Month: November 2017

Birt captures record-setting event in Minn.

The Mid-States Poker Tour broke its record for the largest event at Running Aces Casino in Columbus, Minn., with 383 runners entering the $1,100 tourney, besting the 367in 2013. Jeff Birt, a 50-year-old businessman from Bloomington, claimed the $81,402 first-place prize. “I thought I played pretty well,” he said. “I was short-stacked; I just had […]

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