Jul 11, 2022 | League News, Player News
Pam Cooksey, the Austin Area Supervisor for KOntenders Poker League, was the recipient of a dream WSOP Main Event Experience package this year. She was able to travel to Las Vegas and play in the ultimate event for anyone who loves poker. This experience was put...
Oct 23, 2020 | League News, Player News
Our friend, Austin Supervisor Pam Cooksey, is battling cancer. Let’s do what we can to help! (And maybe you’ll win a seat into the BPO $50,000 Online Championship.)
Jun 23, 2018 | League News, Player News
We officially have our third KOntenders League Champion, Karen Thompson, from our RDU area. The final 10 players were as follows: (1) Karen Thompson – RDU (“choice” seat and League Champion honors) (2) Amy Hamilton – RDU (“choice”...
Jun 21, 2018 | League News, Player News
Last week, dozens of KOntenders players from across the country converged on the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas for the $200,000 Guaranteed Bar Poker Open. The deepest run by a KOntender in the Main Event was Steven Wardell, from our South Jersey region, who finished in...
Dec 13, 2017 | BPO News, League News, Player News
Dull Final Tables, Takes Third! Huge congratulations to G Dull, who runs our South Jersey region, on final-tabling the Bar Poker Open Main Event, finishing third out of over 700 entrants. G started the final table with 26 big blinds, the third-larges stack at the...
Nov 9, 2017 | League News, Player News
Congratulations to Marisa Dias, who is our new Kontenders National Champion! The top 10% of players from each region — over 100 players! — were invited to play in the online championship event. Against that strong field, Marisa took first place, while...