Sumer Poker Challenge Wrap Up
Summer ended with a bang at Hagge’s Bar & Grill over the weekend of August 26th-27th. Two championship tournaments ended the “Summer Poker Challenge” promotion across the Free Poker Network of bars in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
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!
Some of the mystery prizes included:
| First Bust Out $50 | Rick 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 |
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!