Dakota Poker League Winners
Have Earned $111,750 in Grand Prizes Alone! | |
Gold Rush

Tanner Nelson
Liquid Assets - Dickinson
Champion - $12,000 pkg
World Poker Tour - 2008 Bay 101
Additional winners $3,000 pkgs:
Manny Hernandez, Grand Forks
Brent Kragness, Moorhead
Dwayne Hanson, Bismarck
Scott Krein, Fargo
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2007 World Series of Poker |
2007 Summer Poker Challenge II |
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Joyce Whitmore
Champion
Pit Stop Bar
Clifford, ND
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Ross Ladwig
Runner Up
Slammers
Fargo, ND
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$11,000 Main Event Package |
$2,600 Preliminary Event Package |

World Series of Poker
Rio, Las vegas
$14,000 Value
Joyce won a seesaw battle with Slammer's league champ Ross Ladwig to capture the title and the top prize. She could hardly believe it when she won. Joyce became the first-ever female champ.
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$10,000 Cash Freeroll Winners
| 2nd Place - Scott Eckert, Knickerbocker,
Hickson | $1,500 | | 3rd Place - Darrin Martin, Harwood
Legion, Hawrood | $1,200 | | 11th Place - Gary Anderson, Lonesome
Dove, Mandan | $100 | | 13th Place - Dennis Lindgren, Silver
Dollar, Mandan | $100 | | 15th Place - Tim Warren, Floyds Bar,
Portland | $100 | | 16th Place - Loren Isaacson, Jackpot
Gamblin, Mitchell | $50 |
Heartland Poker Tour - 7 Winners
| Paul Roswurm - Harwood Legion, Harwood | Alison Kelley - Old Broadway, Fargo | | Rich Vincent - Baby Boomer's, Aberdeen | Calvin Mosbrucker - Midway Lanes, Mandan | | Steve Gutterud - Silver Dollar, Mandan | Gar Hagemeister - Hagge's Bar & Grill, Mapleton | | Even Deichert - Champs, Dickinson | |
Perfect Attendance Drawings
| Opie Platz - Jackpot Gamblin, Mitchell, SD | Playstation 3 Gaming System - $600 value | | Gary Zander - Silver Dollar, Mandan, ND | Custom Poker Table - $600 value | | | 2007 WPT Caribbean Adventure | 2007 WPT Championship |
Mike Schneider
Champs
Dickinson, ND
WPT Caribbean Adventure
Altantis Resort - Bahamas
$12,500 Value
Mike took down the fall 2006 league championship to
earn a trip to the Bahamas to play in the World Poker Tour.
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John Ullend
Lariat Lounge
Velva, ND

WPT Championship
Five Star Classic - Bellagio, Las Vegas
$3,000 Value
John cashed in big in his 4th championship appearance. | |
2006 World Series of Poker | 2006 Summer Poker Challenge | |

Pat Moon
Playmakers Sports Bar
Fargo, ND

World Series of Poker
Event #37
Rio - Las Vegas
$2,500 Package
Pat qualified for a seat to the 2006 WSOP in the 6-week "Last Chance"
promotion. The Top 5 players in the championship tournament won an
expense paid trip to Las Vegas to play in Event #37, ($1,500 NL Holdem).
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Summer Poker Challenge '06
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$10,000 Cash Freeroll Winners: | | Harry Samuelson | Bucks-Grand Forks | 1st Place
$3,000 cash | | Jareb Raan | JT Cigarro-Fargo | 2nd Place
$1,500 cash | | Jason Overvold | Lariat Lounge-Velva | 5th Place
$700 cash | | Glen Seidler | Seib's - Elgin | 6th Place
$500 cash |
Winner of 42" Plasma TV Drawing:
Harry Samuelson-Grand Forks
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Heartland Poker Tour Seat Winners | | Jenny Kriewald | Sandoon Saloon - Sanborn | HPT $500 | | Darick Demarais | M&J Saloon - West Fargo | HPT $500 | | Todd Egerdahl | JT Cigarro-Fargo | HPT $500 | | Scott Eckert | Old Broadway-Fargo | HPT $500 | | Russ Nehring | Sports Den-Williston | HPT $500 | | Kyle Shroyer | South Gate-Grand Forks | HPT $500 | | Richard Allard | Slammers-Fargo | HPT $500 | | Derek Grant | Down Under Pub-Grand Forks | HPT $500 | | Wayne Jundt | Midway Lanes-Mandan | HPT $500 | |
Andy Anderson |
Sports Page-Tea, SD |
HPT $500 |
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2006 WPT Championship | 2006 World Series of Poker | |

Michael Krein
Playmakers Sports Bar
Fargo, ND

WPT Championship Super Satellite
Bellagio - Las Vegas
$3,600 Package
Michael qualified through Playmakers Sports Bar in
this 4 week contest and went on to win the championship event at Bucks
in Bismarck in March 2006. For his accomplishment he received a
$2,500 buy in plus airfare and hotel accomodations at The Bellagio in
Las Vegas.
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Jim Nelson
Silver Dollar
Mandan, ND

2006 WSOP
Main Event
Rio - Las Vegas
$11,000 Package
Jim was the first league champ from the Bismarck area, taking down the
winter 10-week contest to earn a seat in the 2006 World Series of Poker
Main Event.
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2006 WPT Caribbean Adventure | 2005 World Series of Poker | |

Ryan Koffler
Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse
Fargo, ND

2006 WPT Caribbean Adventure
Atlantis Resort - Bahamas
$12,000 Package
Ryan took down the fall 2005 league championship to
earn a trip to the Bahamas to play in the World Poker Tour. Ryan
qualified for the state final by taking down the league at Borrowed
Bucks Roadhouse in Fargo. Ryan went on to face 2004 WSOP Champ
Chris Moneymaker.
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Derek Melicher
Hagge's Bar & Grill
Fargo, ND
2005 WSOP Main Event
Rio - Las Vegas
$11,000 Package
Derek won the inaugural season of the Dakota Poker
League (10-week season), qualifying as league champ at Hagge's Bar
& Grill in Mapleton, ND. Derek drew a tough table in the WSOP
with 2 pros, including Alan Colon and Phil Ivey, who went on to
place in the top 25. Derek busted when he made 2-pair and ran
into Ivey's set of 7's after about 8 hours of play.
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