The Town of Waldoboro

The Waldoboro Fire Department is sponsoring a 'Poker Run'.

This is a fundraising event but essentially the poker run is an excuse to meet up, travel, and have a good time. Although this is a "run", there are no prizes for speed - it does not matter who is first to complete the course. It is not a race. Proceeds to benefit the Waldoboro Fire Department's

175th Anniversary Celebration in 2013

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Entry fee is $25.00 in advance or $30.00 day of the run. Poker Run is limited to 52 participants. So it’s best to pre register to save $5.00 and to make sure you’re able to participate.

Each participant must have a poker score sheet and this must be filled in by the organizers, not by the participant. It is unlikely that any participant in a fundraising event would seek to cheat, but in order to ensure there are no disputes about what cards a participant actually drew there needs to be a clear, written record of each card drawn. It is the participants' responsibility to check their score sheet before leaving each checkpoint, to ensure that the card they drew is correctly recorded on their score sheet. Organizers may find it useful to use different colors on the score sheet for each checkpoint.

A good score sheet will make it easy for both the participants and the organizers to clearly see which is the best hand. If there are large numbers of participants it can take a long time to determine the winning hand when the cards are recorded in an amateurish or casual fashion.

Players will be dealt a card after the deck is shuffled in front of them. A player can never have two of the same card in a hand they already have. (Example: if you draw the seven of clubs and you already have the seven of clubs on your score card, then you must put the card back and you will be dealt the next card in the deck) This is a situation which never occurs in "real life" poker, and it should not be allowed to happen on any poker run either. The reason is simple - poker hand rankings are based on the likelihood of each hand occurring, and if duplicate cards are allowed the probabilities of a given hand change. It becomes easier to get four of a kind if you are allowed to have two examples of the King of Hearts in your hand for example. The easiest and fairest solution is to have players be re-dealt any cards that are duplicates. For example, if you draw the seven of clubs and you already have the seven of clubs on your score card, then you must put the card back and re-dealt another card.

Each player will have the chance of getting one of the 52 cards in the deck at each stop. (Example: the deck is shuffled in front of player 1 then the dealer flips over or deals to the player the top card of the deck then after recording it on the players score sheet the dealer will put that card back in the deck and proceed to player two and so on. So yes, some players might receive the same card at the same stop but players can’t have the same card at another stop. SEE ABOVE RULE! Each player will have the opportunity to use all 52 cards in the deck at each stop.

Best 5 card poker hand wins.

• 1st place: $100.00 Gift Card plus a prize to be determined
• 2nd place: $50.00 Gift Card plus a prize to be determined
• 3rd place: $25.00 Gift Card plus a prize to be determined

All participants need to be registered and signed in by 8:45am on Sunday the 6th of November at the Friendship Fire Station.

• Players can pick up first card at the Friendship Fire Station starting at 9:00am
• Players can pick up second card at the Cushing Fire Station starting at 10:00am
• Players can pick up third card at the Warren Fire Station starting at 11:00am
• Players can pick up fourth card at the Union Fire Station starting at 12:00noon
• Players can pick up fifth card at the Waldoboro Fire Station starting at 1:00pm

Score Cards must be turned in by 1:45pm. Winners will be announced around 2:00pm

Starting at 1:30pm a cookout will be held for all participants and their families. Hamburgers and Hotdogs will be served complements of the Waldoboro Firefighters Association and the Waldoboro Ladies Auxiliary.

Pre registration must be received by November 1st 2011 at 5:00pm. All pre registration must be mailed to the following address:

• Bill Maxwell, Assistant Fire Chief
• Town of Waldoboro
• P.O.Box J
• Waldoboro, Maine 04572

All checks need to be made out to the Waldoboro Firemens Association. Please include the following information when you pre register: Your name, your address, your phone number, your age, your fire department and your method of transportation (EX: motorcycle, car, fire truck, ect.) ONLY appointed scorers can mark or write on score sheets. NO Exceptions! Any score sheet that has been deemed tampered with shall be disqualified. Any one playing a score card MUST be 18 years of age! State of Maine Law says legal gambling age is 18 years of age. All disputes, ties, rule violations or other problems will be decided by a 3 person pre- selected team of judges. Their decision shall be FINAL! NO EXCEPTIONS!

For any questions you can call any one of the following:

• Waldoboro Fire Station 832-2161,
• Fire Chief Paul Smeltzer 380–9760,
• Assistant Fire Chief Bill Maxwell 631-7208, or
• Captain Mark Gifford 380-5486 or 832-6191.
• You can also leave a message at the Waldoboro Town Office 832-5369