SHAKOPEE, MN: Canterbury Park Card Room has announced that it will host the first annual Twin Cities Poker Open, a $1,500 buyin + $120 entry fee no-limit hold’em tournament, on Sunday, August 10th. Players can either buy their way into the finals, or earn their way in through one of the qualifying heats taking place on Wednesday August 6 through Saturday August 9. The top 20 percent of each qualifying heat-$300 buy-in + $40 entry fee-will earn a nontransferable seat into the finals with no additional entry fee. One-table satellites for both the heats and the finals will begin on August 4.

Tournament qualifying heats will run Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The finals will begin Sunday at 10:30 a.m. For more information, log on to the Website or call 866-667-6537.