Published: July 09, 2010
Delaware Park Celebrates Poker Room with Beth Shak
WILMINGTON, Del. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Delaware Park will commemorate its new 20-table Poker Room on July 10th
with professional poker player, Beth Shak. Ms. Shak will be greeting
guests from 6-9 p.m. and helping Delaware Park celebrate the Poker
Room's official opening.
The Poker Room, located on the second floor of the casino, showcases
some popular West Coast games, such as H.O.R.S.E. (a combination of
Hold'em, Omaha, Razz, Stud, and Stud 8/B) in addition to the traditional
East Coast favorites. Delaware Park's Poker Room is open 24 hours a day,
except Christmas and Easter.
In addition to the Poker Room, the Casino at Delaware Park offers 42
live table games, including blackjack, roulette, craps, mini and midi
baccarat, Let it Ride, Texas Hold'em, Three-Card Poker, Four-Card Poker
and Pai-Gow Poker, as well as 2,500 of the area's best paying slot
machines.
About Beth Shak
Ms. Shak is a seven-year veteran in the professional poker world, but
she is also a mother of three, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She has
quickly risen to become one of the most well known poker players in the
world, by placing 8th in the 2005 World Series of Poker Ladies' event
and 2nd (out of over 800 players) in the 2007 World Series of Poker $3K
No-Limit Hold'em event. Ms. Shak also made it to the final day of Season
5 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) finishing in the top 30 out of over
500 players. This year, Ms. Shak placed 27th during the
$25,000, six-handed 2010 World Series of Poker event.
Always enterprising, Ms. Shak has designed custom poker denim jackets
and high-end shoes. She has also patented a new type of medical robe to
ensure each patient's comfort without sacrificing care.
Ms. Shak often plays in charitable tournaments and raises both money and
awareness for organizations such as the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary
Medicine. Most recently, Ms. Shak donated her winnings from the 2010
Celebrity Derby Poker Championship which benefitted Kentucky Harvest:
Blessings in a Backpack and the Health & Climate Foundation.
About Delaware Park
Delaware Park is a multi-faceted gaming facility offering guests live
seasonal thoroughbred racing, year-round simulcasting from around the
globe, 42 table games, a 20-table poker room, 2,500 exciting slot
machines on two spacious levels, one of only three sports parlay betting
venues on the East Coast, and White Clay Creek Country Club, featuring a
world class 18-hole championship golf course. Delaware Park is located
minutes south of Wilmington and the Delaware Memorial Bridge and just
north of the Maryland state line on I-95 at exit 4B. For more
information on Delaware Park, visit www.delawarepark.com.

Tipton Communications (for Delaware Park)
Dan Tipton, 302-454-7901
dan@tiptoncommunications.com
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