Released on: May 6, 2008, 2:55 pm

Press Release Author: PocketFives.com

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: PocketFives members made waves in major tournaments this
week, including Matt \"Plattsburgh\" Vengrin , who was the runner up in the PokerStars
Sunday Million. Former PokerStars Poker Room Manager Lee Jones also drops by the
PocketFives.com Podcast to discuss his new employment with CardRunners.

Press Release Body: San Jose, Costa Rica - May 8, 2008 - Professional poker player
and WSOP final table participant Matt \"Plattsburgh\" Vengrin took home $137,000 this
week for his second place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million. Matt has been
around the online poker scene for several years, and has many online and live poker
achievements on his resume, including a win in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series
$300 rebuy tournament for over $200,000 and a seventh place finish in the 2007
Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic. PocketFiver \"bastet\" of Germany took home $71,000
for his outright victory in this week\'s Full Tilt Sunday Brawl.

Phil \"USCphildo\" Collins moved up five spots in the PocketFives.com Online
Tournament Player Rankings, and is currently ranked #11 in the world at online
tournament play. Phil took down the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance tournament for
nearly $50,000 in April, and is among today\'s rising internet poker superstars.
Long-time high stakes tournament player \"UHBigTex\" entered the rankings this week at
#99 following his victory in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $366,000.

Lee Jones is a name many online poker regulars know. The Poker Room Manager for four
years at PokerStars, Jones left the site in April 2007 to become the Executive Host
of the European Poker Tour. After a year of rigorous travel and living across the
pond, Jones made the decision to leave the EPT and come back to the United States.
He's now the Chief Operating Officer of CardRunners, a leading online poker training
sites. He commented to the PocketFives.com Podcast on his move back to U.S. soil:
"When I stepped down as Poker Room Manager at PokerStars, [CardRunners.com owner]
Taylor Caby wrote me a very nice e-mail saying that he appreciated the work I did
and that if I was ever interested in working with CardRunners, I should give him a
call. I picked up the phone and one thing led to another."

One of the most memorable faces at PokerStars, Jones was focused on providing
exceptional customer service to PokerStars members: "No matter what you do well for
a customer, it almost comes back in multiples of itself in benefits to you and the
overall community. I'm very quick to find a way to say yes to a customer. The huge
majority of people just want to be treated fairly. If we bend over backwards to
treat them fairly, I think it's great."

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