The online poker rising star Cliff Josephy aka JohnnyBax won almost 450,000 dollars in the fifth annual UltimateBet.com Poker Classic. Josephy was beaten by Devon Miller who finished first and won 774,960 dollars. The poker event took place in Aruba over the last week.
Cliff JohnnyBax Josephy was the second finisher at the UltimateBet.com Poker Classic, taking home 446,975 dollars. It was the biggest single cash win for Josephy, who is a 2005 WSOP bracelet winner in the 1,500 dollars seven card stud event.
For over four months, Josephy was ranked by PocketFives.com as the best poker tournament player online. Josephy has been representing PocketFives.com ever since the site was launched in January 2005. According to Pocket Fives Co Owner and Chief Editor Adam Small, Josephy is a poker legend who had gained notable achievements as an online tournaments poker player.
PocketFivesLive.com provided live coverage of the UltimateBet Poker Classic. The PocketFivesLive.com team heads up to Las Vegas to provide full coverage of the World Poker Tour Festa Al Lago event, which will take place at the Bellagio hotel from October 15, 2006.