The Division of Recreational Sports is excited to host the
18th Annual POKER WALK on Wednesday, May 13, 2009!
We hope to see you all there for this fun and free event!!
**Registration will be available online starting April 1st.
**Individuals & teams should register by May 11th.
(but earlier registration is appreciated.)

All current and retired UT faculty and staff are invited to participate!

POKER WALK 2009 - May 13th, 2009
The Division of Recreational Sports

Come and celebrate National Employee Health and Fitness Day by taking part in the 18th Annual Poker Walk on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009! The RecSports Poker Walk is a FREE and fun filled event designed to celebrate health and wellness among UT faculty and staff. Walk a one-mile course and gather poker chips at five stations along the course. Turn in your chips in the Gregory Gym Arena and you will be dealt your poker hand and given a free t-shirt! Depending on your poker hand, you may win some amazing prizes! We encourage you to form your own Poker Walk TEAM, because Team Exercise Adds Motivation! Enjoy a fun program, team photos, and a great lunch for just $6 (CASH ONLY - or you may bring your own sack lunch) at Gregory Gym after walking the course. (When completing registration, please specify t-shirt size preference - and if you wish to purchase a lunch, please specify which lunch type.) Please note: T-shirt sizes and lunches are distributed on a first-come first-served basis.

• Individuals & teams must pre-register (it's free!) on or before Monday, May 11, 2009.
• Teams and individuals must be present to win prizes.
• For team prizes, we will play "Let's Make a Deal" and randomly draw a team name from the bin, calling the team captain to the stage. The team captain will be shown the prize that their team has won AND be given an option to either take that prize OR choose a prize under one of 5 boxes. His/her team will give the captain advice on what choice should be made. (Crowd input is invited!)
• CLICK HERE for Frequently Asked Questions regarding Poker Walk.
• CLICK HERE for a photo gallery of previous Poker Walk events.

Check in begins at 11:30am and closes at 12:15pm. It is held in the Gregory Plaza. Look for the big white tent. Program and team prize drawings begin around 12:20pm in the Gregory Gym Arena.

Everyone will receive a free t-shirt and will be dealt a poker hand (if they present poker chips from the course) when entering the Gregory Gym Arena.

Tasty sack lunches will be available in the Arena for just $6 (CASH ONLY) from Out to Lunch.
If you do not wish to purchase a lunch, please bring your own so that you may enjoy lunch
and the fun program that we put on for participants.

- EASY REGISTRATION! (Registration is due by Monday, May 11th.)
Click HERE to register.

- PRE-SPECIFY YOUR LUNCH:
If you wish to purchase a lunch that day for $6 (CASH ONLY), please specify lunch type here.
(Day of, lunches are distributed on a first come-first served basis.)

- TEAM PICTURES!
We will again be taking Team Photos at the photo booth and emailing team captains
with those photos! Get your group together and make a memory!

Questions?
For more information, please see frequently asked questions link on the far left.
If your question is still unanswered, please call 471-3116.
E-mail us at pw@utrecsports.org.

2008 Prizes went to the following:

Best Team Name: "Ante-Up Get Your Gun"from Theatre & Dance
**Honorable Mention went to Parking & Transportation - for The "BOOT"onnieres

Best Team Costume: "Casino Lounge Acts" from the Center for American History.

Top 3 Poker Hands Awarded to:
1st Place: Debra S. from Dept. of Chemistry
2nd Place: Heather K. from Dept. of Developtment
3rd Place: Evan H. from Dept. of CAH

TEAM PHOTOS:
Please email sarahjordan@mail.utexas.edu for the photo album. They turned out great!

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