Doug Magees National Guard unit was recently called up for duty in Iraq. On Sunday, Magee receive an early going-away present: an all expenses paid 7-day Caribbean cruise for two and a shot at the $10,000 grand prize!
Doug qualified for the championship by playing at the Sportsmen's Rendezvous in Tyndal. The SD state championship was held at Old Meyers Pub in Huron. Magee finished off Tony Binger from Redfield, who placed runner up.
Rick Scott playing out of Borrowed Bucks in
Sioux
Falls dominated the first session of the Ship It!
promotion.Rick was not only the overall
point leader of
South Dakota, but
he was also the overall point leader in
North Dakota.Rick was also able to accomplish this feat in
a shorter time frame since he only played 7 out of 8 weeks.He finished strong the last three weeks placing
3rd, 2nd, and 2nd.
The
Regional Championship Tournament is almost here! One lucky winner will
win airfare and hotel to Las Vegas to compete in the National
Championship. At the National Championship we will be awarding 8 seats
into a World Poker Tour Event and also 1 bonus World Series of Poker
seat. More information on regional championships.
The South Dakota championship wrapped up on Saturday May 17th with Shannon Coyle from Mitchell (left in photo) and Brad Badten from Aberdeen coming out on top. Congrats to each player for winning a $2500 package to play in the 2008 WSOP!
Two lucky South Dakotans will be heading to Las Vegas to play in the 2008 WSOP after this weekend. They will also compete in the first ever Free Poker Network National Championship on June 29th for another shot to win a $10,000 Main Event seat. Players from all over the Central and Eastern part of the SD. Sioux Falls will be represented the most having 23% of the field and Aberdeen will have the second most having 18% of the field. The rest of the field will be made up of players from Huron, Redfield, Mitchell, Tyndall, Pierre, Lennox, Sisseton, Tea, and Millbank.