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For years the Jacksonville Poker Run has always been a primary must attend on the national poker run circuit. The run has been a great fundraiser for the local firefighters and a local charity Camp Amigo, the Children’s Burn Camp of North Florida, serving children who suffer from severe burns. Due to personal time constraints and other commitments longtime Jacksonville organizer Bill Pyburn Sr. was not able to conduct the event this year.
When news of cancellation reached long time powerboater Greg Harris , he stepped up and took on some of the responsibility to help Bill Sr. host Jacksonville as a Fun Run keeping the excitement and long time established date alive for everyone who has enjoyed this run for so many years in the past.
With Greg on board it freed Bill Sr. up to help Greg and the collaboration of efforts have saved the event and now everyone is looking forward to a great Fun Run in Jacksonville on the dates that formerly were for a formal poker run. The run will go on without the formalities of sign ups or extra card stops. They hope to continue to donate money to Camp Amigo and are hopeful boaters and boating fans will attend the land events, water events, or both.
Here is a basic run down of all the activities. More information can be found on the events Facebook Page HERE
EVENT INFORMATION:Downtown Jacksonville June 9-11
Trailer Parking and Dockage:
Metro Park and Marina near the stadium, same as in the past. Plenty of dockage for all but they will have some better slips availabe you can reserve for a charity donation.
Host Hotel
Lexington Hotel And Conference Center
904-396-5100
All remodeled rooms. Be sure to book through the phone number for the event reservation block. Use FUNRUN to get special rates from $109 King and $199/$219 for Regular and Presidential suites.
The hotel has pledged donations to Camp Amigo for every room so please call to book using the event block.
.Thursday Night Social
Chart House in the Hotel 7-10 pm
Friday Raft Up
Boater Skip Day
Same location as past years with food and drinks available onsite.
Friday Evening
Wing Party and Social at Metro Park marina
Saturday Fun Run
Departure from downtown about 10:30am
We plan to run down to Renegades in Palatka
We will have 93 octane fuel available at a nearby marina.
Saturday Night
Many options for dinner and socializing. You can go to the same restaurant as the last two years and have the private room upstairs. They are offering ordering from the menu or you get a set price for the nice buffet as in the past.
Post below in the comment section with any other questions. Bill Sr. and Greg do have some out of pocket expenses if anyone is willing to help out since the run is free please throw them some cash to help out.
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Decades ago, motorcycle rally organizers were looking for something to make their events more compelling for participants. The novelty of simply getting together a large group for a long ride had worn off. Organizers needed a bigger and better hook.
But what if, they surmised, the long ride had several stops and at each stop participants picked up a playing card before riding to the next one—all with the goal of coming away with best five-card stud poker hand in the group? And what if the holder of that hand—or the top three holders of the top three hands—came away with some kind of prize?
Would that add to enhance the fun of the rally? The answer was a definitive yes and the popularity of motorcycle rallies with poker-run format skyrocketed. So it was only natural they would find their way into the go-fast powerboating world, and that was exactly what happened in the early 1990s when Canadian Bill Taylor founded Poker Runs America and launched a series of events. By the end of the decade, Stu Jones, another Canadian who had immigrated to the United States, founded the Florida Powerboat Club, which launched its own series of poker runs.
Though Poker Runs America still exists and produces events, their popularity and attraction have faded. The Florida Powerboat Club is still thriving, though—as you’d guess from the name of the outfit—all of its poker runs are in the Sunshine State. But the larger poker-run growth segment of the last 20 years by far has come from local, volunteer organizers who produce events to raise money for worthy causes. From the three-year-old 1,000 Islands Charity Poker Run in Upstate New York to the Boyne Thunder Poker Run, which will celebrate its 17th anniversary, one-off events are the hottest tickets in the poker-run world.
Poker-run newbies come with plenty of questions, as they should. What follows are the five most common queries from poker run novices—and the most simple and basic answers.
Poker Runs: Frequently Asked Questions
Is my boat big enough for a poker run?
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A quick review of a website covering the high-performance powerboating world (such a speedonthewater.com, as a good example), would lead you to believe that if your boat isn’t at least 30 feet long it has no business in a poker run. And while there are a lot of the boats much bigger than that at most poker runs, smaller vessels are more than welcome at most events.
That said, shorter runs in protected water are a better fit for smaller-boat owners. The Florida Powerboat Club’s Key West Poker Run, for example, covers 200 miles, a portion of which is in the open Atlantic Ocean. For a 20-foot sportboat, that likely would be much too tall of an order. But the relatively short Old Hickory Poker Run, which is moving from Nashville to Chattanooga this year, on the Tennessee River would be ideal.
Is my boat fast enough for a poker run?
No matter what kind of powerboat you own, the answer is yes because poker runs are not races and were never intended to be. The more you get into the events, the more you’ll hear organizers emphasize this. Historically speaking, bad things happen when people start racing in poker runs. If you want to race, buy an offshore raceboat built for the job and join a circuit with the requisite safety assets for racing. Poker runs are social events on open public waterways. They are not races.
How much does it cost to enter a poker run?
Poker-run entry fees vary greatly from event to event depending on location, amenities and more. But expect to pay anything from $100 to $800 to enter. If you participate in a destination poker run where the fleet travels to a location and stays there overnight (or multiple nights) lodging and dock fees will be separate from your entry fee.
Is drinking allowed during a poker run?
All reputable poker run organizers strictly prohibit captains from consuming alcoholic beverages while the run is underway. That means captains are not allow to drink at lunch or fuel stops—“just one beer” is one too many, and if the offending party is caught in the act he or she will be booted from the event, and likely all future events, by the organizer.
As for passengers, they are generally allowed to consume alcoholic beverages outside of their vessels, meaning at the lunch stop. But as a captain, you absolutely have the right to tell your passengers not to drink—and it’s a solid strategy in the event something goes wrong during the day—during the event. As the person at the helm and responsible for the safety of everyone on board, the last thing you need is an inebriated passenger when it comes time to dock, much less respond to an on-water incident if needed.
Something else worth noting? Reputable poker-run organizers will require you to show your title and your current insurance policy when you register for their events. And while that can seem like “a hassle,” you should far and fast away from any organizer who does not ask for these documents, as that organizer likely is running an insured event.
Just one more thing: Wearing personal flotation deviceswhile underway is mandatory for all captains and passengers at all properly insured poker runs. If a poker run you’re considering has no such requirement, find another event to support.
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At present, there is no master list of domestic poker runs. Here again, a search on an online portal such as speedonthewater.com or offshoreonly.com would prove useful. But here’s a quick list of 10 of the most popular poker runs in the United States:
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