Just a heads up, I am starting to work on the 2011 Poker Run (2nd Annual event to raise money to send disabled children to Camp Shawnigan).

The date I am shooting for so we can have this event at Mt Washington once again is August 20th.

I am just starting to work out sponsorship and contacting those that helped us out last year. Ronnie (esstwothousand) has volunteered to help me out this year with the planning.

If your interested in attending this year I wouldn't mind if you could fire me a PM and let me know so I have an idea of the numbers. No commitment at this point, just need an idea.

Thanks S2Ki Community

(for those of you that missed it here is the link to last years thread/pics). Pics go from page 9 to page 14.
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...=740168&st=200

Dave Vancouver Island CO
Poker Run 2011 Organizer

 

ok. i will be attending this one for sure. i will make it work this time

 

i would join you guys if i was farther north and not busy with school. looks like it should be a good time

 

I am planning a few changes to the format of last year's event. There were some logistical issues with using playing cards. As well some people that didn't actually play poker, didn't know what hands they had, and lastly, from what I understand, some people were exchanging cards between one another before turning their hands in.

This year to avoid all of this I am going to replace playing cards with a token that will have a number on it. If we have 50 cars registered, there will be 75 numbered tokens at each checkpoint, all in a bag. Each token will be numbered from 1 - 75 (again assuming 50 cars, there will be 25 more tokens than the total number of cars). When you arrive at a checkpoint you select a token and move on to the next checkpoint. At the end of the event you simply add up the numbers on the token and the highest number wins. We would probably have an award for the lowest hand as well (not sure yet which positions will get prize money).

Also there will be two types of participants, those that know the island and want to just get to the checkpoints and finish the route. They can go as a group or as singles. They just take off and do the route at their own pace. A second group will be those that want to see the island and take their time completing the route. Remember that speed is not part of the event, it doesn't matter how fast you finish. This second group will travel together and we will assign locals to this group. They will take the scenic routes along the water. When registering please let me know which group you see yourself in.

The event this year will be open to all Japanese Imports. If you don't drive a Japanese Import but would like to participate, contact me. If you have any questions please fire them PM me or fire me an email at dave.donovan@elocas.com

All proceeds from this event go directly to Camp Shawnigan on Vancouver Island. This is a special camp for severely disabled kids and terminally ill children. They try to squeeze some normality into the lives of some very special kids. It costs about $2,500.00 to send one child to camp. Some kids can't afford that with the added costs of their ailments. Help us to help them.

Thanks for reading and I hope you can make an effort to attend. If you wish to donate and cannot attend, contact me and we can find a way for you to do that. Thanks again and drive safe.

Dave
Vancouver Island CO
Poker Run 2011 Organizer

 

UH, so what's to keep people from trading tokens? Just asking. Still thinking of being there. We'll have to see. $110 for ferry tickets plus hotel, fees -this could get expensive.

 

It is expensive I guess for people that make the trip, but it is worth it. You would be looking at ferry plus at least one night in a hotel. I usually get a deal on hotel rooms on the mountain and I think last year the going price was about $119.00 - $149.00 per room.

The island members cover the costs of the facilities up at the mountain and the cost of staff and the bar being open till midnight. That is our effort to offset some costs. As a participant you pay for tickets to the event which includes your dinner and your donation. I don't have it all figured out yet this year as we have not talked about a menu yet but last year if I remember correctly it was $75.00 per car and $35.00 for a passenger and as I say that included the meal and donation. I think it will be a bit more this year but that depends on how many people are interested in attending.

As for changing tokens..., a person might exchange a 10 of hearts if they really need a 5 of diamonds to get 4 of a kind. That is what was happening. Some people didn't even realize that they were helping others win and themselves loose. With tokens obviously you want to pick the larges number each time. At the same time no one wants to exchange for a lower numbered token since the prize money is for the highest hand..., I don't see exchanging tokens as being such a problem. I mean if I offered you my 25 for your 62 would you trade?

 

Here is the link to this years event over in the Vancouver S2Ki forum.

So far we have 18 cars and 27 people on the list.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=843494

 

We may have a live band for this years event !!!

 

Lots of great roads, great scenery... this was a good weekend jaunt.

I think it cost me about $600 for the whole trip (for two people). Ferry rides to/from the island are about $80 each way, $150 for a hotel in Victoria Friday night, $120 for Saturday's lodging, registration, fuel, and food... not a cheap excursion, but not horrible. Splitting rooms obviously can knock that down.



Dave - FYI, rather than do tokens, just put cards in sealed envelopes and open them at the end. If people want to improve their hand, they can buy 1 or 2 extra cards at the end. Or alternatively, have the "dealer" fill in what the person drew on an official sheet.

http://www.goldenruleofpoker.com/poker-run-sheet.pdf

This is probably the best solution - it speeds up tallying best hands, and (almost) completely eliminates cheating.

 

^ Hey thanks..., are you coming up this year?