Mystics $5K Thunder Run & Poker Showdown Aug. 5-6

Mystics $5K Thunder Run & Poker Showdown Aug. 5-6

The Mystics of Pleasure, a Pleasure Island based Mardi Gras krewe, will offer a $5,0000 grand prize at its 16th Annual Thunder Run & Poker Showdown August 5-6. In addition to the grand prize, the krewe will draw two $500 cash drawings from sponsor receipts.
The captain’s party is slated on Friday evening at 6 p.m. at Calypso Joe’s Caribbean Grill, located at the Happy Harbor Marina on Marina Rd. in Orange Beach. In addition to live entertainment, the party will feature a cash bar, packet pick-up table and light hors d’oeuvres.
Saturday’ after-party and poker showdown will begin at 5 p.m. at the Wharf Marina in Orange Beach Outfitter Store and boardwalk. That party will also feature food and live entertainment.
The event is being promoted as a fun day on the water poker run rather than a fast boat poker run, and participants are even welcome to drive to the different stops to pick up playing cards.
Entry options include two hands and party entry for $250 or one hand and party entry for $150. Additional hands are $100, and additional cards (three card limit) are $25 each.
For more info or an application, visit the Mystics on facebook, at mysticsofpleasure.org, or contact Trey Steber at 251-583-4040 or trey.steber@kone.com, or Marlo Webb at 251-269-2212 or MarloW@alwharf.com.
The list of Thunder Run stops continues to grow, but businesses already participating include: Anchor Bar & Grill, Cobalt the Restaurant, Cowgirls Orange Beach, Driftwood Bar and Grille, Flora-Bama Yacht Club, Grander Marine, Gulf Coast House Of Jerky, High Cotton Bath Company, Island Time Daiquiris at The Wharf, Montego’s Cafe & Bar, Our Cigar Bar, Pleasure Island Tiki Bar, Pirates Cove, Sassy Bass Caribbean Grill, Seaside Shoes & SWIM, Shades Sunglasses, Tacky Jacks Grill & Tavern at Ft Morgan, Gulf Shores & Orange Beach, The Hot Spot Music and Grub and Wolf Bay Lodge in Orange Beach. Additional sponsors include: Bama Breeze Beach Condos, Blankenship Air Control,LLC, Cactus Cantina of Orange Beach, Cosmo’s Restaurant & Bar, De Soto’s Seafood Kitchen, Ginny Lane Bar & Grilll, Lynn Layton Chevrolet, Paradise Marine, The Wharf, Tool Expo, Villaggio Grille at the Wharf and Zeke’s Landing Marina.