Seminole Classic mixes slots, poker
The Seminole Casino Hollywood is giving poker players a chance to see how the other half lives.
In August, the casino, also known as "Seminole Classic," will have a "$100,000 Wacky Poker Wheel" promotions. It works like this:
Each Monday through Thursday, from midnight to noon, players seated at poker tables are automatically entered into a drawing. The casino will pull 25 names each day, and those selected will spin a wheel for free slot play.
Top prize is $500.
The Whacky Poker Wheel is part of the circus-themed promotions at the casino for August. Others are the Bozo’s Big Top free slot tournament from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays; the Carousel of Cash from 6-11 p.m. Tuesday and Aug. 11 where contestants pick a horse from a carousel; The Clown Pick a Pocket Game, from 6-10 p.m. Wednesdays, where players pick two pockets from a clown for prizes; and Carnival of Games II from 2-6 p.m. Sundays and 6-10 p.m. Thursdays where patrons choose to play one of three games for cash or free play prizes.
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.
