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BY MARKANDERSON
Duluth's Steve Malkovich Wins HPT Northern Lights
June 1, 2022

Successfully proving you don't necessarily have to be in Vegas this summer to win big money in tournament poker, Steve Malkovich, a poker hobbyist and construction laborer from Duluth, took down his first Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) title in record time yesterday (5/31/09), in the significantly smaller town of Walker, Minnesota- home of the Northern Lights Casino.

A Heartland Poker Tour player since 2005, Malkovich had played in twelve previous HPT events before finally earning this big score worth $48,002, a score which despite any previous troubles, he quickly shared a portion of with the HPT's charity partner, Disabled American Veterans (DAV.org).

The top six players of the 2009 HPT- Northern Lights Casino were as follows:

1st.  Steve Malkovich- $48,002

2nd.  Durwin Matuska- $24,001

3rd.  Michael Lewis- $14,401

4th.  Nathan Avenson- $11,201

5th.  Mark Wadekamper- $9,600

6th.  Paul Katchmark- $8,000

For more information on the Heartland Poker Tour visit www.heartlandpokertour.com.


Story by Mark Anderson

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