What Hubbard lacks in live experience he makes up for in online credentials, being an accomplished pro player for the past five years.
“It’s actually only my 13th live tournament.” “I usually don’t play much live, but I figured I’d at least play all of the Fall Classic events for a nice little change of pace,” Hubbard said. Despite his relaxed demeanor at the table he’s still fairly new to live poker. Once he regained the lead five-handed he didn’t relinquish it. Hubbard maintained a decent chip stack for most of Day 2. “Nine o’clock last night is when I really started to go on a run,” Hubbard said shortly after his win. The event concluded with Jared Hubbard of Farmington, Minn., beating Brandon Beery heads-up for the $70,769 first-place prize. 15, drew 293 entries (48 more than last year) for a $284,210 prize pool. The championship no-limit hold’em two-day event, which began Oct. Players flocked to Shakopee for a variety of events, including hold’em, Omaha and stud, with winners representing seven states. 1-16, had more than 4,800 entries over the course of 25 events with a cumulative prize pool of more than $1.1 million.
As the leaves start to change color, Minnesota poker players always come out in droves for Canterbury Park’s Fall Poker Classic, Minnesota’s largest and arguably most prestigious poker series, which is in its 11th year.
