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PULSE BEAT Paramount Chamber of Commerce (paramountchamber.com) • Serving the community for 75 years • October 2022
Paramount Chamber’s annual Poker Tournament is once again a winner!
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ore than 60 players gathered at Progress Park Plaza in Paramount on the evening of September 23 to support the Paramount Chamber of Commerce by competing in our annual Texas hold’em eliminationstyle Poker Tournament. Play started at 6 p.m. and continued for over four intense hours as players vied for individual and team prizes—and obviously had a very enjoyable time. The final three individual winners finished up at around 10:30 p.m., with Joey Giranda (in the center of the photo at the top right) taking first place and winning the grand prize of $1,000 in American Express gift cards. Second place and an XBox Series X went to “Mystery Player,” and Ismael Marquez won third place and a home cloud system. Competitors in the team contest fell one by one until the winners of the “Last Team Standing” trophy were the team from Carlton Forge Works (shown left to right at the lower right): Edmund Enriquez, Waleed Dahbour and Abraham Ramirez; not present for the photo were Rafi Balta and Juan Hernandez. Other companies that participated in the team competition were Transcom Telecommunications, WaveFront Technology, Herald’s Garage and Athens Services. We sincerely thank CFR Classic, our Presenting Sponsor, and Trent Turner of Edward Jones Financial Advisors, who provided the first-place award. Special thanks go to our raffle prize donors: ACE Clearwater Inc., Arte Jimenez, Café Corleone, Carlton Forge Works, Casa Gamino Mexican Restaurant, Corrine Galbez, Dr. Max Martinez, Fatima’s Grill, Kiwanis Paramount, Marukan Vinegar, Northgate Gonzales Market, SC Fuels, State Farm–Maria Galli, Domino’s Pizza, Total-Western, Transcom Telecommunications, Vicky Professional Services, WaveFront Technology, Weber Metals and World Energy. Dinner was provided by Casa Gamino Mexican Restaurant, Gus’s Deli, Domino’s Pizza and Alondra’s.
Carlton Forge Works winning team
More than 60 players took part in the Chamber tournament.
PULSE BEAT Paramount Chamber of Commerce 15357 Paramount Boulevard Paramount, California 90723 Telephone: 562-634-3980 paramountchamber.com
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