🎉 Congratulations to our Dead Money Open Champion! 🎉

Congratulations to John Christiansen of Castleton, North Dakota, who battled through an impressive field of 85 players to take down the Dead Money Open and walk away with $6,500! 💰♠️

The tournament generated a prize pool of over $22,000, thanks to an amazing turnout and incredible support for the Dakota Poker Tour and West Fargo Hockey. Thank you to West Fargo Hockey for their generosity in taking only the state-minimum 10%, ensuring maximum payouts back to the players, we truly appreciate your support of the poker community.

We also want to thank our host, the M&J Saloon, and a special shoutout to Dee and her entire staff for taking such great care of our players all day long. And of course, thank you to our hardworking dealers — we couldn’t do this without you!

🏆 Final Table Payouts

1st – $6,500 – John Christiansen (Castleton, ND)
2nd – $4,100 – Basim Habib (Moorhead, MN)
3rd – $3,000 – Vu Truong (TX)
4th – $2,100 – Ryan Belen
5th – $1,640 – Anthony Sinnen (Moorhead, MN)
6th – $1,400 – Mike Schultz (Grand Forks, ND)
7th – $1,200 – Christopher Franck (Fargo, ND)
8th – $900 – Christopher Pierce (Fargo, ND)
9th – $700 – Serhii Hryshko (Moorhead, MN)
10th – $600 – Cash Mitchell (Fargo, ND)

We’ll see everybody next Saturday, February 7, for the Buffalo City Showdown at The Buff Bar in Jamestown, North Dakota! ♠️🔥

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