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Jokers wild: Bill Fisher won $1,000 in The Star's Weekend Poker game with five of a kind
Jokers wild: Bill Fisher won $1,000 in The Star's Weekend Poker game with five of a kind

Jokers wild: Bill Fisher won $1,000 in The Star's Weekend Poker game with five of a kind

Date8/22/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Jokers wild: Bill Fisher won $1;000 in The Star's Weekend Poker game with five of a kind.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0119616F
      Mike Dales: Orangeville man won first prize playing Star's Jokers Wild
      Mike Dales: Orangeville man won first prize playing Star's Jokers Wild
      Beaty, Keith
      10/2/1981
      Eight-Year-Old Steven Veals (left) plans to buy himself and his brother, Scott, 9, dreams bikes with the $2,000 he won in The Star's Jokers Wild conte(...)
      Eight-Year-Old Steven Veals (left) plans to buy himself and his brother, Scott, 9, dreams bikes with the $2,000 he won in The Star's Jokers Wild conte(...)
      Dutton, Don
      9/1/1978
      Full House in The Star Jokers Wild contest gave Joan Steig, 26, of Lawrence Ave
      Full House in The Star Jokers Wild contest gave Joan Steig, 26, of Lawrence Ave
      Mahler, John
      9/22/1978
      No Joking: Tom Nesbitt of Mississauga is the latest winner of the $1,000 grand prize in The Star's Joker Wild contest
      No Joking: Tom Nesbitt of Mississauga is the latest winner of the $1,000 grand prize in The Star's Joker Wild contest
      McConnell, Colin
      10/8/1981
      Eileen Conway: A flush of top cards made Metro woman the winner of $750 in the Star's Weekend Poker Game
      Eileen Conway: A flush of top cards made Metro woman the winner of $750 in the Star's Weekend Poker Game
      Mahler, John
      9/5/1988
      Weekend poker winners: Susan Sheppard with $1,000 cheque and Fred Fernandez with one for $500 in Star contest
      Weekend poker winners: Susan Sheppard with $1,000 cheque and Fred Fernandez with one for $500 in Star contest
      Bull, Ron
      8/29/1980
      the motions of a horse competing at dressage yesterday in the continental championship of North America horse trails at Jokers Hill, King Twp., which (...)
      the motions of a horse competing at dressage yesterday in the continental championship of North America horse trails at Jokers Hill, King Twp., which (...)
      Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
      8/3/1973
      This Totem pole that John Regan and daughter Margaret are looking at was placed in his Don Mills yard by practical jokers while he was away in the U.S
      This Totem pole that John Regan and daughter Margaret are looking at was placed in his Don Mills yard by practical jokers while he was away in the U.S
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      12/4/1969
      Jim Day of Hornby, Ont., guides The Nomad over a jump en route to winning the first North American three-day event championship at Jokers Hill yesterd(...)
      Jim Day of Hornby, Ont., guides The Nomad over a jump en route to winning the first North American three-day event championship at Jokers Hill yesterd(...)
      Day, Jim
      8/5/1973
      Winning hands: $750 winners in The Star fourth Weekend Poker game from left, Ed Dabush, Reg Stapleton, Bob Coleman took the pot with took the pot with royal flushes
      Winning hands: $750 winners in The Star fourth Weekend Poker game from left, Ed Dabush, Reg Stapleton, Bob Coleman took the pot with took the pot with royal flushes
      Beaty, Keith
      8/1/1980
      Sky-high poker. Douglas Bowman won a poker game yesterday against 430 other hands - all flying around southern Ontario in 150 airplanes in a game whic(...)
      Sky-high poker. Douglas Bowman won a poker game yesterday against 430 other hands - all flying around southern Ontario in 150 airplanes in a game whic(...)
      Ross, Fred
      5/9/1969
      Kathy Potter was 11 when she won the $1,000 scholarship from The Star's Terry Taggert, for her 18
      Kathy Potter was 11 when she won the $1,000 scholarship from The Star's Terry Taggert, for her 18
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/5/1981