Rules and Regulations

• Only registered riders can collect cards at each stop. Riders will receive wristbands at check-in and will present them as proof of registration at each stop.
• The dealer at each stop will allow each registered rider to draw a card from the dealer's pre-marked deck. If the rider already has the same card (same suit and value) in his or her hand, the card is replaced and the rider re-draws until obtaining a new card. At that point, if the rider wishes to draw a different card, he or she can pay an additional fee based on location (as listed next) and will be able to return the new card drawn at that stop, and can then draw a new card. This is allowed a maximum of one time per stop, and the rider must keep the second card (i.e. is not allowed to return to the first). Redraw prices: Flyway: $10, Fossil Cove: $20, Nomads: $30, Columbus House: $40, Prairie Street Live: $50. These purchases can be made with cash or check, or by following this link and selecting the appropriate option: https://igfn.us/form/nquXgA or texting 'mtwfun2024' to 41444.
• Each rider is only allowed to use the cards personally drawn by that rider at each stop - no exchanging of cards between riders is allowed.
• It is not necessary for all cards in a rider’s hand to be of the same color (since they will be coming from different decks, sometimes of different colors).
• Once a rider has his or her final card at a stop, the dealer will mark it with the rider's initials. The dealer will also enter the value of the card into the results spreadsheet. Riders should keep their cards until the end in order to verify the correct recording of their hands.
• At the final stop (Prairie Street Lives), each rider will be allowed to purchase a single additional card for $60. This card can be added to his or her hand, and the rider then uses the 5 cards which provide the most highly ranking poker hand. This purchase can be made with cash or check, or by following this link and selecting the appropriate option: https://igfn.us/form/nquXgA or texting 'mtwfun2024' to 41444.
• If a registered rider either (1) has not collected cards from all of the stops, and/or (2) would like to receive a completely new hand of 5 cards, the rider can pay $100, turn in all cards he or she currently possesses, and be dealt a new hand of 5 cards. This can be done a maximum of once per rider. If a rider chooses to do this, he or she still has the option of buying an additional 6th card for $60 to add to this new hand. These purchases can be made with cash or check, or by following this link and selecting the appropriate option: https://igfn.us/form/nquXgA or texting 'mtwfun2024' to 41444.
• Hands will be ranked following standard poker ranking of hands: https://www.cardplayer.com/rules-of-poker/hand-rankings, with no ranking of suits. In the event that multiple riders possess hands with the highest poker value among all other riders, those riders will each be dealt a new hand by an official dealer. The rider whose new hand ranks the highest among the newly dealt hands is the winner. At this point, there will be no option to purchase additional or new cards. If multiple riders possess hands with the highest poker value among those newly dealt hands, the process is repeated for just those riders until there is a winner.
• Riders are responsible for verifying the recorded values of their cards before the announcement of the winner (updates will appear periodically at https://miracletravelworks.org/pokerride), and unless prior arrangements have been made with the organizers, must be present during the announcement to win. If a rider has the winning hand but has not made prior arrangements with the organizers and is not present during the announcement, the rider with the next highest hand will become the winner.