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Congratulations to Lisa Mlot  on her first place finish at Brick & Mortar Mini-Series Event #3.  The event was held on August 26th at Nightshift Bar & Grill.  Forty-five players showed up for the event to compete for a buy-in to the Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar in September.

1st Place awarded a $125 buy-in at HPT Ameristar St. Charles (9/20 - 10/02)
The top 20% of the field qualified for the Brick & Mortar Mini-Series Championship on September 16th at Dorsett Inn with a 1st place prize of a $350 buy-in at HPT Ameristar St. Charles (9/20 - 10/02)

Top 20% - Players Advancing to series championship

Lisa Mlot
Jason Beaver
Brian Byrne
Debbie Cox
Ken Sparks
Ginger Halm
Butch Cuddy
Matt Roussin
Darren Burkett

Lisa Mlot holds onto the #1 with a few performances including a win at Brick & Mortar Mini-Series Event #3.  Joe Benfatto (1st & 3rd place finishes) continues his ascent, finding at home at #4.  Cara Pearson jumps up 8 spots to #7 with a couple of second place finishes.​

There are now just 20 events left in DeepStacks Season Championship VI

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Lisa Mlot took the night of from running Tournaments at Leo's Pub & Grill to continue celebrating her birthday at Dorsett Inn.   She won the game. Giving her enough points to move into the #1 spot on the DeepStacks Season Championship 6 leaderboard.

Joe Benfatto & Bob Woodsmall both catapulted into this week's Top 10.  Previously ranked 22nd, picking up three Top 3 finishes this week moved Joe up to 7th.  Meanwhile, Bob's 3rd & 1st place finishes at Dorsett Inn and Leo's Pub & Grille helped him crack the Top 10, moving him from 28th into 9th overall.

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In support of the US Veterans Corps ​' Rescue Me Across America Cans4Chips Food Drive, DeepStacks Poker League collected donated food items from August 6th thru 12th.  On Saturday, August 12th, Linda Ferguson from the Jefferson Barracks Food Pantry picked up over 2100 items to help restock their shelves.  

The Jefferson Barracks Food Pantry is open on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10 am to 1 pm.  They're Celebrating 10 years of service to area military, veterans, and their families by providing non-perishable food & household products.  It is operated by volunteers, and is funded strictly by community financial and product donations.

For additional information, please contact:
Linda Ferguson 314-650-0188
Ann Shadowens 314-822-8292
Nancy Amundson 314-378-5495

All donations are tax deductible as designated by law.  The food pantry is a program of H.E.R.O.E.S. CARE EIN: 01-0777850

Special thanks to:
Aaron Corson and St. Louis Poker Club for their support.  
Tom Wiegand Jr and KOntenders Poker USA 
Steel City Poker
Suit Up Poker League
Pikes Peak Poker
Texas Poker Tour
One Time Poker Tour
Riverchasers Poker Tour

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