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The winner took home $1,085 last night. Second place paid $603, third place $361, fourth place $241 and fifth place $120. The total payout was 60 per cent of the revenues — much lower than in most casinos and online.
Some players complained that the payout was too low, but others didn’t seem to mind since the proceeds go to charity.
George Ireland, who finished ninth in the tournament, said the payout was “fair” especially compared to other licensed forms of gambling like VLTs.
“Here at least there’s some skill involved,” he said after being knocked out of the game.
George travelled from Souris with his son Brent and some friends to play in the tournament.
He said they plan to be back next Wednesday night, when he expects a bigger crowd.
“I could see next week and the next two weeks being a full house,” he said. “I hope so, at least.”
Former Brandon Mayor Rick Borotsik was among the players last night, and fared pretty well.
Borotsik finished in fourth place, taking home the $241 prize.
The player who knocked him out, Brent Lamb, ended up finishing third.
So how does it feel to beat a former mayor at poker?
“Not bad,” Lamb said after his pair of deuces held up against Borotsik’s ace-eight. “Usually I’m not that lucky.”
Brent Ireland ended up finishing first and taking home the top prize.
He admitted catching a bit of luck throughout the tournament, including on the last hand when he held two sevens and his opponents held two kings.
Statistically speaking, Brent had only about a 20 per cent chance to win that hand. But he pulled it off when a third seven turned up, giving him three of a kind.
“I’ve been playing a lot of poker lately,” he said after the win.
The trial period for charitable poker runs until the end of May. The MGCC will then review how the games went and recommend to the government whether poker should be licensed like other forms of charitable gambling.
Hjorth, for one, hopes that happens.
“We hope this lives through the trial period,” he said. “We really think it’s going to be a good way to get some funds out to the community.”
Source: http://www.brandonsun.com
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