In Mahnomen, MN this past weekend the Heartland Poker Tour made a stop at Shooting Star Casino.  Nine of the 30 players that made it into the cash were players who have played or are currently playing in the Free Poker Network! Altogether the nine players that cashed brought home a total of $20,866.  Way to go!  Click "read more" to see who the nine players were.

Brian Breidenbach just missed making the TV table by finishing in seventh place.  Brian is from East Grand Forks and plays at the East Grand Forks VFW.  Brian brought home $6,476.

Cashing in 9th place for $4,624 was Brad Donabauer. Brad is from Moorhead and can be seen playing at Gio's and Courtney's Comedy Club.

Also playing out of the East Grand Forks VFW was 14th place finisher Ian Noack and 17th place finisher James Pahlen.  Ian cashed for $2,035 and James cashed for $1,572.

Troy Hagen finished in 15th place taking home $1,850 for his efforts.  Troy is from Fargo and plays at the Moorhead VFW.

Mike Kline from New York Mills, MN cashed in 24th place and plays at Mills Lanes and took home $1,258 for his efforts.

Brian Raftevold from Lake Park, MN finished in 26th place for $1,017.  Brian has played at the Roadhouse Bar & Grill in Cormorant.

Finally we come to two of our featured players who finished in 27th and 30th respectfully.  They are Curtis Biloki and Mark Wadekamper.  This was the second time Curtis has cashed in the HPT and it was Mark's third time cashing in an HPT event.  Mark was also one of our previous grand prize winners in our Party at the Palms promotion.  Both players took home $1,017.  Curtis is from Fargo, ND and plays at the Windbreak Saloon while Mark is from Lonsdale, MN and plays at Dawn's Corner Bar, Flicek's, Boxer's, and Bullheads. 

The league gave away 3 qualifier seats over the past week but unfortunately none of those players were able to cash.  They were Roxanne Miller from Fargo taking down the Knickerbocker Freeroll, Mark Ziegelmann in Grand Forks, and Josh Vorwerk from Fargo taking down the freeroll at the ND State championship.

Great job to all the league players that cashed in this event and lets hope that we have same luck with all the players heading to Vegas to play in the HPT Red Rock Event!