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Michael Ackermann from Lake City, MN Wins $10,000 CASH

Congrats to Michael Ackermann from Lake City, MN won $10,000 in the CASH KING promotion! He qualified for the national final by scratching off 4-of-a-kind on a Scratch Poker card. Weekly winners in the league get a chance to play the Scratch Card when winning any regular season poker tournament for a chance to win instant CASH and QUALIFY for Nationals!

Summer Poker Challenge Wraps Up

Mitch Schock, fresh off his 29th place showing in the World Series of Poker, served as emcee and tournament director for the weekend events.  Mitch made the tournament very fun and shared a lot of good stories from the WSOP.

Participating bars ran two separate 4 week contests, sending their overall champions from each event to the championship events.  Prizes awarded included a $10,000 cash freeroll on Saturday and 20 seats to the Heartland Poker Tour on Sunday.  Players with perfect attendance during regular season play were also entered in a drawing for a 42” Plasma HDTV.  It was a great way to wrap up the summer poker leagues.

 Harry Samuelson from Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse in Grand Forks, ND redefined the term “lucky” on Saturday during the $10k freeroll…His overwhelming success during that tournament was capped off with the stunning announcement that he had also won the drawing for the Plasma TV.  Every jaw in the house dropped and there were moans and groans of disbelief…The odds of his name being drawn were approximately 900:1!!!  It was truly unbelievable.   Oh yea, Harry also won the “High Hand Award” $100 cash prize with a nine-high straight flush.  Go figure!

Over $1,000 was given away in mystery prizes during the main tournament, including $200 for a second-chance side tournament.

Some of the mystery prizes included:
First Bust Out $50Rick Passer, Pier 65-McGregor, MN

1st Pocket Aces Cracked $100

 John Reimer, The Nestor-Fargo, ND
Worst Bad Beat $100 Gaylon Brown, Wonder Bar-Jamestown, ND
Last Female Standing $100 Sheri Tomhave, Z103-Fergus Falls, MN
Best Dressed Player $100  Donna Newkirk, Grumpy’s-Grand Meadow.  

                           

There were also prizes for Random Bust Outs (25th & 50th place) and a Headhunter prize on Derek Melicher, the lone defending Dakota Poker League Champ.

 Here is the list of top finishers in the $10,000 Freeroll:

 

1st Place - $3,000

Harry Samuelson

Bucks-Grand Forks, ND

2nd Place - $1,500

Jareb Raan

JT Cigarro-Fargo, ND

3rd Place - $1,200

Matt Peterson

Grumpy’s-Albert Lea, MN

4th Place - $900

Scott Nelson

Boxer’s-Faribault, MN

5th Place - $700

Jason Overvold

Lariat Lounge-Velva, ND

6th Place - $500

Glen Seidler

Seib’s-Elgin, ND

7th Place - $400

Sheri Tomhave

Z103 Bar-Fergus Falls, MN

8th Place - $300

Pat Pederson

Menagha VFW

9th Place - $200

Tim Holden

Marie’s-Red Wing, MN

10th Place - $200

Steve Reim

Tootsie’s-Annandale, MN

11th Place – 100

Kim Lillehaug

Tootsie’s-Annandale, MN

 
Sunday’s tournament brought another group of qualifiers for a shot at 20 grand prizes!  The top 20 players would earn a seat to a Heartland Poker Tour event of their choice. 
 
Players were excited for the opportunity to win a $500 seat in an HPT event since the prize pools have been routinely exceeding $100,000. 
 
Heartland Poker Tour Seat Winners:
 

Roger Cooper

Ratzo’s Pool Hall-Barnesville, MN

Dennis Hoff

Stampede Saloon-Hewitt, MN

Adam Johnson

Press Bar-St. Cloud, MN

Jenny Kriewald

Sandoon Saloon-Sanborn, ND

Dale Garwood

Billy’s Corner Bar-Vergas, MN

Darick Demarais

M&J Saloon-West Fargo, ND

Todd Egerdahl

JT Cigarro-Fargo, ND

Scott Eckert

Old Broadway-Fargo, ND

Russ Nehring

Sports Den-Williston, ND

Mike Henry

Boxer’s-Faribault, MN

Andy Anderson

Sports Page-Tea, MN

Diana Cominghay

VFW-East Grand Forks, MN

Kyle Shroyer

South Gate-Grand Forks, ND

Judy Kraft

VFW-Menagha, MN

John Beringer

Elks Lodge-Wadena, MN

Richard Allard

Slammers-Fargo, ND

Derek Grant

Down Under Pub-Grand Forks, ND

Wayne Jundt

Midway Lanes-Bismarck, ND

Dave Chaput

Mabel Murphy’s-Fergus Falls, MN

Kale Brastad

12 Mile Tavern-Swanville, MN

Hopefully we will end up seeing one of the lucky winners on TV winning big money in the near future! Congratulations are in order to all qualifiers and especially Mike Henry, who has come so close in several championship events. Way to go, Mike! The next league opportunity is a 10 week league this fall with an opportunity to win a dream vacation to Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas to play in the World Poker Tour! A total of 3 grand prizes will be awarded through sites in Minnesota, North & South Dakota, and Nebraska. Good luck all players!

 

Minnesota Tradition Continues

  • OVer ninety (90) WSOP buy-ins including five (6) $10,000 Main Event seats have been awarded to Minnesota players!
  • Over $338,865 and counting..seats, air/hotel packages, and other bonus prizes have been awarded to Minnesota players since 2005!! This does NOT include prizes given away at nightly events, regional events, and other miscellaneous prizes. This is major prizes only!!!

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