Level: 11
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2025 FPN Desert Dash-for-Cash National Championship
$200 WPT Passport
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2025 FPN Desert Dash-for-Cash National Championship
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$5,000
Entries
89
Level
18
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
89
Players Left
1
Level 10
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Vern Shasky open-jammed a stack of around 40,000 from under the gun and was called by the bigger-stacked player in the next seat.
Vern Shasky: A?Q? 
Opponent: 9?9?
Shasky took the lead on the flop of 3?J?A? and his pair of aces held up as the board finished out 7?3? to earn him a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 9
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In the front corner of the Nugget ballroom sits a 91-year-old man with an envelope stuffed with painted rocks and a handful of business cards. He's a regular on the FPN Circuit and when he isn't playing he's looking to improve the days of those around them.
Minnesota's Robert "Bob" Schreiner is known for gifting his custom-painted "Wow Girl" rocks to women dealers and players, believing that every woman deserves that kind of small yet meaningful recognition.
The Marine veteran shows his support in other ways. "Str8 Flush Bob" is wearing an "I <3 Dana Castaneda" apron, paying tribute to the league's executive poker director running the show here at the Nugget.
Though Schreiner shies away from publicity, he has nearly a century of stories to tell.
"Isn't that something?" Schreiner says proudly as he showed PokerNews a photo from the 1970s with 38th Vice President Hubert Humprey. He repeats this phrase as he scrolls through photos of eight of his 11 grandkids and playing a Tag Team event with his son, Steve Schreiner, in custom t-shirts he made for the event.
If you're playing in a Las Vegas daily or bar league event and spot a woman using a rock with a red heart on it as a card protector, be sure to think of Bob Schreiner.
Level: 9
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 8
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Michael Soehren moved all in from the button and was called by the big blind with a bigger stack.
Michael Soehren: A?9?
Big Blind: 8?7?
Soehren had his opponent pipped and received an emphatic double as the board ran out A?10?A?8?4? to give him trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,000 |
Level 8
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
A player was all in for less than a starting stack against Justin Page a few seats to his right.
Opponent: 8?8?
Justin Page: A?J?
The opponent couldn't win the flip as the board ran out 4?2?10?J?9? as Page paired his jack on the turn to score a knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Level 8
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Registration closed after Level 6 and the numbers show 89 entrants in the $200 WPT Qualifier event.
The final tablists will advance to the Desert Dash for Cash Championship Main Event with 20,000 in chips and $200 cash, while the winner will also receive a $5,000 WPT Passport valid for any 2025 WPT Event.
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
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