Poker Run Haines Junction

The Kluane region offers a host of both summer and winter activities and adventures. Through our local network and knowledge, we will be able to connect you with the right people if you require a guide.

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SUMMER ACTIVITIES

• Hiking/Backpacking
• Paddling (canoe and sea kayak)
• Fishing
• Mountain biking
• Whitewater rafting
• First Nations/Cultural tours
• Natural history/Eco-tours
• Glacier flights
• Mountaineering
• Scenic drives
• Wildlife viewing

WINTER ACTIVITIES

The company harvests between 4,000 and 5,000 cords of firewood each year, most of it beetle-killed trees in the Haines Junction area. Bear Creek is the largest firewood logger in the territory. Haines Junction Office #1 Allen Place, P.O. Box 5310 Haines Junction, YT Y0B 1L0 (867) 634-4200 Whitehorse Office 304 Jarvis Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2H2 (867) 456-6888.

• Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) viewing
• Hiking
• Snowshoeing
• Cross-country skiing
• Backcountry alpine skiing
• Ski Mountaineering/Glacier Travel on the Icefields
• Kite-skiing
• Dog sledding
• Snowmobiling
• Ice fishing
• Scenic drives
• Wildlife viewing

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

The Haines Highway is a spur that leads from the Alaska Highway to the town of Haines on the coast. The road turns off at Haines Junction in Yukon Canada, about 150 miles each way, about 45 miles of this road is in Alaska, while the rest is in Yukon and BC. The Chilkat Pass is about 3510′ high and about 59 miles from Haines (not Chilkoot. Haines Junction Soccer Club. Threadbearer's Quilt Group. Haines Junction Yoga. Haines Junction Romp and Run. Old Timers Hockey. Shakwak Sharks Swim Club. Registered Societies and Associations: Haines Junction Minor Hockey Association. Hooves & Hands 4-H Club Haines Junction. Elias Cross Country Ski Club. Junction Arts and Music. Book the Best Haines Junction Hotels on Tripadvisor: Find 778 traveller reviews, 545 candid photos, and prices for hotels in Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada.

• Kluane Mountain Blugrass Festival (June)
• National Parks Day – free interpretive walks and talks (June)
• Kluane-Chilkat International Bike Relay (3rd Saturday in June)
• Canada Day Celebrations – highway parade and barbecue, birthday cake and special events at the St. Elias Convention Centre (July 1st)
• Village Bakery Salmon Bake and Live Music (Friday nights throughout the summer)
• Haines Junction Market and Art Gallery (Wednesday afternoons throughout the summer)
• Da Ku Visitor Centre, Haines Junction – interpretive programs, information videos, visitor information, backcountry registrations (Daily throughout the summer)
• Campfire Talks and Interpretive Walks in Kluane National Park (weekly program presented by Parks Interpretive Staff throughout the summer)
• Tachäl Dhäl Visitor Centre, Sheep Mountain – interpretive programs, information videos, viewing telescope, (Daily throughout the summer)
• Drop-in Soccer (Thursday evenings, summer)
• Junction Arts and Music Open Mic Night (Last Tuesday of the month throughout the summer)
• Junction Arts and Music monthly arts and music events and workshops (year-round)
• Home Routes House Concert Series (Sep to April)
• Halloween Fireworks, Bonfire and Hot Dog Roast (Oct 31)
• Christmas Craft Sale (3rd Thurs in November)
• Skate With Santa (Christmas Eve afternoon, Dec 24)
• Homecoming Hockey Tournament – Saturday between Christmas and New Years (Dec)
• Alcan 200 Snowmobile Race (3rd Saturday in January)
• Old Timer’s Hockey Tournament (last weekend in January)
• St. Elias Lion’s Club Valentine’s Sweetheart Curling Bonspiel (Valentine’s weekend, Feb)
• Silver Sled Dog Race (Feb-March)
• St-Elias Ski Club Family Ski Day (March)
• Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) (April)
• Broomball Tournament (April)
• St. Elias Lion’s Club Annual Jorg Schneider Memorial Poker Run (2nd weekend in May)
• Mud Bog (Quad race) (May)

We've all done it. Signed up for a poker run, get three cards in and have a crap hand and lose all enthusiasm for the remainder of the ride.

Now, honestly if you sign up for a charity poker run with the expectation of winning and coming out ahead, then you're probably doing it for the wrong reason. But, from a competitive spirit kind of thing, we all hate to lose and it's even worse when halfway through the game you know there's no way you can win.

That's why we like a slight variation on this old standard..the POKER CHIP RUN.

What makes this game better than a standard 5 card poker run is NOBODY has a clue if they have a good hand or a bad hand until they return to the starting point.

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That helps you (as the event organizer) in several ways. The first is the majority of your participants will enjoy the event all the way through, you'll ensure that almost everyone will return to the start (instead of dropping out halfway) and the old 'I don't know how to play poker' excuse some people use for not attending your event.

How it works

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The poker chip run is the simplest run you can set up. Here's what you need to do.

1. Decide on the number of stops you will have. Typically you can have as many as 5 or as few as three. If you're short on volunteers to man your stops, then we recommend having only 1 additional stop someone along the route. This gives you 3 draws from the poker chip bag. One when they register and before they leave, one at the stop out on the route, and one when they return to the starting point.

Get a set of generic poker chips, or contact Custom Products Plus (478-299-4601) for custom printed chips.

Divide the chips into equal numbers in a opaque bag so your participants can't see which color they're getting.

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At each stop have your participants draw out 3 chips. Then note the colors drawn on their registration sheet.

That's it. Pretty simple huh?

Oh yea, once everyone leaves for the run, or (preferably) once everyone is back in and all the sheets have been returned, stage a public drawing where you put 1 chip of each color in the bag and have a volunteer reach into the bag and blindly draw out a chip. The first chip drawn is worth 20 points, the second chip is worth 10 points and the third chip is worth 5 points.

For example, if the first chip drawn is red, then every red chip drawn on the ride is worth 20 points. If the second chip is white then all the white chips are worth 10 points and the blue chips were worth 5 points.

The beauty of this is that because the value of the chips wasn't established until AFTER the ride concluded, no one knew if they had a good hand or not. They could've had all blue chips, or all red chips or all white chips and they either won big, or was a big loser!

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Just make sure the person blind drawing the chips has no way to tell which color is which when they're in the bag and that person doesn't know anything about the participants scores or who has what colors on their sheets.

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But if it's a blind draw, it's still pretty hard for anyone to cheat with this system.

If you have questions, or need more info, call us at Biker Nation, 478-268-7528 and we'll be happy to answer any questions about this system. We've used this dozens of times and it works great!