South Florida Gambling
The four-event Isle State Poker Championships are rolling along.
The first event, a $225 buy-in, drew 221 players. The second ($330) and third ($550) also drew more than 220 players each.
Now comes the biggie: an $880 tournament with a $100,000 prize money guarantee. Right now, registration is at 140, but they're taking entrants right up to tomorrow's noon post time.
Call 954-972-2000.
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NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
