Level: 17
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
2025 FPN Desert Dash-for-Cash National Championship
$200 WPT Passport
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2025 FPN Desert Dash-for-Cash National Championship
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$5,000
Entries
89
Level
18
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
89
Players Left
1
Level 16
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Jeremy Anderson was all in for crumbs against Darren Sneed.
Jeremy Anderson: 8♠7♠ 
Darren Sneed: A♦5♣
Anderson couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out Q♦9♣Q♠10♣A♣ to mark his elimination in fifth place.
Before the dust could settle, Jim Knight doubled through Barry Nelson as his king-jack outperformed Nelson's ace-six.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
350,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
150,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level 15
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Russell Neil jammed a short stack in the small blind and Barry Nelson called in the big blind.
Russell Neil: 9♥3♦
Barry Nelson: A♦7♣
Neil couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out 10♣A♠9♠5♣J♦ to mark his elimination in sixth place.
"I had to do it with the ace, man," Nelson said.
"Yeah I know. And I was just hoping you didn't have shit," Neil replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Jeremy Anderson was all in against Craig Ashley a few seats to his right.
Jeremy Anderson: A♠3♠
Craig Ashley: K♠Q♦
Anderson doubled with ace-high as the board ran out 10♣6♣5♥J♠2♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
250,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Justin Page moved all in from the button and was called by the bigger-stacked Craig Ashley in the small blind.
Justin Page: A♦8♣
Craig Ashley: A♣Q♠
Page was pipped and couldn't improve as the board ran out Q♣7♣K♠3♠10♠ to mark his elimination in seventh place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 14
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler Casino Live, revealed on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker podcast that he was kicked out of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event over a conflict of interest stemming from his employment at ESPN.
In the 16th episode of the podcast, host Connor Richards speaks with the producer/founder of the most popular livestream in poker history about why he was booted from poker's biggest tournament, along with numerous other topics such as sports journalism, interviewing star athletes, leaving ESPN to start a poker stream, founding HCL and putting together some of the most entertaining lineups in poker history.
This interview was filmed in July at the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Ryan Feldman by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
Level 14
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Shortly after eliminating Robin Stene, Isaac Thompson was all in against Barry Nelson across the table.
Isaac Thompson: A♥3♥
Barry Nelson: K♥K♦
Thompson couldn't crack kings as the board ran out 8♦6♣6♦J♦8♣ to mark his elimination in 8th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000