1st Place	Rob Rider	Knickerbocker
2nd	Jeb Johnson	Playmakers
3rd	Kevin Meyer	Playmakers
4th	Chuck Stahl	Trophy's
5th	Brandon Medenwald	Playmakers
6th	Gary McDonald	Elks Lodge
7th	Shannon Nordick	Elks Lodge
8th	Kevin Steen	Knickerbocker
9th	Matt Sundstrom	Knickerbocker
10th	Chad Hall	Playmakers
11th	Eric Ashton	Slammers
12th	Gina Deutsch	Slammers
13th	Darrick Johnson	Playmakers
14th	Brad Donabauer	Playmakers
15th	Steve Pris	Slammers

This dogfight of a poker tournament almost never ended.  The short stacks just would not go away...Down to 2 tables, the play was incredibly tight as the field was very even.  Gina Deutsch survived countless blinded-out situations.  Finally, Jeb Johnson caught a flush that took out 2 players and the remaining 15 celebrated.

Rob Rider outlasted Jeb Johnson in a good heads-up contest to win the tournament right at the buzzer.  Rob receives a free $200 entry to a Dakota Poker Tour Event for his accomplishment.

Notes: It was the end of the road for a lot of good card players in this semifinal round.  The Bison Turf was shutout!  Aaron Bekken had a bad run of cards.  Crowd favorite Jenny Asche had a good showing but had pocket aces cracked by 3 of a kind.  Rob Beer had AA cracked in a controversial hand.  There were 6 no-shows.