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In August 1876, gambler and gunslinger “Wild Bill” Hickock was sitting at a poker table inside Nuttal & Mann’s Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood when he was shot and killed by Jack McCall.
In the years that followed, the exploits of Wild Bill, of the town where he was killed, and the last hand he was holding—two pair, aces and eights, the “dead man’s hand—became legendary, becoming a tourist attraction and even spawning an HBO min-series. Deadwood became the quintessential emblem of the Wild West, associated with such names as Calamity Jae and Wyatt Earp.
Today, just a short walk from Hickock’s grave, the tradition continues when the Roughrider Poker Tour $1,140 South Dakota State Poker Championship begins at 3 p.m. local time inside the Silverado Casino.
Day 1a is the first of three starting flights. Players begin with a stack of 30,000, and levels will be 40 minutes long. Late registration remains open until the start of Level 13. Each Day 1 flight will last either 15 levels or down to the top 12 percent of the field, whichever comes first. The action on Day 2 then picks up on the earliest finishing time from one of the three flights.
Event schedule
| Date | Flight | Time | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 16 | Day 1a | 3 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| April 17 | Day 1b | 3 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| April 18 | Day 1c | 3 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| April 19 | Day 2 | 12 p.m. | 40 minutes |
Jamie Meidinger is the defending champion, beating out a field of 602 entries to win $90,400 after a three-way deal last year. Other players to cash included Terence Reid, RPT Casino State Championship winner Preston Dean, and two-time WSOP Ladies event finalist Mikiyo Aoki
2025 Final Table results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Meidinger | United States | $90,400 |
| 2 | Alex Smith | United States | $90,400 |
| 3 | Mike Estes | United States | $80,000 |
| 4 | Zach Byers | United States | $42,100 |
| 5 | Ruth Graham | United States | $31,900 |
| 6 | Jorge Arriola | United States | $24,100 |
| 7 | Terence Reid | United States | $18,700 |
| 8 | Bradford Baucom | United States | $11,400 |
| 9 | Daniel Coy | United States | $11,400 |
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PokerNews will be following along the entire way and providing live updates, so stay tuned for all the action.