The Hollywood Aurora Tournament of Champions is one of Chicagoland’s most unique tournaments, as weekly tournament winners and the runners-up advance to the TOC every
Kevin Stammen, a pro from Coldwater, Ohio, with more than $5M in career earnings, won the recent Heartland Poker Tour Main Event for $87K at
Justin Boggs won the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Horseshoe Southern Indiana for almost $140K. It was the self-proclaimed recreational player’s first
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 […]
The Hollywood Poker Challenge at Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio, ran Aug. 24-Sept. 4, with Shane Hall winning the $1,100 main event after a five-way
To say the inauguralHCA Poker Classic at Hollywood Casino in Aurora, Ill., was just successful would be quite an understatement. With 122 entries and a
The Hollywood Poker Challenge returns Aug. 24-Sept. 4 to Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio, culminating in the $1K main event, which has a $150K guarantee.
FireKeepers Casino’s poker room set the record for largest tournament field in Michigan history while hosting the Mid-States Poker Tour, which ran May 18-31. The
The Hollywood Poker Open ran April 27-May 7 at the Hollywood Casino in Columbus, Ohio, and featured seven events. The $1,100 main event went to
The Minnesota State Poker Championship returned to Canterbury Park in Shakopee with an expanded series of three events. Jonathan Hanner of Minneapolis won the $1,100
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