Steve Baker(credit: Image Masters - Cherokee Casino)
TULSA, Okla. - Cherokee Casino Resort is currently holding the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge V. The tournament features 30 events over 11 days with buy-ins ranging from $120 - $3,150.
Day two of the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge V featured three events, two No Limit Hold 'em events and Omaha High Low Split. Winners spanned the country with two locals, Steven Baker, Owasso, Okla., and William Fisher, Tulsa, Okla., and one West Coast resident, Albert Barbeiri, Long Beach, Calif., taking top honors for the day.
Day 2 - Event #2 - No Limit Hold 'em, attracted 126 players, with a $300+$40 buy-in, generating a $33,390 prize pool.
Final results are as follows:
1) Steven Baker (Owasso, OK) - $8,681
2) Gabe Costner (Long Beach, MO) - $5,075
3) Joseph Tran (Dallas, TX) - $4,007
4) Andrew Watson (Tulsa, OK) - $3,339
5) Gebrehiwet Goitom (Dallas, TX) - $2,521
6) Woody Moore (Bossier City, LA) - $1,836
7) Sandra Postelwait (Catoosa, OK) - $1,603
8) Steven Hoover (Mound City, KS) - $1,402
9) Randy Huston (Oklahoma City, OK) - $1,252
Day 2 - Event #3 - Omaha High Low Split, attracted 105 players, with a $200+$30 buy-in, generating a $19,950 prize pool.
Final results are as follows:
1) Albert Barbieri (Long Beach, CA) - $5,385
2) Randy Norris (Oklahoma City, OK) - $3,392
3) Bob Poole (Rudy, AR) - $2,693
4) Walter Blanken (Pittsburg, KS) - $2,095
5) Scott Patterson (Rocky River, OH) - $1,596
6) Shari Ramsey (Tulsa, OK) - $1,197
7) Everett Devore (Broken Arrow, OK) - $998
8) Kevin Kelsey (Broken Arrow, OK) - $798
9) Sally Kelley (Emporia, KS) - $698
Day 2 - Event #4 - No Limit Hold 'em, attracted 358 players, with a $125+$25 buy-in, generating a $38,020 prize pool.
Final results are as follows:
1) William Fisher (Tulsa, OK) - $7,873
2) Charles Chadwick (Fayetteville, AR) - $4,068
3) Holly Dorland (Tulsa, OK) - $2,928
4) Michael Beatty (Columbus, KS) - $2,547
5) Jaime Delavega (Pompano Beach, FL) - $2,205
6) Bobby Wilson (Okemah, OK) - $1,901
7) Cicely Payne (Edmond, OK) - $1,749
8) Richard Lang (Tulsa, OK) - $1,597
9) Herbert Newton (Tulsa, OK) - $1,407
Cherokee Casino Resort houses the largest poker room in the mid-South with 36 poker tables and 37 table games. Players can take advantage of the resort's discounted hotel rates frequently provided to tournament participants. Cherokee Casino Resort features 150 luxurious rooms and suites, more than 1,500 electronic games, four dining venues including a fine-dining restaurant, and four entertainment venues with live entertainment seven nights a week.
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