“Poker players over the age of 21 in Schuylkill County have a venue that creates all the excitement, camaraderie and competition of a live game in Las Vegas or Atlantic City.
Riverchasers Poker Tour is an amateur Texas Hold ‘Em league whose popularity is growing with young and old throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Texas Hold ‘Em is a form of seven-card draw poker.
Currently, 12 venues in the Schuylkill County area hold Riverchasers tournaments each week.
“Our games are 100-percent legal. There is no buy-in, no cash involved at the table whatsoever. It’s a fun game, that’s it,” said Ralph Rittle, Cumbola, tournament manager/director.
“We do whatever we have to do to make sure it is legal. If it wasn’t, the PLCB (Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board) would shut us down and the owner of the bar would pay a fine,” said James M. Bound, another tournament director from Cumbola.”
The Republican & Herald (09/06/07)
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