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Weekend Ticket: Poker Run is Saturday on Lake St. John

Published 12:15 am Thursday, August 29, 2019

FERRIDAY — Supporters of Lake St. John will have all hands on deck this Saturday for the Lake St. John Poker Run.

The crew with the best hand will get a $1,000 reward, but every hand wins funds for the annual Lake St. John Flotilla fireworks show, buoys and supports the Concordia PAWS animal shelter, said poker run organizer Melissa Brown.

“That’s the busiest day on the lake — the flotilla,” Brown said. “… The poker run is a great time to get out on the water with your friends, your family, your pet and just have a good time. … It’s all for a good cause.”

The poker run starts at noon Saturday on Lake St. John, Brown said, and registration starts Friday night from 6 to 8 p.m. and 10 a.m. until noon Saturday at Spokane Resort and costs $25 per hand.

Participants also have the option to purchase an additional wild card for $25 to increase their chances of winning, Brown said.

The first-place winner will receive $1,000, second-place $500, third-place $300, fourth-place $200 and fifth-place $100.

Each player drives their vessel to five different piers on Lake St. John to draw a card for their hand, Brown said.

“To play you have to have a boat,” Brown said, “but if you don’t, we can draw the cards for you and you still get a chance to win.”

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A poker run is an organized event in which participants, usually using motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, boats, snowmobiles, horses, on foot or other means of transportation, must visit five to seven checkpoints, drawing a playing card at each one. The object is to have the best poker hand at the end of the run. Having the best hand and winning is purely a matter of chance. The event has a time limit, however the individual participants are not timed.

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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the record for the largest event was set in 2009 with 2,136 motorcyclists benefiting the Fallen Firefighter Survivors Foundation (FFSF).^[1]

The record for the largest single venue event was set in 2012, with 586 motorcyclists raising money for Prostate Cancer research in Ottawa, Canada.^[2]

Variations[edit]

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Poker runs usually require a fee to enter and some for each additional hand; in some events a small part of the fee may go to funding the event, including the prizes, while the rest goes to the event's charity recipient or club treasury. In charity events usually most, if not all of the funds goes to the selected charity. Prizes, such as money, plaques, or merchandise donated by commercial sponsors of the event, are awarded for the best hand. Some runs will award smaller awards for lower hands or even the lowest hand.

Each checkpoint might offer food or entertainment, either covered by the entry fee or at additional cost. Each participant is responsible to maintain the integrity of their hand during the run. Hands are usually written down or marked with punched holes on a ticket, rather than assembled from actual cards given to the riders. The only requirement is that riders arrive at the final checkpoint by the time prizes are awarded, usually near the end of the day, typically at a party with food and refreshments. It might be required that participants collect all of the requisite number of cards, five or seven, or they might be allowed to miss checkpoints and use a hand with fewer cards, though the odds of a winning hand are much lower.

Transport[edit]

Although most events are on motorcycles, off-road vehicles, boats, or horses, events involving small aircraft, ATVs, bicycles, golf carts, snowmobiles,^[3] skateboards,^[4] running,^[5] canoeing and kayaking,^[6] and geocaching^[7] have been held.

Dice run[edit]

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A dice run is one variation, where instead of collecting cards, participants roll dice at each stop. The object is to have the highest score as determined by the sum of the dice rolls.

See also[edit]

St Johns River Poker Run

Notes[edit]

1. ^'Largest motorcycle Poker run - Guinness World Records Blog post - Home of the Longest, Shortest, Fastest, Tallest facts and feats'. Community.guinnessworldrecords.com. 2009-04-18. Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
2. ^'Largest motorcycle poker run (single venue)'. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
3. ^[1]Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^'Poker Run', Silverfish Longboarding - The Longboard Skateboard Community - P - General Longboard Glossary, archived from the original on 12 December 2007, retrieved 2010-07-02
5. ^[2]Archived August 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
6. ^Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Canoe/kayak poker run will benefit ill children
7. ^Geocaching.com: First Annual Lillington Poker Run

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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