Clontarf Shuffle IV May the 4th be with you

tldr, give us money, we give you entertainment, prizes, maybe a magic item, delicious food, and we donate a pile of money to a charity. Everyone wins!

Good people of the Realms, on the 4th day of the 5th month of 1025 we’d like to invite you all to Clontarf Castle! The casino will be opening its doors and it’s a wonderful chance for all of us to sweep out the mud and enjoy one another’s company as we relax and play games together. Several Gamblers and Casino owners from across the Realms have collaborated along with the Gambler’s Guild to put this day together and we would be overjoyed if all of you partook in our hospitality. It is a SUNDAY!

Of course, as is normal at a casino, all are welcome to bring their gold and wager it at our various table games in hopes of hitting it big and walking away wealthy! But there is far more than that available for entertainment on this day.

Most important to note is that you do not need to use your own gold to spend the whole day gambling! Because this event has a particular emphasis on teaching newer players how to play games of chance, everyone will have access to special free tokens that can be gambled with instead of using gold. These tokens will be available when you arrive and again this year, they will also be available to buy for that funny green stuff. At the end of the day whatever tokens you have been able to win or just outright buy, should be converted into tickets for you to use in an auction for fabulous prizes!

When you arrive, you will receive a few things; Some free gambling tokens, and some free raffle tickets, and one free very special raffle ticket for a blue item. Only the one ticket you get at check in will be available for this raffle. The tokens can be used to gamble at various table games. They can also be used to purchase raffle tickets. We will have an abundance of prizes that we will be drawn for throughout the day. With the idea that every once in a while, someone will look at which items have the most tickets and draw them first. So if you see something you want, you might want to throw some tickets in early…

paid pre-regs will also get extra tokens! reg early reg often.

New this year, Questo!
Pick a location, pick some monsters, some artifacts, and the BBG and you could win big! Full rules to be announced later. But anyone can Win! (if you play)

In the past this event has issued a very special coin which has a value of 10 gold. At this event it can be cashed in for 20 tickets! (double what regular gold can be cashed in for!).

Gambling at casino games is of course a fun way to spend the day but there will be lots of other things to do as well:

And for the more adventurous (or just plain restless) of you, Magi Jarl Kara will have some quests for you to go on. Apparently, moving house is not as simple as it seems when moving all the pets (though personally I’m just glad to have all of those animals gone).

A slightly longer than normal Stacked deck poker tournament will take place that day. Starting around 1:30 PM and going approximately 4 hours. 50 gold entry, with 50 gold rebuy/add ons. 5000 chips to start with an extra 1000 available if you tip the dealer 5 gold. Unlimited rebuys in the first hour any time your chip stack is at 2500 chips or less. And at the end of the first hour, anyone regardless of chip stack can do an 50 gold 5000 chip add on if they wish.

There will also be a newbie poker tournament which will be free to participate in and specifically be used to teach the many facets of such a nuanced game. To qualify for this newbie tournament, you simply have to show up on time as it starts right at noon! You must also have not earned any points to the current stacked deck final table competition. The winner of this tournament will get a free entry into 1:30 poker tournament. This entry will cover your initial chips and the dealer tip. (rebuys or add on’s are up to you!)

There will be a smattering of different table game, board game, and card game tournaments throughout the day as well. We will be a little stricter on what constitutes a fair game than in past years, but not by much. Winners will get tokens!

This is a damp event. [Happy moose sounds] The feast hall has a cash (GREEN stuff) bar that will be available all day. Please do things responsibly.

Delicious foods will be served throughout the day deliciously prepared by Lady Kyomi.

Note: the Normal auction tickets and the gambling tokens; will be available for purchase with that funny green stuff. All cash raised from these will go directly towards the charity. Your Pal that can pay, and Mo, first name Ven, can both be accepted.

All funds, after site and food costs will also be donated to the charity. The more people attend, the more money can be raised!

The charity again this year is called: End 68 hours of hunger. Information can be found here:

https://www.end68hoursofhunger.org/

[looks around the castle, Wife is not in site] and once again, I am giving you all the chance to bankrupt me. All funds raised by auction ticket, and gambling tokens, will be matched by me. Dollar for Dollar! All funds from registrations left over after site and food will be matched by me Dollar for Dollar. So, you pre-reg, you buy some entertainment, you get some prizes, and together we help feed hungry kids.

If you wish to directly paypal James Murphy please paypal Letheris@aol.com this will save some fees. But its ok if you want to pay cash at the door or Venmo! We will take it all!

Special calls will be used at this event and will be posted on site.

End 68 hours of hunger is a charity that directly provides food for under resourced children to bring home over the weekend. some of our staff have directly handed bags of food on Fridays to kids to bring homne. Knowing that without it, their next meal would probably be on Monday. If you can't attend but want to help, please send James money. He will add it to the pile and match it dollar for dollar.