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Choose your Poker theme party purpose. Do you want a tournament or to celebrate a birthday? Or you could even do both at the same time! If you have a tournament, you can only use so many numbers of players and move up through a pyramid system to winning. Determine if you need an entry fee to cover chips or if each person decides on how much money they spend.

Invite your poker players with card invitations. Use oversized “cards” or simply the shape of a heart, a diamond, a club or a spade. These would all be available at the party supply store. They will also have all of the paper products needed if you will be serving food.

Poker theme products include plates, cup, napkins and tablecloths. Table pieces aren’t really needed since you need the space for card playing. Decorations can be minimal, or extravagant. Balloons in black and red, along with black and red streamers can add a dramatic effect to your theme. Add in a little gold to symbolize money, and you have an elegant look.

Food can be made into fun poker shapes. Cut sandwiches, brownies or anything else into shapes of the cards - hearts, diamonds, etc. Rename food dishes to coincide with your theme. Make Sloppy Joes into King of Spade sandwiches. Make it unique and people will talk about it for weeks after.

Remember to take pictures as people fall out of the tournament. Take a group picture to post on a website or to save and add to if you make it a yearly event. Another good idea would be to donate any profits to a local charity.

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Utah +3 1/2 (4 units)….Yep, I’m stubborn. I’ve been against UNC for three weeks now with this pick, as I’ve targeted them as fadable. It cost me last week as they went down the road to defeat NC State. UNC played decent, but NC State pretty much bungled that one away, imo. I see a big letdown in this spot against a team who can roll up yardage and points. Johnson is already showing flashes of greatness and Whittingham will be the next Utah coach that will become a hot coaching commodity. Utes have been weak on D, but I believe they will stifle this weak offense, especially with a few extra days to prepare. Utes outright by double digits

Michigan St -5 1/2 (3 units)….Wolverines think they got wore down by Minny, now they get to chase MSU all over the field. Spartans playing as well as anyone, and I think they avenge last yrs collapse vs rival in a big way. Against better teams, Michigan offense just doesn’t look very good. Maybe Henne and Co are simply overrated. Wolverines could get blown out if their D gets worn down in the 2nd half again. Henne and Co. won’t be able to match scores with Stanton and his weapons.

Maryland/Virginia UNDER 45 (2 units)…Maryland specializes in ugly football, Virginia has O-Line injuries they’re dealing with and this is by far the best D either team has faced thus far. Both teams will try to run the ball, don’t like either QB to make big plays in this game. I got this capped as a 17-16 type game. Don’t trust my money ATS on either side.

Florida/Alabama UNDER 48 (1 unit)…I see alot of similarities in this one as Florida’s game against Tennessee a couple weeks ago. I like Alabama’s chances at home better than UT’s on the road. 2 great defense, it’ll come down to a big special teams play, or key drive. Think it’ll be low scoring, tthough. 21-17 one way or the other.

John Onan (aka ego74) is site manager at http://www.bestdamngamblingforum.com and also a freelance sports jouralist.

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