North Dakota Finals
Westside Bar & Grill in Mandan hosted the North Dakota regional final for the Party at the Palms. The top 10 players qualified for the national finals at the Palms Casino June 28th...$2500 in travel expenses were awarded.
Jay Tooley, Southside Saloon, Dickinson
Jeff Gab, Champs, Dickinson
Josh Duchscherer, Sevens, Minot
Jeri Schmidt, Pheasant Cafe, Mott
Peter Bucknall, Seib's, Elgin
Nancy Just, Lariat Lounge, Wishek
Ryan Cordero, Wahpeton Vets, Wahpeton
John Muckenhirn, Rudy's/Other Side, Oakes
Christopher Boehm, Westside Bar & Grill, Mandan
Brent Ploeg, Lonesome Dove, Mandan
John Dipalma from the Gameday Bar and Grill in Mansfield, Texas took down the tenth and final $3500 WPT cruise package while outlasting 18 other players during the championship tournament held on our FNP online site on Sunday, February 22nd. 
Alison Kelley was the bubble-person (7th place) for the final 6 "TV" table of the Heartland Poker Tour event in Mille Lacs. Alison won her entry to the HPT a week earlier in the Summer Poker Challenge II Finals held at Playmakers in Fargo. With 7th place she earned $11,103 but missed out on a bigger pay-day, with 1st place scheduled to take roughly $80,000...
Congratulations to Jenny Kriewald who took down the recent Heartland Poker Tour event at Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, MN cashing a whopping $52,900! You may recall Jenny won her entry through Dakota Poker League (Sandoon Saloon II - Sanborn, ND) last August at Hagge's Bar in Mapleton in the first "Summer Poker Challenge" (pictured left). 