Poker tourney for SplashPad needs players

Various local clubs, in conjunction with Oxford Township Parks & Recreation, will host a charity Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament on Friday, Feb. 29 at Boulder Pointe to benefit the proposed $390,000 SplashPad to be built this summer.
The SplashPad will make its home at Seymour Lake Twp. Park, and the Oxford Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis clubs are adament on making that happen.
The poker tournament will begin promptly at 6 p.m., with registration beginning at 5 p.m. Those wanting to secure a spot in the tournament and 50/100 cash games, along with food, drinks, hourly raffle, silent auction and a 50/50 raffle can purchase a $200 Player’s Pass.
The cost for a ‘social ticket? (Splash Pass) including all the aforementioned, except an entry into the poker tournament and cash games, is $40 per person and $70 per couple. The cost of a ticket may be tax deductible.
Providing the event is sold out, winnings for first place is $5,000, second place is $3,000, and third place is $1,000.
Those interested can pay via cash, major credit card, or a check made payable to the Kiwanis Club of Oxford-Orion.
Fifty-four players have signed up so far, and there can be up to 200. Players interested in participating can sign up at the door, unless the quota is filled.
For more information on the Texas Hold’em Tournament or to purchase a ticket, please contact Laura Marracco at (248) 969-8067 or by e-mail at Laura@residentialmarketplace.com.
A SplashPad is an aquatic recreation system that provides for endless combinations of interactive play with a fully automated support system.
The fun comes from the endless enjoyment of water as it is sprayed, gushed, dumped and poured from the play products.
This dynamic and highly interactive product scheduled for completion in 2008 will offer 6,200 square feet of aquatic family fun and independent play; and will be completely ADA universally accessible.
The SplashPad and its projected amenities will be the first of its kind within a four-county, seven-township area, serving 60 different public school districts and 30 private who enroll a wide range of disabled children and students with special needs.
For more information on the ‘KLR SplashPad,? please contact the Oxford Township Parks & Recreation Department at 248-628-1720.