My PPT on Brooks and Poker

1. Michelle Van Pelt

2. About Brooks
• Creates running shoes
– Makes specific shoes based on strides, heels, and
pressure zones
• Headquarters located in Seattle, Washington
in a neighborhood called Fremont
• 3400 Stone Way North, Seattle, WA 98103
• M-F 10am – 7pmSat 10am – 6pmSun 12 –
5pm
• Located across the street is Burke-Gilman trail
made up of 30 miles of mixed running trails

3. • their motto is "Run Happy”
– but also encourage Live Healthy-encourage corporations to
promote a healthy and active lifestyle
• 9 principles about what Brooks is all about:
1-we do one thing and we do it better than anyone on the
planet
2-the answer is the run
3-we make essential gear for runners not consumers
4-we relate to our audience runner to runner, not
corporate to-consumer
5-we run to compete and win, as a team
6-when we celebrate the run, good things happen
7- in all things, we seek the right balance of art and science
8-big success is determined by the smallest of details
9-at the end of the day, we will succeed based on our
culture

4. Programs
• Every year, we ask each of our employees to
donate $300 in merchandise to a cause they care
about. It's especially inspiring to see coworkers
team up to make an even bigger charitable
impact.
• Brooks donates product samples and gently worn
shoes and apparel so people who really need our
product can put them to great use.
• Brooks volunteering:
– ConservationNEXT's Seattle Backyard Collective
– Habitat for Humanity
– Northwest Harvest
– Seattle's Ronald McDonald House

5. Programs
• Brooks inspiring coaches:
– stories of high school running coaches who didn’t
stop at teaching kids to race. To the coaches who
take their leadership into their schools, into their
communities and into the lives of their athletes:
this award is for you.
– you can fill a nomination form on their website
Beta Runners
– Want to help make our gear even greater?
Become a Wear Tester or, if you can keep up, a Lab
Rat at our Biomechanics Lab.

6. Events
• Rock ‘n’ Roll race
– is about as Run Happy as it gets (and we’re not just
saying that as the official footwear and apparel
sponsor).
– Held in:
• 9.21.2014Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia 1/2 Marathon
• 10.5.2014 Rock 'n' Roll San Jose 1/2 Marathon
• 10.19.2014Rock 'n' Roll Denver Marathon& 1/2 Marathon
• 10.19.2014Rock 'n' Roll St Louis Marathon& 1/2 Marathon
• 10.26.2014Rock 'n' Roll Los Angeles 1/2 Marathon
• 10.26.2014Rock 'n' Roll Vancouver 1/2 Marathon
• 11.8.2014Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon& 1/2 Marathon
• 11.16.2014Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon& 1/2 Marathon
• 12.7.2014Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon& 1/2 Marathon
• VIP Porta Party are at these events
– With deluxe restroom trailers, a “tuxedoed” staff and tons of Run
Happy goodies, your pre-race pit stop has never been so
pampered.

7. Events
• PR Invitational:
– You may be the fastest on your home track—but how
does your fastest stack up? It’s time to find out. Every
year we host a truly epic meet in Seattle, pitting the
best against the best against the best. It’s all about PRs,
a superstar experience and the ultimate bragging rights.
– JUNE 21ST, 2014RENTON MEMORIAL STADIUM
Other Events such as:
Marine Corps, Marathon, Mt. SAC, Hometown Happy.
And runs located all over such as Memphis, TN; Stillwater,
Ok; Davis, UT and many more

8. Brooks Athletes
• HANSONS-BROOKS ORIGINAL DISTANCE
PROJECT (Michigan)
– Brooks joined the Hansons team in 2003 as
sponsor and CCO (Chief Cheering Officer),
pumped to support these awesome runners as
they chase down the Olympics
• Brooks Beast track club in Seattle
• Mavericks track club.

9. Careers/Website
• In the website under “shoe advisor” you can
find the perfect shoe for you based on your
stride or foot structure, or even find a shoe
similar to your favorite brand.
• http://www.brooksrunning.com/en_us/meet-brooks/
careers

10. Careers
• From run parties to charitable volunteering, innovative product
design to best-in-class service, Brooks employees are passionate
about what they do and always look to get better
• OUTSIDE SAID IT THRICE
– In 2011, 2012 and 2013, Outside Magazine recognized Brooks as one
of the best places to work for our onsite "Beastro" with in-house chef,
private gym, Friday Run Parties and other staff perks.
• LOCAL LOVE FROM SEATTLE MET
– Taking into consideration our move to the "big city" of Seattle in 2013,
we're proud to say that Seattle Met magazine named us one of the
best places to work in Seattle.
• FITBIE SAYS WE'RE FIT
– The online fitness site Fitbie highlights our mission to "Inspire
everyone to run be active", and gives us kudos for providing
employees with free race entries, a private gym and a reward-based
mileage program. Fitbie says "But what really keeps workers going are
'Friday runs'...that start at 3:30 and end with a themed party. Yes, toga
and '80s parties have been on the agenda."
• SEATTLE BUSINESS SAYS WE'RE GREEN

11. Sources
• http://www.brooksrunning.com/en_us
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/
2013/05/20/brooks-running-shoes-hit-their-stride/
• http://talk.brooksrunning.com/2010/01/25/baref
oot-running-an-open-letter-from-brooks-ceo-jim-weber/
• http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/
brooks-sports-inc-history/
• http://www.ldfootcare.com/brooks-running-shoes.
html

12. By: Michelle Van Pelt

13. How To Play Texas Hold’em
• Standard 52 card deck, every player gets 2 cards to start
(pocket cards).
• Round of betting occurs or players drop out (fold) before cards
are laid down (preflop betting).
• Dealer gets rid of a card (burn card) to prevent cheating then
places 3 cards (the flop) on the table.
• Players try to make a combination with their cards and the
cards on the table then place bets again or fold if they wish.
• Dealer gets rid of another burn card and lays down 1 card (the
turn).
• Players try to make a combination and place bets again or fold
if they wish.
• Dealer gets rid of another burn card and lays down the final
card (the river).
• Players make their final bets or fold (the showdown).
• If two or more players are in after the showdown then the
players reveal their cards to see who wins the money (the pot),
the best hand wins!
– Sometimes players can tie and split the pot.

14. World Poker Tour
• A series of international poker tournaments
and associated television series broadcasting
the final table of each tournament.
• The tour had its debut season in the latter
part of 2002 and early part of 2003 at the
Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Texas Hold’em.

15. Website of WPT
• Career Opportunities
– http://www.worldpokertour.com/About_us/Jobs.a
spx
• Shows the current player earnings, news,
tournament updates and how to play poker.
• Travel Channel, NBC, GSN, Fox Sports Net.

16. WPT Headquarters
• WPT Enterprises, Inc.
1920 Main Street- Suite 1150
Irvine, CA 92614
• https://www.google.com/maps/place/1920+Main+St+%231150,+Irvine,+C
A+92614/@33.6841649,-
117.8525605,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80dcde931e169475:0x7
45599f01b639973

17. Steve Heller
• The Chief Executive Officer of the World Poker
Tour acts like the commissioner as well.
• A seven-year veteran of the WPT’s parent
company, PartyGaming.

18. WPT Season
• Around 20 tournaments all around the USA and world.
• Generally, 10% of the participants in each event will finish
in the money (ITM), so the system now gives Player of the
Year points to all ITM players.
• The maximum number of points awarded to the event
winner are now scaled to the size of the prizepool.
– 600 points to the winner of an event with a prizepool smaller
than $500,000.
– 1400 points to the winner of an event with a prize pool larger
than $4,000,000.
• The season-ending WPT World Championship, no matter
the prizepool, also starts at 1400 points to the winner.

19. Teams/Players
• There aren’t any teams in poker just single players.
• Highest career earnings:
1. Carlos Mortensen $6,447,960
2. Daniel Negreanu $5,711,615
3. Michael Mizrachi $4,666,683
4. Tuan Le $4,514,063
5. Gus Hansen $4,051,782

20. Championship/Current Champion
• WPT Champions Cup awarded to the
champion.
• Most recent champion:
– Keven Stammen (2014 WPT World
Championship).
– Won $1,350,000 For Topping 328 Player Field.

21. The Role of Skill Versus Luck in Poker Evidence From the
World Series of Poker
In determining the legality of online poker—a multibillion dollar industry—courts have
relied heavily on the issue of whether or not poker is a game of skill. Using newly available
data, the authors analyze that question by examining the performance in the 2010 World
Series of Poker of a group of poker players identified as being highly skilled prior to the
start of the events.
http://jse.sagepub.com.jerome.stjohns.edu:81/content/15/1/31.full.pdf+html

22. LinkedIn Profile
A producer at the World Poker Tour; David P.

23. Sources
• http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/17154-keven-stammen-
wins-2014-world-poker-tour-championship-at-
borgata
• http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Tournaments
/Seasons/Season_XIII.aspx
• http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/beginnersintro
• http://www.worldpokertour.com/Players/WPT_Poker_
Made_Millionaires.aspx
• http://blog.worldpokertour.com/tag/wpt-champions-cup/
• http://jse.sagepub.com.jerome.stjohns.edu:81/content
/15/1/31.full.pdf+html