Congratulations to Allen Starkweather from Lincoln, NE and Bradford Schiller from Isanti, MN for qualifying for Nationals this summer. Both Allen and Bradford were lucky enough to scratch off 4 of a kind. Speaking of Las Vegas the FPN Online winner for February 1st was a local Las Vegas resident Richard Vaughn. We look forward to seeing all three at Nationals.
Congratulations to Dan Goyette from Chicago IL and Richard Niezabitowski also from Chicago for recently winning the scratch poker drawings. Dan's card was pulled in January and Richard's card was pulled in February. Each are now both qualified for Nationals this upcoming summer.
With the National Championship now behind us it's time to announce some winners as things have settled down a bit. The past 3 perfect attendance winners were:
Nov - AJ Pineda from Chicago, IL - Kindle Fire
Dec - Justin Roemmick from Aberdeen, SD - Beats by Dre
Jan - Jim Gapinski from Chicago, IL - Seat into upcoming Nationals
February's perfect attendance winner will be announced in March once all of February has concluded.
On an unseasonable cold day in Las Vegas FPN players from all over the country packed into the Golden Nugget poker room for their shot at becoming the next FPN National Champions and winning the coveted $10,000 poker package. Altogether a total of 123 people played. With the tournament starting at 10am local time spirits were high and everyone was having a lot of fun. Samantha Chase from Fargo, ND took all the pressure off everyone by being the first player eliminated. For being first out Samantha received a fresh crisp $100 bill. An hour into the tournament Debbi Edwards from Illinois stood up and made the announcement she won her first hand of the tournament. Players in the poker room had a good laugh and applauded Debbi for her first win.
We were saddened to learn the news that former Dakota Poker League state champion Joyce Whitmore from Hope, ND passed away unexpectedly at the end of January. Back in 2007 before the formation of FPN things were separated by state champions. Joyce beat the whole state of ND to win a $10,000 WSOP Main Event Seat. She played that summer and held the title for the longest lasting FPN player ever in the WSOP until 2015. Joyce made it to day 3 playing some unbelievable remarkable poker just falling short of making it into the money. Joyce played in multiple leagues in her area and will be missed at the tables.
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