News and events related to the Wisconsin region.
Dan Stone Wins Marathon Match
Pitchers Pub has done it again -- adding yet another Wisconsin State Champion to its roster of winners! This time it's Dan Stone (pictured right) who managed to secure his seat in the upcoming Gold Rush 2 National Championship event after taking down the state championship this past weekend (Nov 13) at his home bar in Madison. Maybe it was his "home bar advantage," maybe it was his stellar poker skills, maybe it was lady luck, maybe it was a combination of the three, but after a two-and-a-half-hour heads-up match against former champ from Don's Market John Verhangen (pictured left), Stone took home the grand prize package and will be headed to Las Vegas next month to play in our exclusive 26 person National Championship where $20,000 in cash will be on the line! We look forward to seeing you there!
On Saturday, September 26th, the next HPT Red Rock seat was awarded at the Wisconsin State Championship held at the Doll House in Hammond, WI. Forty-one players were all wishing they were going to be the next to win this awesome package to Las Vegas!
The 24th seat for the Fall Spectacular National Championship was
awarded on Sunday, March 7th at the conclusion of the Wisconsin State Championship held at Pitchers Pub in Madison, WI. Of
the 50 poker players who qualified, 43 participants were ready for some
poker tournament action as registration began at 12 pm. Each qualifier
in attendance was hoping to be the one to win the trip to Las Vegas and
play in the coveted National Championship Invitational where once again
the Free Poker Network will set the standard by awarding more than
$12,000 in World Series of Poker Circuit Event buy-ins including a $5,000
main event buy-in. 
At the Party at the Palms National Championship at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas on June 28th, Dale Hjelmgren from the Outer Limits in New Richmond took his seat trying to become one of the newest 21 FPN grand prize winners. He played in a sit-n-go where the top three at his table would win a $1,500 package. Unfortunately for Dale he wasn't able to win during the first try, but he still had another chance. There was a second tournament where the top three players in a four-table, 30 person tournament would win the last of $1,500 packages.