Pam Cooksey, the Austin Area Supervisor for KOntenders Poker League, was the recipient of a dream WSOP Main Event Experience package this year. She was able to travel to Las Vegas and play in the ultimate event for anyone who loves poker. This experience was put together and given to Pam by the Georgetown Poker…
Our friend, Austin Supervisor Pam Cooksey, is battling cancer. Let’s do what we can to help! (And maybe you’ll win a seat into the BPO $50,000 Online Championship.)
We officially have our third KOntenders League Champion, Karen Thompson, from our RDU area. The final 10 players were as follows: (1) Karen Thompson – RDU (“choice” seat and League Champion honors) (2) Amy Hamilton – RDU (“choice” seat) (3) Joel Brandenburg – Austin (“choice” seat) (4) Joe Wanek – South Jersey (5) Paul Thompson…
Last week, dozens of KOntenders players from across the country converged on the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas for the $200,000 Guaranteed Bar Poker Open. The deepest run by a KOntender in the Main Event was Steven Wardell, from our South Jersey region, who finished in 20th place for a $1,427 payday. Others who cashed…
Dull Final Tables, Takes Third! Huge congratulations to G Dull, who runs our South Jersey region, on final-tabling the Bar Poker Open Main Event, finishing third out of over 700 entrants. G started the final table with 26 big blinds, the third-larges stack at the table. Playing smart, cautious poker, Dull kept his head low…
Congratulations to Marisa Dias, who is our new Kontenders National Champion! The top 10% of players from each region — over 100 players! — were invited to play in the online championship event. Against that strong field, Marisa took first place, while Gerry Myers took second and Diona Rice finished third. All three players have…