Poker Runs In Ohio
July 26, 2014 @ 11:30 am - 5:30 pm
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HCBOA, a.k.a. Harrods Creek Boat Owners Association (a Kentucky Non-Profit) announces it’s 24nd Annual Ohio River Poker Run. We are a 100% all-volunteer group
The event will be held on July 26st, sign up for the event online at http://harrodscreekboatowners.com/shophcboa/ or at 5:30 pm to 8 pm on July 16th and July 23rd The event starts a 11:30am where players pick up their paperwork (Hands) at Captains Quarters and ends at 5:30 pm at River Park Place Marina.
FYI – ALL SLIPS are reserved this year, sign up on-line to reserve a slip, first come, first assigned slips until we run out.
Dealer Boats will be in place from 1pm to 4:30pm, at River Park Place Marina. Hands are played between 5:30pm – 6:00pm, with dinner served from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, and then we have the Poker Run after Party.
Players travel by boat on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River between The Water Works at Zorn Ave. and Grassy Flats to get to dealer boats, where they receive one card. There are 6 dealer boats so players receive 6 cards to make the best five-card hand.
To participate players’ hands may be purchased online at http://harrodscreekboatowners.com/shophcboa for $25 or at Captains Quarters on River Road and Harrods Creek on Wednesday 16th and 23rd from 6:00 to 8:00 pm for $30 each includes Dinner and the poker run after party. Hands limited to 500 available.
Unsold hands may be purchased during the event on July 27st, however the event is usually sold out. Prizes go to the best hands.
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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.
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]
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.
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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]
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]
Motorcycle Poker Runs
Notes[edit]
- ^'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.
- ^'Largest motorcycle poker run (single venue)'. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ^[1]Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^'Poker Run', Silverfish Longboarding - The Longboard Skateboard Community - P - General Longboard Glossary, archived from the original on 12 December 2007, retrieved 2010-07-02
- ^[2]Archived August 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Canoe/kayak poker run will benefit ill children
- ^Geocaching.com: First Annual Lillington Poker Run
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