Brian Kozak Conquers The Field At Caesars Palace To Become Nat'l Champ
Brian Kozak walked away the big winner at Caesars Palace after conquering the field of 24 players in the "Destination Las Vegas: WSOP 2010" championship freeroll. Brian makes South Dakota proud and ads to the stories of success coming from the Sportsmen's Rendezvous, a small-town bar that has had more than its share of big winners since joining the league a few years ago.
Kozak defeated 2-time national qualifier Nels Peterson (runner up) and fellow South Dakotan Troy Sattler (3rd place) in the end. Nels was near the chip lead all evening but had a run of bad luck on the final table. Glen Nichols represented Nebraska well, but finished in 4th place. Defending national champ Andrew Downing from Texas threatened to take down back-to-back championships, but came up short (5th place) in the end. Brian Kozak's supporters cheered wildly when the final hand revealed he was in fact the new National Champ!
During the tournament Jason Drake posted live updates: twitter.com/FPNPoker
Congrats to Gary Franco for taking down the NY Championship! Gary (pictured left) was the points leader at Lilly O’Brien’s Irish Bar & Restaurant in New York at the end of the six-week contest. He won or placed 2nd in 4 out of the 6 contests! With only 2 bars in this first-ever Free Poker Network contest in New York, Gary only had to face a field of 10 players at the championship at Amity Hall on Tuesday, June 15th. 
Fresh off his National Championship victory just one month ago in the Fall Spectacular promotion, Andrew Downing of Texas has done it again! He was the winner of the Texas state championship held this past weekend and will be heading back to Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker. He will also compete against 24 other players in the National Championship with the winner getting a buy-in into the World Series of Poker Main Event. Andrew will be trying to become the first ever Free Poker Network player to become a two time National Champion.