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News and events from the North Dakota region. The original since 2005.

5 ND players win at the Party at the Palms

On Sunday, June 28th, ten North Dakota qualifiers for the Party at the Palms National Championship took their shot at one of 21 $1,500 packages.  The championship was on the 25th floor in the Kingpin and Erotic Suites at the Palms Casino.  The night before Hugh Hefner rented out the whole floor and had a private pajama party.  Just 12 hours before we started our tournament there were playboy bunnies running around in the exact same suites.  

The anticipation was high and the players had not one, but two shots of winning one of the packages.  First they played in a sit-n-go format where the last three players on each table won one of the packages.  If they didn't win the first go around, the second was a four table regular tournament where the top three players would win the remaining three packages.

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Mitch Schock Makes Another Final Table at WSOP

Mitch is playing today (6-23) in the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Low split 8's or better.  He is set up on our twitter page and will be making tweets from the tournament so we can follow along.  Click here to follow us on twitter.

Mitch has now cashed FOUR times so far in this year's WSOP!  He made a big run at the final table of the H.O.R.S.E. event #31, taking 3rd place for $100k.  There were 770 entrants, and a "who's who" list of poker pros.

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Don't miss the ND Texas Holdem State Championship

The largest tournament in the Upper Midwest as the Vegas Motel in Minot once again lived up to its billing, with over 1300 players for the 3-day event. Sam Dickson from Oxbox, Saskatchewan was the big winner, taking home $35,000. Not bad for a $100 buy-in charitable event. Sam became the first Canadian to win the tournament which has grown every year. The total purse for this tournament reached $105,000.

North Dakota Finals

Westside Bar & Grill in Mandan hosted the North Dakota regional final for the Party at the Palms.  The top 10 players qualified for the national finals at the Palms Casino June 28th...$2500 in travel expenses were awarded.

Jay Tooley, Southside Saloon, Dickinson
Jeff Gab, Champs, Dickinson
Josh Duchscherer, Sevens, Minot
Jeri Schmidt, Pheasant Cafe, Mott
Peter Bucknall, Seib's, Elgin
Nancy Just, Lariat Lounge, Wishek
Ryan Cordero, Wahpeton Vets, Wahpeton
John Muckenhirn, Rudy's/Other Side, Oakes
Christopher Boehm, Westside Bar & Grill, Mandan
Brent Ploeg, Lonesome Dove, Mandan

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Two ND players win big at Vegas Invasion Championship

Gina Bushey from Mr. G’s in Fargo, ND and Thomas Eaglestaff (pictured right in black) playing out of the Bismarck VFW were two of the final eight players recently at the Vegas Invasion championship at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas.  Each player won a $2,500 package to play a World Poker Tour event or World Series of Poker event. 


They grinded all day long through a 94 player field and ended up at the final table.  With the top eight winning it was only two remaining to be one of the big winners.  It was a roller coaster ride for Gina as she was all in as a short stack, but was lucky enough to survive and be crowned one of our champions.

 

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