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Mitch
Schock, fresh off his 29th place showing in the World Series of Poker,
served as emcee and tournament director for the weekend events. Mitch
made the tournament very fun and shared a lot of good stories from the
WSOP.
Participating bars ran two separate 4 week contests, sending their overall champions from each event to the championship events. Prizes awarded included a $10,000 cash freeroll on Saturday and 20 seats to the Heartland Poker Tour on Sunday. Players with perfect attendance during regular season play were also entered in a drawing for a 42” Plasma HDTV. It was a great way to wrap up the summer poker leagues.
Over $1,000 was given away in mystery prizes during the main tournament, including $200 for a second-chance side tournament.
Some of the mystery prizes included:
There were also prizes for Random Bust Outs (25th & 50th place) and a Headhunter prize on Derek Melicher, the lone defending Dakota Poker League Champ. Here is the list of top finishers in the $10,000 Freeroll:
Sunday’s tournament brought another group of
qualifiers for a shot at 20 grand prizes! The top 20 players would
earn a seat to a Heartland Poker Tour event of their choice.
Players were excited for the opportunity to win a
$500 seat in an HPT event since the prize pools have been routinely
exceeding $100,000.
Heartland Poker Tour Seat Winners:
Hopefully we will end up seeing one of the lucky winners on TV winning big money in the near future! Congratulations are in order to all qualifiers and especially Mike Henry, who has come so close in several championship events. Way to go, Mike! The next league opportunity is a 10 week league this fall with an opportunity to win a dream vacation to Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas to play in the World Poker Tour! A total of 3 grand prizes will be awarded through sites in Minnesota, North & South Dakota, and Nebraska. Good luck all players!
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Summer ended with a bang at Hagge’s Bar &
Grill over the weekend of August 26th-27th. Two championship
tournaments ended the “Summer Poker Challenge” promotion across the
Free Poker Network of bars in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and
Nebraska. The finale of the summer featured back-to-back tournaments, a $10,000 freeroll on Saturday, followed by a tournament on Sunday to award 20 seats to the Heartland Poker Tour.
Harry Samuelson from Borrowed Bucks
Roadhouse in Grand Forks, ND redefined the term “lucky” on Saturday
during the $10k freeroll…His overwhelming success during that
tournament was capped off with the stunning announcement that he had
also won the drawing for the Plasma TV. Every jaw in the house dropped
and there were moans and groans of disbelief…The odds of his name being
drawn were approximately 900:1!!! It was truly unbelievable. Oh yea,
Harry also won the “High Hand Award” $100 cash prize with a nine-high
straight flush. Go figure! | < Prev | Next > |
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