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3rd Annual FPN Father Hennepin Festival


The Free Poker Network has partnered with the Father Hennepin Festival for a day of fun and poker this Saturday June 13th.  Check in time is at 3:30 and the tournament will start at 4:00.  There will be some great prizes given away and it is FREE to play.  The festival is located at 651 west river rd in Champlin at the Mississippi Point Park in the BEER tent.


Congratulations are in order for some leagues players who cashed in on the Heartland Poker Tour this past weekend at Northern Lights Casino in Walker, Minnesota.

Free Poker Network Players Continue to THRIVE on the HPT as 4 of the televised 6 were regular league players and FPN Players Cashed for a whopping $64,290.00. 40% of the entire prize pool was won by people who have played and continue to play in our league!!!

Durwin Matuska from Crosby - 2nd place $24,401, Nate Avenson from Park Rapids - 4th place $11,201, Mark Wadekamper from Lonsdale - 5th place $9,600, Paul Katchmarck from Brooklyn Park - 6th place $8,000, Kim Katrori from Little Falls - 7th place $5,600,  Matthew Christen from St. Cloud - 13th place $2,080, Chris Pierce from Fargo/Moorhead - 19th place $1,360, and Mo Aln from Fargo/Moorhead - 25th place for $1,088.


Didn't Qualify for the National Championship at the Kingpin Suite? 
You can still go!!!

There are approximately 15 extra party passes available if you want to experience the Kingpin suite and Celebrity suite for yourself.  Both suites are in the Playboy Fantasy Tower at the Palms Casino.  You will be able to party in both rooms on Sunday June 28th, root on the players in the National Championship, be included in the extra activities and drawings.  The party passes are only $40 and this will be a great way to experience Las Vegas like a Highroller, but act fast because once they are sold out we are at capacity. 


Click here to purchase a party pass or click here for the complete itinerary


Party at the Palms MN Playoffs

On Saturday, May 16th 225 players from all over the state of Minnesota showed up a the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen to take their shot at becoming on of the exclusive qualifiers for the Party at the Palms Championship.

With such a large field every player had to win their fair share of coin flips and play their best poker.  In the end, twenty players would end up qualifying with the last ten players remaining winning $500 towards travel expenses.

The last 10 players who all won $500 towards travel were:
Austin Monson
- Ultimate Sports Bar in Waite Park
Christine Lano - Golden Valley VFW in Golden Valley
Clayton Pratt - Good Ol Days in Tower
Mark Wadekamer - Dawn's Corner Bar in Dundas
Kevin Kaszas - Sherwood Lounge in St. Paul
Jacob Stringfellow - The Ponds Gold Course in St. Francis
Steve Wood - Marie's Casual Dining in Red Wing
Willie Gonzalez - Kandi Bowl in Willmar
David Taddiken - Valentino's in St. Paul
Ryan Stout - Morris American Legion in Morris


Click here for the complete recap


Regional Details | Championship Details - MN State Details Announced on April 23rd!


Doug Magee Ship It! National Champion.

Doug Magee from Tyndall, SD won the single table National Championship onboard the Norwegian Spirit against the other Ship It! champions.  By winning Doug won the $10,000 Highroller Package which includes 2 WSOP events and entry into four other tournaments. 

Steve Montplaisir from Moorhead, MN gave it a good run coming in second place winning $1,000.  The Minnesota winners also competed in a $150 buy-in tournament on board the day before where two Minnesota players cashed.  Skip Wood took fourth place and Roman Wieme got fifth for a nice little payday.  Coincidently Doug ended up winning the tournament for $2,600.

Congratulations to Travis Hartwig from Bayside in Excelsior, MN and Peter Hettwer from Mr. G's in Fargo for taking down the "LAST CHANCE" freerolls online.  Each won a $650 package to compete in the upcoming Vegas Invasion Main Event.   

PLAY OUR FREE "FPN ONLINE" POKER!

Try our online poker software and have a chance to win weekly prizes! We are running "Weekly Championship" tournaments to test our sit-n-gos.  Simply win a 6-player "Weekly Championship Qualifier" to earn a "gold token" for entry to one of the weekly championships!

Anyone can download the software and play!  Click here to start playing 


Free poker leagues offer great practice opportunities

Playing in free poker leagues is a good introduction to the world of Texas Holdem. By playing free poker you can learn the rules, and pick up some useful strategies. This will be very valuable if you start to play Holdem or some other poker game for money later on.


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