Try your luck at Marklund Casino Night

More than $30,000 in prizes will be available to guests at the second Marklund Casino Night and Poker Tournament taking place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at McGrath Lexus, 1250 W. Division St., Chicago.

Guests will enjoy a real Vegas-style experience featuring cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, music, blackjack, craps, roulette and the poker tournament. A poker buy-in costs $195 - $250 after Oct. 5 - and it includes admission for one additional casino guest. Casino-only entry costs $75 and includes food, beverage and starter chips for the casino.

Marklund is a nonprofit dedicated to enriching the lives of infants, children and adults with severe developmental disabilities.

Registration and casino opens at 6 p.m. Poker begins at 7 p.m. At 8 p.m. a poker break and auction will take place. Poker continues at 8:45 p.m. Casino closes at 10:45 p.m. Raffle drawing will be held at 11 p.m. and the evening concludes with the poker final table at 11:30 p.m.

The final 10 poker players will make up the final table of the tournament. The winning player will go on to The World Series of Poker $5,200 buy-in Main Circuit Event at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind., plus a gift card.

The runner-up will receive an entry to the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Horseshoe Casino plus an additional gift card. Top 10 finishers of the poker tournament collectively will receive more than $12,000 in prizes. There will be no cash prizes awarded.

For information or to register, visit www.marklund.org/poker, call (773) 474-7150 or e-mail Marklund@impact365.com.