News and events from the Illinois region.
Illinois State Championship
The results are in from Illinois!! 125 players from all over Illinois qualified to play in the state tournament at Chucks Southern Comfort Cafe Darien Location. 20 players secured their trophy’s and a ticket into the main event at Nationals in Las Vegas. The top 5 Players Earned Travel Cash. 10 alternates also have an invite to Vegas where they can play any of the last chance tournaments, the tag team event, also if one or any of the 20 who qualified do not come to Vegas an alternate will take their place in the Main Event!
King Slayer Championship Qualifiers
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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! 
Mike Sabbia from Orland Park, IL won $110,402 in the latest Heartland Poker Tour Event #11 0Ameristar East Chicago Event. Mike is a League Champ at Jack's - Chicago Ridge Wednesday nights and is currently qualified for the upcoming Cash King National Series Feb 8-10th. CONGRATS and way to go Mike!!! (photo courtesy of Heartland Poker Tour)