Randy Hutton was in the small blind in a heads-up pot on a board of J?6?9?J?.
Hutton bet 3,200 on the turn and his opponent called. Hutton then bet the same amount on the Q? river and his opponent laid it down.
The next hand, Hutton played a multi-way pot after limping in on the button and took down the pot with a flop bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
The wildfires around Los Angeles has caused devastation to the area, impacting the lives of thousands of people, including two prominent entertainers within the poker community.
Actor James Woods, in a video on CNN, broke down in tears describing the fire that left his Pacific Palisades home in shambles. Jennifer Tilly, actress and poker player, along with her significant other Phil Laak, shared on Instagram that the couple left home to avoid the fires while staying at Commerce Casino.
[
Tilly, a regular on High Stakes Poker and a Hollywood star, referred on X to the Pacific Palisades area, which is right in the heart of the fires, as a "really beautiful area that never lost its small town feeling."
Last summer, the Free Poker Network Step Into the Ring National Championship saw John Mizeur, Wendy Adamczyk-D'Andrea, and Craig Ashley claim the FPN trophies and a $12,500 Main Event prize package.
These three champions outlasted a field of 324 to score the top prizes.
“I knew it was going to happen, I really did,” Mizeur said in his post-win interview, and the two other winners nodded in agreement.
"I'm feeling really shocked, and great. I really don't know how I did it, I just got lucky when I needed to," said the Illinois native Adamczyk-D'Andrea after claiming her biggest cash.
It was actually all three winners' biggest cash, and they were definitely excited about using the money to fire in more tournaments.
| Place | Player | Qualifying Bar | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Ashley | Office Bar, Illinois | $12,500 |
| 1 | Wendy Adamczyk-D'Andrea | Town Bar & Grill, Illinois | $12,500 |
| 1 | John Mizeur | Danny's Dugout, Minnesota | $12,500 |
| 4 | Randy Onstad | Route 65, Minnesota | $1,000 |
| 5 | Keith Wahl | Misfits, Las Vegas | $1,000 |
| 6 | Jim Carroll | DC Cobbs, Illinois | $1,000 |
| 7 | Skyler Sands | Cando Bar, North Dakota | $1,000 |
| 8 | Roy Winkelman | Muddy Low, Minnesota | $1,000 |
| 9 | Jennifer Bezhig | Route 47, Minnesota | $1,000 |
Several FPN Champions are in the field, including 2024 FPN Step Into the Ring National Championship winner Craig Ashley, two-time champion Joel Smith and reigning FPN Vegas $100k World Championship winner Jordan Sleen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Jack Black limped in from middle position and two players followed before a raise from the small blind. The big blind then three-bet to bring calls from all but one player.
The big blind continued for 2,500 on the flop of 3?9?4? and only Black called. The big blind then checked on the 5? turn and Black bet 6,000. His opponent called.
The 6? river checked through and Black showed A?3? to win the pot with a straight as the big blind showed a cracked K?K?.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000 |
Cards are in the air and action is underway in the $200 WPT Passport event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
PokerNews coverage of the 2025 Free Poker Network (FPN) Desert Dash-for-Cash National Championship at Las Vegas' Golden Nugget kicks off today with the $200 WPT Passport event starting at 5 p.m. local time.
The special event will award a World Poker Tour Passport valued at $5,000 that allows players to take a shot in any 2025 WPT event of their choice, be it in Choctaw, Thunder Valley or Montreal.
The $200 buy-in tournament will see players begin with a starting stack of 20,000. Levels will last for 20 minutes and late registration will remain open through Level 6.
The top 15% of the field will advance to the Desert Dash-For-Cash Championship Main Event with 20,000 chips and win a cash prize of $200.
Coverage of the $200 WPT Passport event will be followed by Saturday's Tag Team Championship and Sunday's Desert Dash-For-Cash Championship Main Event, where participants will spar for a piece of the $100,000 cash prize and $10,000 in Mystery Bounties. Both events will include live-stream coverage available to watch on YouTube.
Stay tuned as PokerNews is on-site here in North Las Vegas and ready to provide coverage of the Free Poker Network action.
