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Sports

Apr. 22, 2009

POKER AT NUGGET

$100,000 'free roll' to close Saturday

By DON McDERMOTT
PVT



DON McDERMOTT / PVT
Jeff Von Alst will direct the $100,000-added Nugget Free Roll Poker Championship tournament Saturday, starting at 7 p.m.


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The Pahrump Nugget Free Roll Poker Championship tournament, with $32,585 at stake, will be played Saturday.

"Shuffle up and deal!" for the Texas no-limit hold'em tournament will be at 7 p.m. in the Nugget poker room, with 39 players -- each a winner of at least one weekly $1,500 qualifier -- to start. Those 52 weekly events paid out $78,000 in prize money, boosting the overall value of the year-long tournament to $110,585.

The winner Saturday will earn $12,000, with $9,000 going to the runnerup. Third place is worth $6,000 and fourth place $3,000. An additional $2,585 will be divided among other final table players, according to tournament director Jeff Von Alst.

The qualifiers are:

* Joan Sands;

* Ron Pomeroy;

* Gil Kamstra;

* Steve Raches;

* Rusty Rivas;

* Larry Robinson;

* Jim Gianino;

* Rollie Batayola;

* Dave Von Alst;

* Nick Peolar;

* Todd Bock;

* Harvey Dellett;

* Doug Gregory;

* Rupert Hodnett;

* Tom Duke;

* Blackie Harms;

* Frank Kost;

* Bob Black;

* Mike Sisk;

* DeMarco Estrada;

* Pam Nygren;

* Ron Nygren;

* Jack Seballos;

* Rob Lisull;

* Frank Polansky;

* Ben Estrada;

* Diana Robertson;

* Blake Lozo;

* Butch Dole;

* Richard Deutch;

* Jackie Polansky;

* Rene Soto;

* Noy Patac;

* Ray Hazelwood;

* Tony Fisher;

* Lou DeCanio;

* Nicole Nygren;

* Rich Richie.

Each player will receive $5,000 in chips at the start. Two players -- Rivas and Dave Von Alst -- will get an additional $3,000 in chips because they won four of the weekly qualifiers. Earning an additional $2,000 was Black, who was first in three tournaments.










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