The last-minute events are the result of planners getting off to a late start because of concerns about the legality of the tournament, which in the end was determined to be legal.
Rondy executive director Susan Duck said organizers expect to have at least 300 players in the Alaska Hold 'em Poker Tournament set to begin 4 p.m. Saturday at the Egan Center. The winner gets a seat at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, worth about $10,000, and a winner's bracelet.
The field will be made up of previous winners, the top 10 players in last year's event, two tables of celebrities and people who qualify in preliminary rounds, Duck said. A few clubs were cleared last year to hold year-round qualifying matches and have generated a couple of hundred players already, she said.
Other events are being planned this week, though details had not been set Tuesday. They will be posted online at www.furrondy.net as they become available.
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