Poker Tourney Winding Down

The original group consisted of over 13 hundred players, but now two days later, that number has ...  More »

The original group consisted of over 13 hundred players, but now two days later, that number has been widdled down to less than a hundred. The North Dakota Texas Hold 'Em Poker Championship is in it's final day at the Vegas Motel in Minot, and a champion is soon to be crowned. After two days of qualifying rounds, hundreds of players have gone andamp;quot;all inandamp;quot; with their chips and tonight, only 10 will have a seat at the final table. This is the 5th year of the tournament, which started small, but organizers and players say they continue to be impressed with the growing amount of interest. (Chad McNally, MSU Alumni Dir. of Gaming) andamp;quot;I think they all kind of doubt it at first. Can we really get to 1300 players? The first year they were trying to get to 300 and got over that, so every year it keeps growing, and I think they're just amazed every year that we can actually get more and more players every year.andamp;quot; (Jeff Nehring, Past Tournament Champion) andamp;quot;With the number of player they have now, just qualifying is a pretty good accomplishment, so I was very happy to qualify this year, and then to win money was just an added bonus.andamp;quot; Nehring finished 83rd in this year's tournament, and cash is awarded to the top 100 players. Tonight's champion will take home a prize of 35 thousand dollars.  « Less