This past weekend in Tannersville, New York at the Spinning Room players from all over the state gathered to try their luck at qualifying for the Sin City Showdown National Championship. In the end the four lucky winners were Jack Carter, Martin Koschik, Colleen Swedish, and John Bauer. Both Colleen and John won airfare allowance and hotel packages for placing first and second respectively.
Arguably the toughest field ever in a Minnesota State Championship event gathered at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, MN over the weekend to determine the qualifiers for the Sin City Showdown National Final. A "Who's Who" of poker in the Minnesota Poker League were in attendance, including 20 players who had previously won a major prize package through the league (these players combined to total $67,500 in prize winnings). Up for grabs: a chance to win a trip to Vegas and a seat in the Sin City Showdown final where 11 seats to the 2011 World Series of Poker will be given away.
Mark Anderson was the lucky winner in the perfect attendance drawing for April. Mark played all 4 Thursdays in April at JJ's Outpost Bar & Grill in New Richmond, Wisconsin making him eligible for the drawing. April's winner receives a special gift: an iPad valued at $500! Congrats to Mark (who also qualified in the standings for April). The next perfect attendance drawing for May will be held in the first week of June.
The Missouri State Final was held May 1st at the Flaming Lantern in Butler. Twenty one players out of twenty five qualifiers were in attendance for the big game where 2 spots in the Sin City Showdown were up for grabs including airfare and hotel accommodations for first place. The game started out with early play being aggressive and players trying to build up their chip stacks right from the start. The first casualty was in the first hand when Martin Ambrozi doubled the big blind and several players called including the BB, Ken Edghill who was one of two players to be doubled stack to start the final....
The Texas State Tournament was held on Sunday May 1st at Tollie's BBQ in Arlington, Texas. 26 players came out to attempt to win their way to Sin City and play in the National Championship. The cards started flying and our first casualty came within the first 20 minutes when AK came up against pocket Aces after an Ace came on the flop...
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