Poker promotions continue at casinos
At Dania Jai-Alai: The fronton has established a Play Your Way Card and rewards those who play non-tournament games. Among the prizes for those who play the most during the month are a 67-inch Samsung DLP HDTV with stand, a 37-inch ViewSonic LCD HDTV, a 31-inch AOC LCD HDTV, a 26-inch Envision LCD HDTV and a 16-inch ViewSonic Widescreen HDTV.
The Isle Casino’s poker room at Pompano Park is holding a $100 no-rebuy tournament at 7 p.m. on Nov. 1. Winner gets a seat into the WPT Boot Camp at The Isle, which will be held Nov. 15-16. For more info call the Isle poker room at (954) 972-2000, ext. 5123 or 5124.
Mardi Gras is holding an Election Day tournament, at 7 p.m. Nov. 4. Buy-in is $150, with $15,000 in prizes being paid out. (Assuming at least 75 players.) The casino is also giving away seats in the tournament to winners of $35 single-table tournaments.
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.
