Oklahoma-Cherokee Casino, clearly a leader on the national poker tournament scene recently hosted another successful annual Ozark Poker Championship event at the new, expanded West Siloam Springs location. Still to come this spring, the much anticipated Mid-South Poker Classic, scheduled to take place from May 7-18 at Cherokee's Tulsa location, with registration beginning on April 1.

The fourth annual Ozark Poker Championship poker tournament wrapped up March 22 at Cherokee Casino West Siloam Springs. The tournament featured nine events, including satellites, over four days, from March 19-22, with buy-ins ranging from $230 to $550. Here are the results from the final championship event and the Jack & Jill No-limit event:

CHEROKEE CASINO 3/22/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $500 + $50
PLAYERS 101
PRIZE POOL $50,500
1 Doyle Houk . . . . . . . $15,148
2 Travis Baker . . . . . . . $9,090
3 Justin Barclay . . . . . . $6,818
4 Gunnar Broberg . . . . $5,050
5 Rudy Schultz . . . . . . . $3,788

The California-Oklahoma team of Layne Paschal, Sacramento, CA, and Chris Haggard, Tulsa, OK, outplayed the field in the tournament's opening event.

CHEROKEE CASINO 3/19/09
JACK & JILL NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 30
PRIZE POOL $6,000
1 Layne Paschal, Chris Haggard . . . . . . $3,000
2 Wilma Kreger, Gunnar Broberg . . . . $1,800
3 Ashley Johnson, Lynn Kelly . . . . . . . . . $1,200