakdowns will be implemented in the rankings.Several more poker rooms will also be added to the rankings.

PocketFives will also be present at the 2007 World Series of Poker, providing live coverage of the action.PocketFives members took home over $7.5 million in winnings at last year’s WSOP.Poker Source Online and Pocket Fives will co-host a party at the WSOP this summer so that members of both communities can get the chance to meet in person, or reunite from past galas.

And, as usual, Poker Source Online will continue to lead the industry in valuable online poker promotions.Both sites will continue to offer value-added tournaments and freerolls.

Said Poker Source Online President Michael Jackness, “As the industry continues to change and adapt to outside forces and pressures, we are very excited to be partnering with one of the largest forces in the online poker world. PocketFives.com brings the second largest poker forum and the most coveted online poker rankings anywhere under our umbrella of services. I'm confident this move will allow us to leverage and pool our resources, ultimately providing a better product for our customers.”

Pocket Fives’ co-Founder Cal Spears echoed this sentiment."We've created a partnership with PokerSourceOnline.com that will bring nothing but positives for all of our members,” he said.  “PokerSourceOnline.com has developed an incredible infrastructure that affords us the resources we need to continue growing the community and improving the PocketFives.com experience. Things are moving quickly and we've got a lot of exciting projects in the works already."

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