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No not Daniel Negraneau and his abrasive personality, actual kid poker.

Vancouver-based Nevada North Entertainment have scheduled a two-day event for Vancouver next month that will teach children between 10 and 18 years old how to play a type of poker.

The Kids Poker Tour offers participants – at a cost $120 – a day-and-a-half of instruction followed by a half-day tournament. Prizes include education subsidies and free entry to future events.

British Columbia Solicitor General John Les is outraged “I’d like the whole tour to pass us by. I think this is inappropriate. I think this is targeting a vulnerable population.”

When told of opposition to the event Nevada North spokesman Larry Klatt said they will cancel the tournament rather than risk doing anything “out of bounds."

“We’ll revise this,” he said. “We’re not looking to do anything outside the law.”

Klatt said that the workshop will teach the kids better communication and social interaction skills, how to perform in adversity, analytical thinking, good sportsmanship and math and number skills. There will also be a discussion of the pitfalls of gambling and how to avoid them.

Kids and poker, it just doesn't seem right, playing at home with your grandmother for pennies is one thing, but an under 18's tournament seems a bit much.

Shane @ Poker.com