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Oregon Poker Club is Temporarily closed due to NEW

restrictions by the Oregon Health Authority that states

nontribal poker is not allowed until phase 2.

When we hit Phase 2 we will reopen and will have cash tables and tournament poker. Until then stay safe. Wear a mask and practice social distancing.

Oregon poker club strives to offer a fun, social and affordable environment to enjoy social gaming. We are located in bars and as such we have music playing in the back ground, sports on the TVs and noise from the patrons. This is a social environment and not a Vegas style card room. There is drinking, laughing and load voices at times. We were formed as a mutual benefit club with a focus on fun and socializing. Our table captains are players and as such act like players. We adhere to the rules of poker (TDA) but we do offer warnings and learning instruction on etiquette. We are not casino strict but we do follow TDA rules with a few house rules. You will not hear the shuffling of chips here. You will probably hear 80s rock, laughter and table banter. We are a laid back and social gaming club.

Oregon poker club is a social gaming club. In the state of Oregon social gaming is against the law unless a city, county or municipality has passed an ordinance to make it legal.The club was formed in 2010 and based at Claudia's bar and grill. The club was formed to provide a place where members could meet to play, socialize and enjoy social gaming in all of its forms. The other purpose of the club is to make these games as affordable as possible as to maintain the social and entertainment value of the experience. We offer multiple table tournaments and equity cash one table tournaments 7 days week. The buy-ins on the multiple table tournaments range from $10 to $40 and for the single table equity cash events it ranges from $1 to $100.

In 2018 we changed our corporate classification to a non-profit mutual benefit club. That means that we are members and member guest only and we are 100% funded by member facility fees. In order to maintain our goal of affordability we have a small $5 a day facility fees (compare that to $15 at other for profit clubs) and if you use the facilities often you might consider the $50 a month fee which gives you access to facilities for the entire calendar month. The fees are used to pay for cleaning, insurance, cards, tables, chairs, upkeep and payroll. In order to keep the fees as low as possible we keep payroll and rent to a minimum.

In order to keep these expenses to a minimum we find locations that allow us to use the facilities at no cost or a nominal fee. The facilities we use benefit from our club members being there with food and drink purchases as well as video lottery and off track racing income. It is a good relationship and benefits both the club and the local business. The other aspect of keeping facility fees low is keeping labor at a minimum. The only payroll expense is the tournament director. The tables are ran entirely by players (table captains). The table captains offer a valuable benefit to the club as they help make the experience for all members run more smooth.

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It is important tounderstand that table captains are players and as such they can act like any other player. The table captains are educated in the rules of poker (TDA) and help move action on the table. All tables are self dealt tables, but if on your button you choose not to deal AND the table captain agrees, they can deal for you. You always can shuffle, cut, deal or ask any player at the table to deal for you. It is entirely your option. If that player does not want to deal they are not required to (that includes the table captain). Also, in the one table equity events those are entirely player run. The table captain is entirely in charge of the table. They sell the chips, they cash out the chips and run the table ( this includes not allowing disruptive players on their table). The only restriction on the table captain is the amount of chips allowed on the table due to city of Portland rules and regulations.

By Roey Thorpe of Portland, Oregon.Roey is a longtime Oregon activist currently working in the national LGBT equality movement.

In a few minutes, I’ll be testifying against House Bill 3518, which would shut down the growing number of poker rooms operating in Portland and in small communities across Oregon. House Bill 3518 seeks to ban “social gaming” except for churches, fraternities and non-profit organizations.

What is social gaming? It can be a variety of things and has come to include card games, mostly Texas Hold 'em, between guests at card rooms throughout Oregon. If you know me you know that, like 30,000 other Oregonians, poker is my passion—it’s a game of strategy, skill, mathematics, and intuition with an element of luck that is a never-ending challenge. We’ve collectively found a safe and legal way to enjoy this hobby, one that’s being threatened by House Bill 3518.

There are at least a couple dozen clubs throughout Oregon that would be impacted by the measure. Club owners do not profit from buy-ins to the poker tournament. They charge a small admission fee ($5 to $10 a day, no matter how big the prize pool) and earn revenue through food and beverage sales. The clubs make no money off the actual entry fees paid. All that money goes into the prize pool that is redistributed to players. Unlike many social groups in Oregon, the poker community is a very racially and economically diverse group of people, and many of the regional poker clubs are owned or managed by people of color.

There’s one big difference between poker played in these card rooms and other forms of gambling found in casinos and through the Oregon State lottery. Unlike slot machines and games like blackjack or roulette, there is NO house advantage in poker; no way the outcome of the game benefits or is controlled by the House. That’s a huge difference from casino gambling and it’s why these rooms should be allowed to continue operations. These rooms do not include other casino table games, or video poker.

House Bill 3518 comes to us from State Representative Julie Parrish and, I believe, is based on substantial misinformation. Frankly, we don’t know why Rep. Parrish is targeting the card rooms. They’re posing no problems. She says they’re operating outside the law but that’s far from reality.

State law currently allows cities to create their own social gaming ordinances. Clubs obtain business licenses from their cities under ORS 167.121. These licenses are annually renewable. Failure to comply with local rules and ordinances can result in the revocation of a social gaming license. It’s important to note that social gaming in private clubs can only exist where local jurisdictions allow it. House Bill 3518 would preempt that local control.

Rep. Parrish has written that club owners are committing felonies and poker players – such as myself – are committing misdemeanors each time we play. To be accused as such is jarring coming from a state lawmaker.

She argues that the two dozen plus poker clubs were licensed because the cities where they are located didn’t understand the nature of what the clubs were planning to do. Frankly, that’s unfathomable. The cities of Portland, Dallas, Eugene, Bend, King City, Millersburg, Irrigon, Enterprise, Lebanon, Ashland and more allow for poker clubs to exist. Rep. Parrish thinks they’ve all been duped.

In the five years I’ve been playing in Portland poker rooms, not one has been raided, shut down, arrested or even cited for violating local or state law. These are legitimate businesses whose entrepreneurial owners have capitalized on the growing popularity of poker to establish safe, well-run, clean businesses that are employing people and providing entertainment to players.

There have been stories in the media about state-sanctioned lottery stores that create problems for local neighborhoods and encourage crime. Yet there have been no negative reports about any of the clubs targeted by House Bill 3518. In fact, in listing reasons to shut down these clubs, Rep. Parrish cites a shooting that took place in 2010. The club where the shooting occurred was an Eagles Club, a fraternal organization not impacted by this bill. The card rooms where I play are closely managed and have security officers present at night. I feel very safe there, which is especially important to me and the other women players.

Rep. Parrish also mistakenly suggests that poker rooms don’t report large payouts to the Internal Revenue Service, allowing players to skirt taxes. Payouts over the reportable amount ($5000) are very rare and when they do surpass the threshold, they are reported to the IRS. The stakes are usually much smaller, with buy-ins averaging $50 a tournament and payouts in the hundreds, not thousands, of dollars.

Poker clubs are inclusive, welcoming places. They have grown in popularity to the point where it makes sense to talk about the best way to regulate them, but starting the conversation with a bill that would cost hundreds of people their jobs and shut legal businesses down is an irresponsible way to initiate the discussion.

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