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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

Eileen Conway: A flush of top cards made Metro woman the winner of $750 in the Star's Weekend Poker Game

Date9/5/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Eileen Conway: A flush of top cards made Metro woman the winner of $750 in the Star's Weekend Poker Game.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0119618F
      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
      Lucky Winner: Don McRae, a Toronto purchasing agent, was a fishing derby winner and then reeled in over $30,000 after he was dealt a royal flush at the Carlbbean poker table at the casino in Aruba
      Lucky Winner: Don McRae, a Toronto purchasing agent, was a fishing derby winner and then reeled in over $30,000 after he was dealt a royal flush at the Carlbbean poker table at the casino in Aruba
      Loek, Dick
      12/17/1991
      The dining-room has been converted into a games room, Alfandary is especially food of playing cards so poker table is very necessary
      The dining-room has been converted into a games room, Alfandary is especially food of playing cards so poker table is very necessary
      Alfandary, Rafael
      2/5/1974
      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
      Combs, Erin
      8/22/1980
      James Deans: The mississauga man knew enough about poker to recognize a straight flush that earned him $500
      James Deans: The mississauga man knew enough about poker to recognize a straight flush that earned him $500
      Mahler, John
      9/5/1980
      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
      Christmas cards that count. Charity Yule cards, clockwise from top left: Metro mentally retarded association, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Hospital for Sick Children's foundation card
      Christmas cards that count. Charity Yule cards, clockwise from top left: Metro mentally retarded association, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Hospital for Sick Children's foundation card
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      11/18/1986
      Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
      Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
      Bull, Ron
      12/21/1973
      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
      Feeling fit: The fitness programs are a hot drawing card at the revamped club, which has 2,800 members and a list of 1,000 more waiting to pay the $3,500 initiation fee and $750 annual dues
      Feeling fit: The fitness programs are a hot drawing card at the revamped club, which has 2,800 members and a list of 1,000 more waiting to pay the $3,500 initiation fee and $750 annual dues
      21 McGill Club
      6/13/1983
      No experience: Henry Macko, 36, holds the cards for the game, he invented, produced and marketed
      No experience: Henry Macko, 36, holds the cards for the game, he invented, produced and marketed
      Mahler, John
      10/29/1985
      Peter Rijnieks, Cathie Tunney and Mike Briggs of the Toronto Super Turtles Dive Club enjoy a quiet game of cards underwater at the Wexford Collegiate (...)
      Peter Rijnieks, Cathie Tunney and Mike Briggs of the Toronto Super Turtles Dive Club enjoy a quiet game of cards underwater at the Wexford Collegiate (...)
      Russell, Jim
      1/16/1989