Coyle wins U.S. Ladies Poker Championship at Choctaw
The Ladies International Poker Series stopped at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Okla., recently for its United States Ladies Poker Championship. The $300 event drew 80 entries and after a hard-fought tournament Dori Coyle of Plano, Texas, won the title for $5,920 and a $250 seat to the LIPS Poker Queen Championship this summer in […]
Big tournament month on the horizon for OK-Kansas
February is shaping up to be a huge tournament month in Oklahoma and Kansas. Three tournament series are on the schedule, giving local and touring players plenty of opportunities to test their skills. Here’s a look at what’s going on: DOWNSTREAM: After hosting the inaugural RunGoodGear.com $100K guarantee series in 2014, Downstream Casino kicks off […]
Chops highlight WinStar Veterans Day Mini-River poker event
Each year, WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., runs a handful of Mini-River events in addition to its River Series, which runs mid August through Labor Day. These smaller events usually coincide with holiday weekends such as Presidents Day and Memorial Day with its most recent coming this past Veterans Day. The first event was […]
Restocking the shelves with HogWild
Monday nights at 9:30 Eastern on OnTiltRadio.com, Ted Leahy and I co-host the Taking It Down Show. Leahy, a Blue Shark Optics team member, and I (Team Ante Up), will play the Restock the Shelves tournament on HogWildPoker.com on Jan. 19. Typically, we wrap our night by providing final-table coverage of our HWP-based Final Table […]
Thompson pockets $103K at Choctaw event
The fourth and final series of the year at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Okla., is in the books and it was a man from Tulsa who captured the top prize. Eric Thompson won $103,228 after defeating nearly 500 players en route to winning the $1,100 main event, which had a $300K guarantee and two […]
Still time to play Indigo Sky’s Ante Up Poker League
Indigo Sky Casino will wrap up its Ante Up Poker League at the end of this month. Beginning Oct. 1, players could earn points for cash play and for entering or re-entering selected tournaments and making the final table. When the three-month period concludes, the top-nine point-earners plus one league-eligible player chosen at random will […]
Choctaw adds another poker tournament series
Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Okla., will announce that coinciding with the opening of its new convention center next summer it will be bringing in a World Poker Tour event starting July 16. Already hosting in January the second largest World Series of Poker Circuit, this truly is quite a coup for Choctaw. The WPT […]
Martin wins Downstream’s $100K main event
The RunGoodGear.com series at Downstream Casino wrapped up Oct. 5 with Mark Martin of Dexter, Kan., overcoming a strong field to win $36,218 from the $100K main event and a seat into the World Series of Poker’s main event. The final table included RunGoodGear.com sponsored pros Justin Gardenhire, Michael Sanders and Ryan Tepen. Winners of […]
Helder wins WinStar River Series title
John Helder is the poker world’s latest instant millionaire as he captured the main event title and $1 million at WinStar World Casino’s River Series in Thackerville, Okla. The seven-event series ran Aug. 14-Sept. 2, inlcuding the $2,500 main, which had three starting days. This event brings in a bunch of top pros because of […]
Tournament series dominate N. Oklahoma play
With two series scheduled in back-to-back months, the RunGoodGear.com tournament series continues to draw a substantial amount of attention in the region. Early results from the first $100K guarantee ran Sept. 3-7 at Hard Rock Casino include Andy Cruz of Tulsa, winning the bounty event for $3,679 and Miguel Fiesta winning the $250 pot-limit Omaha […]