Lake Cumberland Poker Run Called Off. Created: August 3, 2020. By: Written by Jason Johnson. According to an announcement from the organizers of the Lake Cumberland Poker Run hosted by State Dock Marina in Jamestown, Ky., this year’s event, which was scheduled for September 11-13, has been cancelled. Kentucky’s State Dock Marina recently announced it was cancelling next month’s Lake Cumberland Poker Run. Lake Cumberland was impounded from the Cumberland River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers' construction of the Wolf Creek Dam in 1952. Wolf Creek Dam is the 25th largest dam in the United States, and cost $15 million to construct originally, with an additional $65 million needed almost immediately to fix problems which soon became apparent.

Due to the recent spike in Coronavirus cases, the State of Kentucky has rolled back gatherings to less than 10 people and requires facemasks in public areas. After several planning sessions and feedback from the State of Kentucky regarding groups of 10 or more, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s annual Poker Run held at State Dock Marina.

We look forward to this event each year as it is the highlight and culmination of our season. The event has grown over the years and is now one of the premier events on Lake Cumberland.

Many of you have reservations with us this year and we hope that you will still enjoy the lake and a vacation away from the daily grind with us at State Dock. Understanding some only stay for the Run, we will accommodate those with cancellations as soon as possible.

The staff will be reaching out to sponsors, reservations, and participants to assist in confirming, rescheduling, or canceling your trip. Again, we hope to see you for a fun Holiday Weekend albeit, in compliance with the State CDC’s requirements for social distancing.

Thank you for your continued patronage of the annual State Dock Poker Run and we plan to see everybody in 2021!

• Registration begins on Thursday, September 5th.
• This is a two-day event starting on Friday at Noon and ending at 7pm on Saturday.
• There is no driver’s meeting on Saturday morning.
• There is no shotgun start on Saturday morning.
• Visit any 5 of the 9 marinas on the lake to make up your hand.
• There is no particular order to visit each marina.
• All Playing cards must be turned in by Saturday, 7:00 pm.
• Don’t forget to visit the legendary Harmon Creek to see the most amazing boats in the business!
• HAVE FUN – BE SAFE!

• Straight Flush – All five cards of the same suit and in sequence, as the 6,7,8,9 and 10 of diamonds. Highest ranking straight flush is the 10, J, Q, K and Ace of one suit called a Royal Flush.
• 4 of a Kind – Such as four aces or four sixes, it does not matter what the fifth, unmatched card is.
• Full House – Three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank, such as 8,8,8,4,4.
• Flush – 5 cards of the same suit, but not all in the same sequence.
• Straight – Five cards in sequence, but not all of the same suit.
• 3 of a Kind – Three cards of the same rank such as 8, 8, 8, K, 3.
• 2 Pair – A hand with 2 pairs & the 2 pairs are of different ranks.
• Pair – A hand with two cards of equal rank
• High Card – Five cards which do not form any of the combinations listed above. Highest card wins.

Lake Cumberland Ky Poker Run 2019

Poker Run Lake Cumberland

Note: If five of a kind such as 5 queens does occur, it will beat all of the above combinations. Also, all ties will be handled by a team choice of either splitting the prize or higher cut of the deck.