What You Should Do

First, you should decide on how the players will be chosen. You can set up an online raffle and send out invitations to various car collectors, C-suits, or business owners, asking them to participate in the race. You can establish an entry fee or vote-in the participants. Map out the circuit of the poker run and share the itinerary by email to the participants. Highlight the checkpoints and what the players should do when they reach each stop. Do some online research by visiting specialized sites such as Bonus Poker to learn about the various types of poker available. Depending on the game you wish to focus on, you can decide what players should do at each checkpoint. If you’ve decided on standard poker, then players should just draw a card, but if you’ve chosen Texas Hold’em or Omaha you can add a challenge to the game. When the player completes the challenge, he’ll receive his hole card by email on his phone or tablet. When all players have their cards, they should reach a centre meeting point. At this location, all drivers will play the poker game of your choice using the cards they’ve received during the race. To give your event a more casino-type feel you can rent a poker table and hire professional dealer from the local casino. However, as the host of the event you can take on the dealer’s role. The winner of the poker game will donate the funds raised during the event to the charity he supports.

Before We Go

A poker run is an amazing opportunity to raise funds in an entertaining way. You’ll bring awareness about the importance of helping people in need as well as about the significance of responsible gambling.

The Formation Lap

Jaime Alguersuari was born in Barcelona in 1990 and rapidly displayed his talent for racing. Winning the Italian Formula 1600 Junior Series in 2005 he went on to British Formula Three in 2008. Alongside current Toro Rosso star Brendon Hartley he raced for Carlin Motorsport and became the youngest driver to win the championship. In 2009 he joined the Renault Formula 3.5 Series and was promoted to Formula 1 to race for Toro Rosso, at the time being the youngest driver ever to do so. After racing with Toro Rosso for two and a half seasons, Alguersuari acted as an expert advisor for BBC Radio 5 Live’s commentary of the 2012 F1 season. Following this, he made his debut in Formula E, racing for Virgin Racing in the 2014/15 season after which he retired to follow his other passions.

New Beginnings

While for some Alguersuari had made headlines through motorsport, for others he was most famous as a DJ performing under the name Squire. Well-known in clubs around Ibiza, he also headlined the Barcelona Music Conference in 2010 and released his chart-topping debut album in 2011.

Poker

While still driving for Toro Rosso in 2010, Alguersuari became an ambassador for Party Poker. Initially playing with fellow F1 drivers after testing, he has since taken part in numerous online and physical tournaments. Comparing the process of learning to play poker as a rookie to that of learning to drive in F1, he has since been working on improving his game to move up in tournaments.

A Little History

Known as F1, it is the highest level of single-seat auto racing. It is monitored by the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), founded in 1950, which has been the main forum for this kind of racing since then, though other F1 races were actually in operation until 1983. There are a large number of rules surrounding the sport to which all drivers and manufacturers must conform or risk elimination. Each year the rules are checked through and, on occasion, modified – some with a lot of controversy and complaint. In a single F1 season there are a number of races, called Grand Prix, which are held across the world on different tracks. The drivers and their car manufacturers are then ranked according to their results, with points awarded from a win down to 10th place, in a dual points system.

How It Works

Each Grand Prix takes place over a weekend. The weekend offers two practice runs on the Friday and one on the Saturday allowing the drivers to get the feel for the car and the track. Each team can only use two cars. The qualifying round is then held after the last practice session and is what determines the order in which the cars line up on the Sunday race day. The qualifying laps are run in three sections with the slowest drivers in each qualifier knocked out. Each driver can do a number of laps, but it is only the fastest time that will be considered. After the order is determined the race itself will start with a warm-up lap before the race begins in earnest.

Formula One Career

Known for his fast laps at important moments, Schumacher cemented himself as one to watch. He is the only driver to ever win seven Formula One World Championships. In addition to this feat, five were consecutive. Driving predominantly for Ferrari, he also holds records in most Grand Prix wins – 91, most pole positions at 68 and the highest number of fastest laps with 77. This makes him statistically the best driver in the history of the sport. Whilst he was driving in Formula One for a while, it wasn’t until his transition in 1996 that really saw both him and them transform into the winning combination they became. He retired in 2006 only to return in 2012 to drive for Mercedes. The run was less successful and in 2012 he retired once more.

The Accident

In December 2013 tragedy struck. Whilst out skiing with his son, Schumacher crossed an unsecured area of the ski slope, fell and hit his head on a rock. The accident caused him to sustain a severe head injury, one that would have killed him if he had not been wearing a helmet. Upon arrival at the hospital, he was placed in a medically induced coma, a state he remained in for nearly half a year. By mid-2014, he had regained consciousness and was moved to another hospital to continue rehabilitation. At this time there is still very little known about his recovery, if indeed there has been much. It is reported that he has severe memory loss, cannot speak and is paralyzed. It still remains to be seen if this once great driver will ever come back to his former self.Despite this, his successes are still on the record books and he remains a legend and an icon to millions around the world.