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June 2002 Tournaments and Entertainment
Tournaments and Entertainment
Sycuan Casino & Resort MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS
Video Poker Tournaments at Sycuan Casino
Starting at 12:00 noon, Sycuan offers ve hourly video poker tournaments, each lasting 30 minutes with a $20 buy-in for $1,000 in tournament credits. First place winners receive an entry into the Pot O’ Gold Tournament nals held each month. Tourna- ments are held in the Kumeyaay Area. See a Sycuan Casino Floor Manager for complete rules and more details.
TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS
Lightning Bingo Tournament at Sycuan Casino
At 8:30 a.m., Sycuan holds their 20-minute Supergold Bingo tournament where a $6 buy-in receives $20 in credits, as well as a free bingo coupon (Matinee I only) with a donut or muf n. Registration begins at 6:00 a.m. See a Sycuan Floor Manager for details.
MONTHLY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
All Club Sycuan members during the month who win slot jackpots of $1,200 or more are eligible to play in a free slot tournament on June 5th at 6:30 p.m. (registration begins at 5:00 p.m.). All nalists are guaranteed $50, and a rst place nish is worth $1,000! All participants will receive a free buffet voucher and tournament hat.
Casino Pauma SATURDAY, JULY 6 2002
Casino Pauma’s Monthly Slot Tournament
Palm Club members who earn just 500 slot club points during the month of June will be entered into the free monthly slot tournament on Saturday, July 6 for a share of $15,000 in prizes! Only a limited number of participants will be allowed.
Golden Acorn Casino TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2002 at 6:00 p.m.
$3,000 Guaranteed Blackjack Tournament
Four tables will be active for tournament play. Buy-in is $15, and one rebuy is $10. All registration money will
be held for payouts, which will include all six places on the nals table. Free hors d’oeurves will be served. Registration starts at 4:30 p.m., play begins at 6:00 p.m.
Entertainment Events
Tuesday June 4, June 11, June 18 and June 25, 7:00 p.m. Karaoke with Pete Patynama at Casino Pauma’s Red Parrot Lounge.
Wednesday June 26, 2:00 p.m.& 7:00 p.m.
The Oak Ridge Boys will perform at Sycuan Casino & Resort’s Showcase Theater. Hear their string of hits, including “Elvira,” “Bobbie Sue,” and
“American Made.” Tickets are $25, and go on sale Tues- day, May 28 at the Sycuan Gift Shop. For special group rates, call Brenda Mercier at 619-445-8092.
The Oak Ridge Boys will perform at Sycuan Casino & Resort
cards replace the original ve-card hand and are dupli- cated in all hands. The game then draws two additional cards per hand. Each hand is drawn from a unique deck, just like in regular multi-hand poker. There is quite a vari- ety of poker favorites in Chase the Royal, including Jacks or Better Poker, Bonus Poker, Bonus Poker Deluxe and Double Bonus Poker. This game purports to yield more than four times the number of Royal Flushes as traditional draw poker—a really good reason to play!
If you’re a dedicated slot gamer, then these new, fun and exciting video poker plays are a great intro to the video poker world. They’re hard to resist! And if you are a video poker player, you’ll love the added fun of the new face of video poker!
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Triple Play Poker game with the Mini-Me bonus, a dealt three-of-kind gets six free additional pairs of three- of-a-kinds with their own bonus pay schedule! You have a chance not only to advance the original three Triple Play Poker hands, but also the six new hands! In the Ten Play Draw Poker Number Two bonus, any time three suited to a royal ush are dealt, the voice of Number Two (Robert Wagner) states, “I have a business proposition for you,” and gives the option of trading your ten active hands for 50 hands, all holding the same three suited cards. Forty extra hands for free—all for a shot at a Royal!
How will dyed-in-the-wool video poker players like this game? I predict that the fun movie theme aside, IGT game designers have left the best features of traditional video poker and added exciting and potentially very rewarding bonus rounds from some of the new poker games where gamers chase Royals that will have players lining up for this game (and more like it—soon to follow!).
Even before the advent of this groundbreaking video poker themed product, the popular video poker machine already had a fun transformation this year with IGT-Action Gaming’s Double Pay PokerTM, and Chase the RoyalTM. These clever video poker variations give players even more
opportunity to use their knowledge, experience and skill to make choices for increased winnings. In Double Pay Poker, Triple Play, Five Play and Ten Play games give play- ers the opportunity to draw to improve their hands and get paid twice—once for what they are dealt, and again for their ’improved” hand! A winning hand also activates the Double Up® Double-or-Nothing bonus feature. Press
“Yes” and the game deals one card face up for the dealer and four face-down cards for the player. Choose one of the facedown cards and if this card beats the dealer, you win double the amount won in the previous hand and the option to try Double Up again. And, if you like to set your own pace, there’s a “Turbo” button for increased game speed.
Chase the RoyalTM, which took second place in the most innovative game cate- gory this year at the Amer- ican Gaming Summit 2002 awards competition, gives players the opportunity to trade cards when a pair of jacks, kings, or queens is dealt (with the maximum bet on all hands). If you go for the exchange, three cards are dealt from a sin- gle-suit deck of ten through ace “seed” cards in pursuit of a Royal Flush. The three
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