Poker in Pilsen

Come lose your money @ Casa Irmita 💁🏽‍♀️

Monthly poker night. Our Queen welcomes you ❤️👸🏽

👍🏻 RSVP for a date
Rob as a little princess with a tiara, next to Irma wearing her pageant queen crown and sash

Your hosts: Irma (queen 👑) and Rob (princess, retired).

The basics

Where

1645 S Blue Island Ave

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When

7PM

  • ArriveOn time
  • Wrap-up~Midnight
Buy-in

$20

$20 buy‑backs until 10PM
(optional)

Pay Rob first

RSVP

Tap 👍🏻 on every date you can make.

  • Rob confirms with a Partiful invite.
  • +1s welcome. Ask Rob first.
  • 20 spots, 5–8 per table.
  • First come, first served.

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Phone numbers only go to Rob. You may get an RSVP confirmation text. Reply STOP to opt out.

House rules

You MUST know how to play.

Beginner? Click here to learn (5 mins). You'll play at the beginners table.

  • Texas Hold'em, tournament style.
  • Deal rotates with the button.
  • No buy-ins after 10PM.
  • No cashing out.
  • Leave early? Your chips go in the pot.
  • Play till last man (or woman) standing.
  • Last two can decide to split the pot.
  • No sore losers.
  • Shit talking welcomed.
  • BYOB, snacks and food.

Who gets paid

WinnerThe rest of the pot
2nd placeGets their money back
The Queen$20 tribute

Example: $220 pot

$180 $20 $20
Winner2ndQueen

Chips & blinds

Your $20 gets you this stack. Each color is worth double the one before it.

25¢×8 = $2
50¢×12 = $6
$1×6 = $6
$2×3 = $6

Total: $20

10PM: last call for buy-ins.
Blinds go up every hour before 10.
Then double every 30 min.

Before 10PM
7:0025¢/50¢
8:0050¢/$1
9:0075¢/$1.50
After 10PM
10:00$1/$2
10:30$2/$4
11:00$4/$8
11:30$8/$16
12:00$16/$32

The Queen's quest

$770raised of $5,000 goal
15% there$4,230 to go

Each table's winner pays $20 in tribute to rebuild the playground in la comunidad in Guatemala where Irma grew up — and learned to eat dirt.

It's in shambles now. Your losses bring it back to life so kids can be kids. Feel good about yourself 😘

The park at sunset
The school and what is left of the play area
A lone rusted slide
Old climbing bars next to the school
Benches and tire planters across the field
Broken equipment under the trees
Bent bars and two neighborhood dogs

The park today. Swipe for more →

New to poker?

Watch this video (then rewatch it). Screenshot the hand rankings. That's all you need.

Not playing? Watch on YouTube.

Hand rankings, best to worst

  1. 1
    Royal flush
  2. 2
    Straight flush
  3. 3
    Four of a kind
  4. 4
    Full house
  5. 5
    Flush
  6. 6
    Straight
  7. 7
    Three of a kind
  8. 8
    Two pair
  9. 9
    One pair
  10. 10
    High card

Faded cards don't count. Ace plays high or low in a straight. Same hand? Higher cards win.