On Saturday, May 15, 24 regional qualifiers gathered at Clark's Place in Harrisonville, MO, to see who would be crowned the next Missouri State Champion for our Destination Las Vegas promotion. With four players holding double chips it looked like the group was in for some fierce Texas Hold'em tournament action.
This past Saturday afternoon (May 15) turned out to be a beautiful day inside and out at the Vegas Motel in Minot as 112 poker players from across the state of North Dakota gathered to find out who would become the next five Dakota Poker League champions during our Destination Las Vegas North Dakota State Championship.
Andrew Downing from Grand View, Texas was the big winner in the National Final at Caesars Palace, winning the $5,000 main event seat package and bringing home the title of National Champion to Texas...It was his first trip to Vegas! Andrew gathered a commanding chip lead down the stretch and finished off Wade Kyser and Clay Lipke in the end. The tournament featured "the best of the best", a field of 23 players who each won a trip to Las Vegas. Over $12,000 worth of buy-ins were awarded and every player received a minimum of a $220 entry. Three players went on to cash in the events...
For a guy who owns a successful seamless gutters and insulation business, poker is just another way for Clay Lipke to keep his mind as sharp as his business sense. And with three Minnesota Poker League state championship prize packages under his belt, one national championship win and a cash-out in a 2007 Heartland Poker Tour event, his poker playing skills seems to mirror his business acumen.To date, Lipke has managed to win more than $16,500 in cash and prizes playing FREE poker in the Minnesota Poker League and this weekend he hopes to add another chunk of cash to that total during our Fall Spectacular National Championship at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. We sat down with the free poker stud earlier this week to find out what makes his poker style what it is.
Welcome to players in sin city! Three new locations have announced start dates for a special 7-week contest to crown a Nevada champion for a seat in the exclusive national championship for a $10,000 WSOP main event seat.
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