Justin Smith from Fargo took down Speedway for $6,245, Jon Wurden runner up $4,050. Congratulations to the rest of the players who cashed and a big thank you to everyone who participated and the Speedway Event Center for hosting this tournament. Replay of the live stream is available on the Dakota Poker Tour YouTube Channel. Shout out to Rec Poker for joining us for this event as well as Chris Hanson from Poker Night in America.
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Jerrod Strode from Fargo becomes the latest DPT Champion, freerolling (!) his way to a $5,055 win! The Professor Bob Sylskar from Mayville was runner up for $3,240. In all, 10 players cashed in on a $17k+ prize pool at the Eagle Eye Poker Tournament . Jerrod stopped in to the Casselton Vets poker league night on Wednesday to earn a seat to this event and made it count with a big win. Congrats!
Brandon Dosch took down the Buffalo City Showdown title and $5,310 to claim his second title of DPT Season X. With his 2nd title this "season", Brandon also earns a double chip stack in the end-of-season DPT Tournament of Champions later this summer. Brandon also leaps back into contention in the POY race, just behind Cody Slusher of Oakes, ND. 86 unique players participated in the event. Basim Kabib of Moorhead had a nice run and placed runner up for $3,650.
Patrick Wingard from Mandan, ND came out to Crossroads Tavern in Bismarck to play in the first ever DPT event in Bismarck. With over sixty players Patrick was able to find his way to the final table, ending headsup with Valley City’s Jake Retterath. Jake was aggressive and chip leader most of the final table but had fallen to some bad luck. Jake's pocket nines went up against Patrick’s pocket queens. Patrick hit a queen on the flop and the rest is history.
Nick Ingolfsland from Fargo came out on top at the Poker Brat Classic at the Windbreak and scored $9,000 1st place win. 148 unique players entered the 2-day deep stack format. The action on the final table was live-streamed to Facebook Live and YouTube with Chris Hanson of Poker Night in America providing commentary to help bring the DPT back after a 1-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic. Cody Slusher, Monster Stack Champion, placed runner up for $5,500 and took over the Season X points leaderboard. Video updates and the complete live stream are available on the Dakota Poker Tour YouTube channel. Please like and subscribe!
Jamie Meidinger from Jamestown takes down the Buffalo City Showdown, 1st Place $3,750 and joins the #DPTSeasonX Tournament of Champions on May 17, 2020 at Bar 9 in Fargo, ND, where the winner will receive a $1500 World Series prize package.
Runner Up Pat Johnson from Mandan wins $2,575, both players are also on the Leader board and in the running for player of the year and qualified for the player appreciation Freeroll.
Congrats to everyone who cashed and thanks to all who participated
Josh Dahlstrom is on fire taking a first place finish at Gastropub's February Freezeout earning $5200. Josh is continuing to build an impressive resume, and joining the list of season X champions! With the DPT prize pools reaching over 20k its anyone's race for player of the year.
Erich Johnson currently holds the lead for player of the year, but with Brandon Schmidts 5th place finish he is up to 4th place on the leader board standings. Marilyn Ragan's was the chip leader going into day 2, She stayed within the top 3 stacks throughout day 2 and then finished in 3rd place earning herself a top 20 place on the leader board. Keep your eye on Marilyn, she is 3 for 3 on the final table in events she has played.
The Feb 15-16th event L.i.s.t.e.n. Inc Monster Stack in Grand Forks ND generated a monster prize pool over $25,000. Cody Slusher from Oakes, ND was the big winner and secured himself a seat in the Tournament of Champions, and also climbed to 2nd place on the P.O.Y. standings. Current leader Erich Johnson also made the final table in this event to increase his lead for Player of the Year. The Dakota Poker Tour player of the year will receive a WSOP $1500 prize package, and all of the Dakota Poker Tour season X Tournament Champions will compete for another $1500 WSOP seat. We are headed into the heart of the season with big events on tap, so it is definitely anyone's race to win.
Mat Jensen, a popular dealer with the Dakota Poker Tour, entered the tournament just before registration ended and promptly went on to conquer the tournament! The Dead Money Open generated a prize pool of $20,000 with 110 unique players hosted at the M&J Saloon in West Fargo. Mat Jensen earned a seat in the DPT tournament of champions with the win, and jumped up to 4th place in the Player of the Year points race. Brandon Dosch cashed to move up the board to 2nd place only 405 points behind Erich Johnson. Thomas Gjerde from Willmar, MN played his first DPT event and cashed, fresh off a big $25,000 win taking down FPN's King Slayer promotion in Las Vegas. Live stream for Dead Money Open is available for a week at https://m.twitch.tv/videos/541859808. Be sure to clip any highlights of your favorite players/moments.
