The remaining players are about to head on their last 15-minute break of the night. This will also mark the end of late registration for the entire tournament, which just crossed the 500-entry mark in the past few minutes.
The action folded around to Bradley Rohrer who found a way to get all of his chips in the middle against the small blind, who was at risk for around 60,000.
Small Blind: Q♠Q♣
Bradley Rohrer: 3♣3♦
Rob Wazwaz came to sweat the action from a neighboring table as the dealer fanned the flop of K♦7♠7♦. The 6♣ on the turn changed nothing but the 3♠ peeled off on the river to give Rohrer a full house.
"Waz helped me bring that one home!" Rohrer shouted.
Andrew Francis was one of the last individual players to register for this event just after the previous break, but he came in firing on all cylinders as he now made his way onto his third bullet already. In the latest episode, he got his starting stack in the middle and was up against Daniel Kennedy.
Andrew Francis: 8♥8♦
Daniel Kennedy: 9♠9♦
Kennedy had one pair better than Francis and a clean board sent Francis back to the registration desk for another 60,000 chips.
Three big hands were turned over on Table 7 with all of the chips going in the middle preflop. Whitney Bell was the shortest stack with 34,000 and Brady Roth had both opponents covered.
Whitney Bell: A♥K♦
Opponent: Q♣Q♦
Brady Roth: A♦Q♠
The flop came A♠9♥3♦ and Bell took a commanding lead with the best ace. The 5♠ and 2♦ changed nothing and Bell scored a triple up while Roth took down the side pot.
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Garrett Dwire opened to 6,000 in early position and Jason Lizakowski defended from the big blind. The flop fell A♥J♠8♦ and Lizakowski check-called a bet of 6,500 from Dwire.
The action slowed down on the 6♦ turn as both players checked and the 9♣ hit the river. Lizakowski led out with an over bet of 50,000 and Dwire gave it some thought before calling. Lizakowski flipped over 8♥6♠ for two pair and Dwire conceded the pot.
After three exciting days of action in Hankinson, North Dakota back in October, the Roughrider Poker Tour Tri-State Poker Championship came to an end with Bridget Johnson claiming victory to capture a career-best score of $35,000. She also went home with the custom RPT trophy and a $1,000 Dream Chaser V Main Event seat.
The tournament drew 351 entries, with Johnson defeating Mark Fink in a short heads-up match to earn the lion's share of the $189,540 prize pool.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridget Johnson | Dickinson, ND | $35,000 |
| 2 | Mark Fink | Sioux Falls, SD | $20,000 |
| 3 | Keith Kemper | Casselton, ND | $15,000 |
| 4 | Paul Johnson | Fargo, ND | $10,700 |
| 5 | Kim Rasmussen | Forman, ND | $9,000 |
| 6 | Cody Slusher | Kindred, ND | $7,700 |
| 7 | Chad Knoblauch | Grand Forks, ND | $6,600 |
| 8 | James Girouard | Sioux Falls, SD | $5,500 |
| 9 | Dustin Benda | Wahpeton, ND | $4,400 |
After a series of preflop raises, Daryl Oppelt and Prabhakar Karri got all of their chips in the middle with Oppelt being the player at risk for 96,500.
Daryl Oppelt: 10♠10♥
Prabhakar Karri: A♠Q♥
They were off to the races and the flop of 7♠5♥4♥ left Oppelt in the lead with his pocket pair. The 6♦ and 9♠ runout changed nothing and Oppelt scored a double-up.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
On a board of A♠9♦8♥A♥, Garrett Dwire led out with a bet of 17,000 from the big blind. Darcy Dalen called on his left and the 3♣ completed the board.
Dwire announced all in and Dalen was put to the test for her remaining 20,500 chips. She thought for a moment and then dropped her handful of chips. Dwire turned over 10♥7♦ for a missed straight draw while Dalen held K♠K♣ to double up.
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