A strip-mall poker club in Toledo this month is working with a Dayton poker club to hold the richest poker tournament in Ohio history with total prize winnings expected to top $1.7 million.
The Texas Hold’em tournament finals are scheduled for Monday at The Reserve Poker Club at 5105 Glendale Ave.
The winner can expect to walk away with $250,000 to $300,000, depending on the total number of entries taken during 12 days of preliminary play that began Feb. 1, said Jim Kanderski, a Toledo native who owns The Reserve with his fiancée and business partner Marissa Rodriguez.
That last table for all the chips will be livestreamed on the club’s YouTube channel using equipment every bit as sophisticated as that employed for a World Series of Poker broadcast.
“We’re projecting our tournament to be the largest ever in the state of Ohio,” Mr. Kanderski said in an interview Wednesday as he continued with preparations for the final weekend of tournament play, which began with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.