Poker players, there’s no need to head to Vegas or the Commerce Casino, when the biggest poker game of all goes down on Saturday, June 9, at Via Verde Country Club, to benefit the La Verne Lutheran baseball program.
Registration starts at 2 p.m., with the tournament starting at 3 p.m. The buy-in donation is $70, with unlimited add-ons the first hour for $20. For your $70, you receive $5,000 in chips. Each $20 ad-on gets you $2,500 in additional chips.
If you buy pre sale tickets you get an additional $1,000.00 to your stack.
Also starting at 2 p.m., there will be a free Texas Hold ’em poker lesson for people who have never played.
The list of prizes is another sweet deal:
- 4 Dodgers/Angels Tickets with parking
4 Dodgers/Marlins with parking
4 Galaxy tickets with VIP entrance, VIP parking, the seats are located 4 rows from the half line plus FREE food
A signed Reggie Jackson home run baseball
A signed bat from Frank Thomas
A $125.00 Game stop gift card
A 1 of 300 SuperBowl jacket from Madonna
A program and pin from last year’s SuperBowl
A signed Sugar Ray Leonard boxing glove
A hockey puck signed by Andrew Cogliano of the Ducks.
“We are trying to raise enough money to have a batting cage built and new uniforms for next season,” Lutheran Assistant Coach Jeff Henderson said.