Deaf Poker Australia

March 12, 2009

Deaf Poker Australia is just one of several deaf poker clubs around the world. They get together and play poker in some of the biggest tournaments around, and they are for the hearing impaired only. At some of the events they allow the hearing to play as well, but they limit the number of those that they allow because the focus really is on those that cannot hear.

It is a great way for poker players that can’t hear to get to hang out and play with other players with similar needs as theirs. Now those in Australia will also get the chance to play some amazing poker with others that are deaf. The group is trying to host their first Australian Deaf Poker Championship for this upcoming August.

Sokong Kim, the founder of Deaf Poker Australia, says that he is working with the Australian Poker League to get enough sponsorship dollars to make it a free event. This way all of the money that is raised in the poker game will go toward the prize pool minus the tournament costs.

The US National Deaf Poker Tour has its own event coming up in Atlantic City this month. They will be at the Trump Taj Majal, and it is one of three events that they already have scheduled for this year. The biggest difference between deaf poker games and regular games is simply that sign language is the “official” language at the table. Other than that, they are simply playing poker.