This is a big weekend for the Minnesota tournament poker scene, with the Heartland Poker Tour invading Shooting Star Casino, and Running Aces holding a $500 buy-in Pot ‘o Gold tournament on Sunday. Both tournaments should attract decent field sizes.

If you plan on playing in either event, feel free to drop us a line,… READ MORE

From PokerNews.com:

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act regulations will not receive another delay from the Treasury Department, according to CongressmanBarney Frank. The anti-poker legislation will go into effect June 1.

It appears the power play by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) in blocking President Obama’s Treasury nominees from taking office worked, strong-arming Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

“Geithner promised… READ MORE

Poker news has been slow locally over the last few weeks, but here are some tidbits to chew on…

- Brandon “oncommand” Meyers finished 2nd in a PokerStars $1k event on March 3 for $56,550. Meyers, who recently moved from Minnesota to Ohio, had a rough start to the year on PokerStars, but he has… READ MORE

The top three remain unchanged since last week, with Everett Carlton, Jeremy Dresch and Dan Dow still sitting atop the Minnesota Poker Magazine Player of the Year standings.

With the Running Aces $500 Pot ‘o Gold tournament coming up this weekend, and the Minnesota State Poker Tour event just three weeks away, plenty of points… READ MORE

Well poker fans, nothing new this week. I did make a final table at the 7 pm tourney at Coopers but I went out in 7th place, which is enough to put in up to 15th place, up previously from 28th. So, with that said, I’m not gonna talk about my previous weeks hands. I’m… READ MORE

I was browsing around YouTube, checking out old poker videos, and I came across a hand between Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen from a few years ago on High Stakes Poker.

This is a sick hand, and Negreanu shows how amazing he is at reading opponents. While Hansen has sort of cooled off over the… READ MORE

The Minnesota State Poker Tour invades Running Aces in April, but dates and schedule have also been finalized for the June 9-13 MSPT event at Northern Lights Casino in Walker. There will be six qualifiers leading up to the two-day $1k Main Event.

Mark your calendars!

♣ Qualifiers

- Wednesday 6:30 PM, June 9

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In the midst of our grass roots MSPT promotional blitz, Bryan and I made a trip to Verndale, MN on Sunday to hang out with the River Rat Poker League — a home game that draws from a player base of over 115 people.

Look for an “Underground Rounders” feature about the River Rat League… READ MORE

Bryan and I will be at Running Aces today at NOON for the $200 weekly deep stack event, and Monday night at 4:00 for the freeroll tournament. In both cases we’ll be giving away a free $250 Minnesota State Poker Tour seat after registration ends.

So when you sign up for either tournament, you can… READ MORE

Its so simple, no production, yet I can’t stop watching! The last couple of evenings I’ve been glued to Bay101Live.com or www.ustream.tv/channel/bay-101-shooting-stars watching Phil Hellmuth make a run at the Bay 101 WPT event.

Hellmuth just now busted out 6th. He was chip leader for the majority of the tournament so I know this is… READ MORE