On Sunday May 27th, Leverick Bay Resort and Marina hosted the 2018 ‘BVI Strong’ Poker Run, with 263 boats and about 2,000 participants. The event – even larger than the previous year’s massive event – departed from, and returned to, Leverick Bay in North Sound, Virgin Gorda. The event featured stops at Scrub Island, Jost…
Tragedy struck the popular Florida Powerboat Club’s 25th annual Key West Poker Run on November 9 when Joe Sgro, president of Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats in Bristol, Rhode Island, died from injuries following a single-boat crash of a new 50-foot Outerlimits boat. “Mercury Racing worked closely with Joe over the years in support of his offshore powerboat…
It wasn’t the size of the boat, but the luck of the draw that determined the winner of the fourth annual USVI Stars & Stripes Poker Run, held July 2 and hosted out of IGY’s Yacht Haven Grande, on St. Thomas. In fact, it was one of the smallest of the entrants, a 16-foot Boston…
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: USVI Stars & Stripes Poker Run set for July 3 There will be large cash prizes at this year’s USVI Stars & Stripes Poker Run, based out of Yacht Haven Grande Marina in St. Thomas. “Someone will go home with eight to ten thousand dollars…” …says organizer, Guilderoy Sprauve. “This will be…
Preparation and the luck of the draw proved the keys to success for Dwight Bryan and Terrance Phillips aboard their 38-foot cigarette boat, Unexpected. The duo and their six friends won the second annual USVI Stars & Stripes Poker Run, which took place in July out of IGY’s Yacht Haven Grand Marina, St. Thomas. “We…
On May 24, hundreds of boaters competed in the 14th annual Leverick Bay Poker. The event doled out large cash prizes and donated thousands of dollars to charity. According to co-organizer Javier Lopez from JL Marketing in Puerto Rico, 225 boats participated in this year’s event, with 185 poker hands sold. “The Poker Run is…
The USVI Stars and Stripes Poker Run will take place July 5 out of IGY’s Yacht Haven Grande on St. Thomas. This is the newest and most exciting of the Caribbean’s nautical events that combine power boating with playing cards to create an event that is more about camaraderie than competition. “We are on a…
The need for speed drew 24 entries to the first annual USVI Stars & Stripes Poker Run, hosted out of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, on July 6th. However, it was the luck of the draw that earned Rasheed ‘Rasco’ St. Juste and his team aboard the 22ft Paramount, G-6, the win with three nines, a…
Hundreds of boats zipped out of North Sound to start the 13th annual Leverick Bay Poker Run on May 25. The event attracted more than 200 boats from around the region and almost as many hands of poker were played, which helped raise $13,000 for charity. “We broke the record once again,” co-organizer Javier López…
The Leverick Bay Poker Run has turned into a Must Do Monster Event – Held annually on the Sunday of Memorial Day, The Leverick Bay Poker Run is a blast for family and friends. PLUS – it supports a great cause. The LOCAL support is amazing with boats entering from the BVI, USVI and Puerto…
The poker run recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with 124 participants and more than 200 hands being played.