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Big field for today's Minnesota State Championship! 13 players will qualify for nationals.
Dave Shasky, Anthony Thompson, John Magnuson, Haile Demise, Dwight Perkins, Joseph Belgarde, Lennon Anderson, Susan Ellwanger, Ricky Antilla, Al Wikstrom, Tim Wadekamper, Michael Kline, Roger Halverson are the Minnesota qualifiers! Pictures, video, and more of the story will be posted later! CONGRATS TO ALL WINNERS!
The top 13! AJ Bunkowske, Tony Wacholty, Chris Cain, Rick Allen, Tom McGrath, Rick Heinecke, and Cat Nelson busted. We are now playing down to the top 6.
This weekend April 9th and 10th the Sin City Showdown regional playoffs will be kicking off all over the state of Minnesota. Five of the twelve regionals will take place. Make sure to be checking the leaderboards as you do not want to miss out on the opportunity to become the next FPN champion and play in the World Series of Poker. For all the players who make it through regionals or directly qualify the state championship will be held on Saturday, May 7th at Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen with a noon start. Good Luck!
Jerry Anderson, previous national qualifier in the Fall Spectacular promotion from the St. Cloud, MN area has found his winning ways again. Jerry had been on a good run of cards and decided to give the March online championship a shot. This was the first time he played on the new online software and what a great time to start! Jerry said "I played pretty tight for the first two thirds of the tournament but when I did hit, I hammered the pot." Late in the tournament he used his stack to make people make uncomfortable decisions. Once at the final table Jerry noted, "I was probably as aggressive as I have ever been in a tournament." Jerry was catching some good cards and putting on unrelenting pressure. If someone came over the top of him he would fold, but the very next hand he would pushing again. Jerry is also quoted with, "As with winning any tournament, I played good positional poker, made some good plays, but also had luck on my side more than once."