Motorbike Day

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The Poker Run was originally an event bikers played out on their Harley, but over the years it has been borrowed by Boaters, Runners, Bicyclist and by others as well. The concept of a Poker Run is to travel a course or route and while doing so pick up poker cards along the way. Each person makes a 5 card poker hand from the cards they collect with the best hand winning money or prize. The way this is executed for bikers is, each biker travels the planed route, every few miles there’s a checkpoint at which each biker must stop and pickup a poker card. There are 7 checkpoints. Once all riders have reached the end, the rider with the best 5 card poker hand wins a grand prize.

Sponsoring a poker run is fairly simple but takes time. The first thing you require to do is plan the travel route and positioning of the check points. The route should be laid out so that the last check point is at the final destination. This is where the Poker Run party will be held. In order to do this you might require to get approval from the cities you plan to travel your poker run thru, there might be some paperwork and fees for this.
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Next you require to do a little financial planning. By figuring out how much you’ll utilise for prize money and how much the party after the Poker Run will cost, you can calculate how many riders you’ll require and what the entrance fee will be. Keep in mind entrance fees should be less then $100 per bike, charge too much and the turn out will be poor.

The next thing you’ll require to do is register riders. The best technique to do this is to make a website where registration can be made and money can be collected. This of course might be more than you want to do so the old fashion method of mail-in or phone-in registration will work just as well. Along with registering riders for your poker run, you should also sell tickets to friends and others that just might simply prefer to attend the party after the ride is over.

To advertise, leave flyers and posters at biker bars, biker events and motorcycle shops in your area. If you’re looking for a big crowd, run an ad on a local Radio Station, this will cost you some up front money but you can get the message to many people.

Finally, careful planning of the party can be made once you’ve a good idea of the number of participants. If your party is small you can either buy your own food and enlist your friends and associates to help, or you can hire local catering services to handle it all. Some thought should be given to the kind of activities you might wish to have during the party as well. Oh and make sure you plan to have a prize award ceremony that charms the crowd.

Now if all is planned and carried out correctly you can expect to cover costs, ensure everybody has a ball and make a little extra to help buy that next Harley.