News and events from the New York region.
New York Has 9 New Winners
At the Parting Glass in Saratoga Springs, NY players from all the around the state gathered to see who the new New York champs would be. In the end the top eight would qualifiy for the National Championship. They were Nicholas Rice from the Cato Hotel, Kelly Gerardi from Tankards Tavern, Mike Morrow from McGillicuddy's, Chris Wells from Crossroads, Gary Lackey from Log Cabin Inn, Tyson Evensen from Parting Glass, Anthony Larocca from the Bold O'Donoghues, and Duane Goodwin from Crossroads. Ironically Duane had just turned in a scratchcard with quad five's a week before. He is now double stacked at Nationals. Former NY champ Gary Mell took down the sidegame for a spot in the Nationals to round out the nine.
Recently at the Parting Glass in Saratoga Springs, NY players from all over the state of NY gathered to see who the final eight players would be to secure their spot in the National Championship in Las Vegas. When it was all said and done the final eight were: Duane Stocum, Stan Coulter, Jon McDonald, David Sader, Bill Lucas, Robert Berger, Adam Lawrence, and Vince Decicco. All eight players have won their spot at the FPN National Championship on June 29th at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and all eight are guaranteed a WSOP buy-in. Depending on how they finish at the National Championship will determine what amount WSOP buy-in they get.