Level: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2026 FPN Vegas National Championship
Tag Team Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2026 FPN Vegas National Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$3,000
Entries
142
Level
20
Blinds
200,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
142
Players Left
1
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Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
In a heads-up pot between the blinds, Randy Leblanc bet multiple black 5,000 chips on the flop of 5♠K♦4♦ and Steve Dale quickly called.
Leblanc then moved all in on the 5♣ turn and Steve Dale called with a bigger stack.
Randy Leblanc: J♥J♦ 
Steve Dale: 10♦10♣
Leblanc had his opponent crushed with just one card to come, but the dealer put down the 10♠ river to bring a yelp from Leblanc as he was sent to the rail in brutal fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000 | |
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Busted |
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Last January, the 2025 Free Poker Network (FPN) Desert Dash-for-Cash National Championship in Las Vegas reached its finale with the Desert Dash-For-Cash Championship Main Event as Marion Massmann won $25,000 and brought another title to Billy's Bar & Grill in Vergas, Minnesota.
The 78-year-old Massmann told PokerNews her kids were watching her from afar and rooting for her. Meanwhile, she had a supportive rail of Minnesotans in the Golden Nugget ballroom cheering her on.
"It was awesome," Massmann said about the support she received. "The cheering that they did, I just loved it."
The event had 404 qualifiers, the largest-ever field for an FPN championship event, and battled down to a final table that included John Ford, Elisabeth Walker, Fred Morales and runner-up Skyler Sand of North Dakota. Massmann was down to just 1,700 in chips at one point in the event, but came back to earn the more than 10 million chips in play.
2025 FPN Desert Dash-For-Cash Championship Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marion Massmann | $25,000 |
| 2 | Skyler Sand | $15,000 |
| 3 | Fred Morales | $8,100 |
| 4 | Elisabeth Walker | $5,000 |
| 5 | John Ford | $4,300 |
| 6 | Suzanne Barsalow | $3,400 |
| 7 | Joe Manno | $2,600 |
| 8 | Wendy D'Andrea | $2,170 |
| 9 | Sue Liskunas | $1,750 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Players have been sent on their second 15-minute break with the clocks showing 110 players remaining.
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In a heads-up pot on a flop of J♥J♦7♦, Stacie Saunders bet 10,000 and her opponent moved all in. Saunders quickly called.
Opponent: K♣K♠
Stacie Saunders: Q♥J♣
Saunders had outflopped her opponents' kings, and the board finished out 2♠J♠ to add insult to injury as Saunders made quads to send her opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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115,000
115,000
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115,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
"I've never done that before."
That's what Tom Tezak said after correctly calling a river bluff with just ace-high.
The heads-up pot took place on a board of Q♥2♣4♣3♠8♥ and saw Tezaks opponent going all in for over 10,000. Tezak called and the opponent showed a stone bluff with 10♣5♠, leading Tezak to table A♣7♣ to the shock of his opponent.
"What the f***!" the opponent reacted. "I can't believe you called me with ace-high."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 7
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Late registration closed earlier in the evening with 142 teams in the field.
Level 7
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 35th episode, Connor talks with No Filter Poker Series founder Mounir Tajiou about growing up in Sweden, working as a high court judge, playing professional soccer, making a deep run in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and the new No Filter Poker Series, which values fun at the table over poker strategy.
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