$200 Tag Team Championship | 2025 FPN Desert Dash-for-Cash National Championship

2 minutes ago

Jonathan Little: From Magic the Gathering to Two-Time WPT Champion

Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 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 22nd episode, Connor speaks with poker coach Jonathan Little about the early days of online poker, Magic the Gathering, dealing with downswings, winning the 2007 WPT Mirage Poker Showdown and 2008 WPT Mashantucket Championship, recent victories in the PokerGO Studio and balancing poker and family.

Little also talked about running PokerCoaching.com, the qualities of a good poker coach and mentoring high-stakes pro Justin Saliba.

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Level: 5

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

8 minutes ago

Double for Weber

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

David Weber was all in for around 10,000 from early position against the player in the big blind.

David Weber: 7♥7♦ All in
Big Blind: A♥Q♥

Weber was able to survive the flip as the board ran out 5♣10♠10♥5♠6♦ to earn him and his partner a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Weber	20,000

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11 minutes ago

Several National Champions in the Field

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There are several FPN national champions in the Tag Team field, including Joel Smith, Jimmy Miles and Craig Ashley, who earlier in the series took down the $200 WPT Passport event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Smith	20,000 20,000	20,000
Craig Ashley	20,000
Jimmy Miles	20,000 20,000	20,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

42 minutes ago

Thompson Shows Nuts

Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a four-way pot with several thousand in chips already in the middle, all for players checked on the flop of 9♠8♣2♦.

Isaac Thompson then bet 4,000 on the turn and only one opponent called. Thompson then quickly moved all in for around 9,000 on the K♠ river to bring a fold from his opponent.

It was the right move as Thompson, who won his entry with a final table finish in the $200 WPT Passport event, showed Q♦10♥ for rivered Broadway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Thompson	25,000

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46 minutes ago

Craig Ashley Wins a $5K World Poker Tour Seat in FPN $200 WPT Passport

Connor Richards

Level 3 : 300/600, 600 ante

The 2025 Free Poker Network (FPN) Desert Dash-for-Cash National Championship is in swing at the Golden Nugget in North Las Vegas and saw a one-day tournament play out Thursday in the form of $200 WPT Passport. Craig Ashley of Office Bar in Illinois battled through the final table to win a $5,000 WPT passport, $200 in cash and entry into Sunday's Championship event.

The $200 WPT Passport, which awarded a $5,000 passport to any 2025 WPT stop, drew 89 entrants and offered $200 cash and Championship event entry to players who made the final table.

Less than a year ago, Ashley won the FPN 'Step in the Ring' National Championship for $12,500 in this same venue. It was a clash of champions as he defeated heads-up opponent Darren Sneed, who won last year's Tag Team event.

“I’m pretty excited," Ashley told PokerNews in a winner's interview. "I wasn’t even sure I was going to play it.”

2025 FPN WPT Qualifier Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize (In USD)
1	Craig Ashley	$5,000 WPT Passport + $200 + Championship Entry
2	Darren Sneed	$200 + Championship Entry
3	Jim Knight	$200 + Championship Entry
4	Barry Nelson	$200 + Championship Entry
5	Jeremy Anderson	$200 + Championship Entry
6	Russell Neil	$200 + Championship Entry
7	Justin Page	$200 + Championship Entry
8	Isaac Thompson	$200 + Championship Entry
9	Robin Stene	$200 + Championship Entry

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Set Over Set Max Pain

Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

A big heads-up pot brewed in the Nugget ballroom as Heath Bird moved all in for 10,700 on a board of 9♦4♦5♠2♣ and was called by a bigger-stacked opponent.

Heath Bird: 5♦5♣ All in
Opponent: 4♠4♣

Both opponents had flopped sets and Bird had the best of it as the 10♠ bricked off on the river to earn him a double.

"Set over set!" the opponent cried.

"Jesus! Wow!" someone at the table reacted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Heath Bird	40,000 40,000	40,000

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1 hour 8 minutes ago

Life Outside Poker: Jamie Gold on Poker's Golden Era, Charity Events & GGPoker's WSOP Takeover

Connor Richards

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 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 23rd episode, Connor speaks with Hollywood producer and 2006 Main Event champion Jamie Gold about growing up in New York City, learning poker from his parents and grandparents, playing poker with Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Johnny Chan in the 1990s, the early days of televised poker and his memorable 2006 Main Event run.

Gold also talked about his charity poker events that have raised more than a half-billion dollars for various causes, the future of poker content and what poker players can expect from GGPoker's $500 million purchase of the World Series of Poker.

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