08/23/2026
Today is Sunday August 23rd and it would have been dancer actor Gene Kelly's 114th birthday. What better way to celebrate than to dance on over to freeroll poker at Spyke's Bar and Grille starting at 2pm today with Nut Flush Poker .
Eugene Curran Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style. Kelly sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man". He starred in, choreographed, and, with Stanley Donen, co-directed some of the best-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.
Kelly is best known for his performances in An American in Paris (1951), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Singin' in the Rain (1952), which he and Donen directed and choreographed. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Joseph "Joe" Bradley" in Anchors Aweigh (1945). Kelly's director debut was On the Town (1949), which he co-directed with Donen and also played the lead role. Later in the 1950s, as musicals waned in popularity, he starred in Brigadoon (1954) and It's Always Fair Weather (1955), the last film he directed with Donen. His solo directorial debut was Invitation to the Dance (1956), one of the last MGM musicals, which was a commercial failure.
Kelly's health steadily declined in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In July 1994, he suffered a stroke and stayed in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center hospital for seven weeks. In early 1995, he suffered another stroke which left him severely disabled. Kelly died on February 2, 1996.
The game info.
Find your way to Spyke's today for some freeroll Texas hold with Nut Flush Poker and celebrate your freedoms.
Game starts at 2pm with early chips given out at 1:15 for 3k, 1:30 for 2k, and 1:45 for 1k to add to starting stack of 4000.
This is tournament Texas holdem free play with a cash prize for winner. It is league play and points are collected for a Quarterly mega tourney.
Average of 3 to 4 self dealt tables.
Spykes is a smoking location but players are not to allowed to smoke at the poker table. Wait service available to poker players with both food and drinks available.
Bonuses are kept to minimum with random bounty nights for 3k /5k bonus for taking out the bounty at assigned table. Adheres to most TDA WPT rules.