Gabe Costner(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 four of the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge V featured three events, two No Limit Hold ‘em events and a Mega Super Satellite.
Day 4 – Event #8 - No Limit Hold ‘em, attracted 130 players, with a $500+$50 buy-in, generating a $59,900 prize pool.
Final results are as follows:
1) Gabe Costner (Long Beach, MS) - $15,573
2) John Howard (Rogers, AR) - $9,105
3) Frank Kohutex (Mesquite, TX) - $7,188
4) John Newcombe (Ada, OK) - $5,990
5) Louay Aamer (Tulsa, OK) - $4,522
6) Michael Lee (Oklahoma City, OK) - $3,295
7) Jack Willman (Shellknob, MO) - $2,875
8) Chris Hooper (Tulsa, OK) - $2,516
9) John Martin (Pittsburg, KS) - $2,246
Day 4 – Event #9 – No Limit Hold ‘em, attracted 277 players, with a $125+$25 buy-in, generating a $28,705 prize pool.
Final results are as follows:
1) Phillip Hemba (Russellville, AR) - $5,944
2) Jose Kennard (Seattle, WA) - $3,071
3) Kendrick Moore (Tulsa, OK) - $2,196
4) Haley Nguyen (Kansas City, MO) - $1,923
5) Luke Frazier (Skiatook, OK) - $1,665
6) Jonathan Wohlgemuth (Tulsa, OK) - $1,450
7) James Casey (Tulsa, OK) - $1,320
8) David Pohl (Tulsa, OK) - $1,206
9) Melanie Maxwell (Bixby, OK) - $1,062
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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