Day: January 28, 2013

Iowa

Schroeder wins Holiday Poker Classic at Horseshoe

During the Christmas break, I ventured to the west side of Iowa to visit the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs for its Holiday Poker Classic, which featured two no-limit hold’em tournaments (a $235 buy-in and the $560 main event). Kyle Schroeder, pictured, won the main event, beating 172 runners to take home $22,656. Michael Vanier […]

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Minnesota

Gibson is first Canadian to win MSPT event

James Gibson of Stonewall, Manitoba, became the first Canadian to win a Mid-States Poker Tour event, grabbing the title at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn., in December. The $1,100 event drew 376 entries and a $375,800 prize pool, which makes it the largest MSPT event in the tour’s three-year history. Gibson, a retired truck driver, […]

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