At the SD State Championship Chad Kopplin (far right) from Starters in Redfield had one heck of a swing.  The tournament went for over an hour and a half before we even had our first all in and a call.  Chad Kopplin was the first player in the tournament at risk.  He was down to 2,100 in chips and was holding K-Q against pocket jacks.  The window card was a jack putting Chad in a huge hole.  The turn brought some help with a ace giving him four outs.  Chad had his jacket on and was three steps away from the table when the 10 of spades popped giving him a straight.  With the winning hand Chad was not the first player eliminated, but still was in a huge hole doubling up for less then half his starting stack.

Nicole Drake from Brandon, SD who also happens to be the owner of Valley Lanes has been a long time supporter of the league. She play poker every week with all her patrons in a great fun league and it's now won her the July perfect attendance drawing. She sat down with all the players every Wednesday night and pointed two of those four weeks. The July perfect attednance drawing was for a seat into the National Championship this December. Now Nicole can go for the elusive double stack at Nationals as she squeaked out a regional appearance in July as well by five points.