Cash King National Championship Preview

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The field is set, the feature table setup is ready to roll, merchandise packed up, Snapchat filters uploaded, and  200+ qualifiers have RSVP'd to takeover the Showroom at the Stratosphere the weekend of February 8-10th. Which lucky player is going to take home the top prize of $25,000 CASH??

This FPN National Championship will have a different look and feel compared with previous events. The weekend will be filled with a lot MORE poker action with the introduction of the League Champ freeroll and Last Chance Cash Tourney qualifiers and Sit-N-Go's. These tournaments give those who haven't qualified for Sunday's Main Event a chance to earn a seat or pad their chip stack up to 3x. Approximately 80 players qualified DIRECTLY for Sunday's MAIN EVENT. 

FPN will have a registration booth available starting Thursday Feb 7th in the poker room where players can check in and collect their player card/lanyard (will need this to register for all FPN tourneys). Note: be sure to get your Stratosphere player card FIRST in order to register for any Stratosphere tournament. The league will be bringing the FPN championship set featuring trussing and lighting (pictured). Video clips will be posted throughout the weekend. If you can't make it to Vegas, be sure to follow Facebook and Twitter updates.

Didn't qualify? The FINAL FINAL CHANCE to qualify is by playing the 7pm nightly cash tournament on Friday and Saturday Feb 8-9th in the Stratosphere Poker Room. These tournaments will overlay ONE seat in the CASH KING MAIN EVENT on Sunday Feb 10th to the highest FPN or "friends of FPN" player. 

Cash King National Qualifiers for Illinois

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Nice turnout of 101 out of 115 qualifiers for the Illinois State Championship recently held at Chuck's Cafe in Darien. Brook & Jason from home office attended the event and brought a nice bonus prize consisting of a pair of Chicago Bears vs LA Rams tickets. Sue & Vyto Liskunas won the tickets in a drawing. The tournament played fast and at the end there were 25 qualifiers left standing: Phil Heintz, Mike Mejia, Alex Aguirre, Adam Lender, John Aduana, Brett Zimmerma, Chris Z, Russell Holder, Stefan Carlos, Melissa Block, Maksimilian D, Joe Foster, Bill Allivato, Jack Smith, Wesley Streblo, Kadey Easton, Julie Stahler, Wendy Adamczyk D'Andrea, Jeffrey Heraud, Earl Robb, Mark Wright. The final four players earned State Champ designation along with a championship Trophy, $300 travel voucher, and the coveted MAIN EVENT seat in Nationals: Richard Korel, Bonnie Bona, Lynda Hansell, and Craig Ashley. The tournament got over just in time for the nasty winter storm that dumped about 6-12 inches of heavy snow making the trip home a little interesting! Congrats to all qualifiers, the Illinois chapter of the league will have a lot of players representing at nationals! 

CASH KING Qualifiers Nearly Finalized

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State playoffs have concluded for the CASH KING promotion. Did you make the cut?! Browse CASH King National Qualifiers page for a breakdown of qualifiers. The national championship series is set for February 8th-10th at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Approximately 75 players from around the league qualified directly for the CASH KING MAIN EVENT. All other national series qualifiers will have the opportunity to flight in to the MAIN EVENT via the multiple LAST CHANCE cash tourneys (top 15-20% advance) plus single table sit-n-go's. Additionally, League Champ & TOC winners will have an additional bonus freeroll qualifier to compete in. All of the qualifiers are for FPN National Series Qualifiers only, however, friends and family of FPN can compete in the nightly cash tournaments where the overall winner will earn a seat to the MAIN EVENT as well. There is STILL a way to qualify for nationals and a MAIN EVENT seat in the FPNOnline/NLOP monthly VIP tourney Friday November 30th and Sunday December 30th. (Note! ALL states are now eligible for the VIP upgrade. ALSO, if you are having problems with access to the monthly VIP tourney, it is most likely because your account was not coded as an FPN player. NLOP customer service can fix this issue, please contact them and also contact us at the league to ensure you get taken care of.)

Garry Merrinette takes down Game of Cards Championship

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Garry Merrinette of Illinois outlasted Joel Smith of Minnesota and the rest of the championship field of 117 to "take the throne" in the Game of Cards national championship tournament held at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas. For his accomplishment, Garry won the grand prize, a coveted $10,000 main event seat and a chance to win millions. Garry earned his spot in the championship by winning the Tournament of Champions at Muggs 'N Manor in Addison, IL, a league which draws about 35 players every Wednesday night.

It was feast or famine for Garry during the regular season, he won 3 tourneys during the Game of Cards promotion, but only qualified for the playoffs in one month and came up short in the regional tourney. However, winning the Mugs N Manor Tournament of Champions catapulted Garry directly to the national final plus a travel voucher since Mugs N Manor is an Elite Sponsor (Super-TOC location). 

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