Chase Lalani of Miramar took the coveted trophy Wednesday night, winning the Dan Le Batard Celebrity Poker Tournament at Dania Jai-Alai. The Wednesday night multi table Texas Hold’em tournament drew 241 Texas Hold’em players paying $50 to enter.

The final six players decided to “chop” the pot equally giving each player just over $1,000. Lalani (pictured with 790 The Ticket's Roy Bellamy), being the chip leader, was awarded the tournament trophy and $1,500.

Once again, it was someone from my table. And it was interesting. He was all-in several times, if my memory is correct, including one call of another player that he sucked out on that set his opponent into a f-bomb laden rant that drew rebuke from the dealer. (My story is I won three hands all night, never making it to a river, and while starting with 3,500 never got above 5,000. Finally with 3,000 and blinds at 1000-2000 plus an ante I called three players with my 9-3 in the small blind, because my only hope would be to quadruple up. Maybe I should've pushed with the 8-6 I got one hand earlier in the big blind?)

According to a press release, Dania Jai-Alai is featuring a big Labor Day weekend of poker tournaments, the first being Friday night, Sept. 4, with the popular $100 entry fee tournament and a special low house fee $150 multi-table at 12:30, Saturday.

Dania Jai-Alai’s cardroom is open Sundays through Thursdays from noon to midnight, Friday and Saturdays from noon to 2 a.m.

The fronton is located at 301 E. Dania Beach Blvd. in Dania Beach.