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The 2006 Puerto Rican Day Parade Domino Tournament
The Preliminary event will be held on Saturday, June 3rd at LQ, 511 Lexington Ave., Bet 47 & 48th St, NYC
The Final event will be held on Saturday June 10th at The Marriott Marquis, Broadway & 44th Street, NYC.
The City of New York will turn into “a Dominoes mode” when the International Federation of Dominoes, The National Puerto Rican Day Parade and ESPN Deportes presents The 2006 Puerto Rican Day Parade Dominoes Tournament.
Dominoes a mind and skill extravaganza will pit thirty two of the best teams from New York, South Florida and Puerto Rico for a series that will declare the popular table game for a series that will declare the Parade champions.
Since May 1st, teams from New York, South Florida and Puerto Rico have been playing in preliminary tournaments to qualify for the finals.
Because of the heavy demand an additional preliminary event has been added to be played Saturday June 3 @ LQ to select the final teams that will round out the 32 teams that will compete in the final event to be held on June 10th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.
The Tournament, which prizes range from $2,500 award for first, $1,500 for second to $1,000 for third place.
Always considered the epitome of a team game, where the sum of the parts is of utmost importance to the end result, Dominoes has always been a very popular game amongst throughout the world.
In the game of Dominoes, the individual skills of the player are subjugated to the interest of his team, as no player can win without his partner on this amazing game.
Dating back to the year 1120 A.D., Dominoes are small tiles traditionally carved from ivory or bone with small, round pips of inset ebony. These tiles may be used to play many different games.
Our name for these tiles may derive from this black on white look. ‘Domino’ is the French word for a Christian priest’s winter hood which was black on the outside and white on the inside. ‘Domino’ is also a style of mask featuring a black and white motif.
Dominoes, as most of the Western world knows it, however, appear to be a Chinese invention.
They were apparently derived from cubic dice, which had been introduced into China from India some time in the dim and distant past.
Some time in the early 18th century dominoes made their way to Europe, making their first appearance in Italy.
In modern day, dominoes are played with 28 pieces that add to 168 points on the board. Each of the 4 players picking 7 pieces, then the action starts.
The idea of the game is simple, the teams must get rid of its pieces, until one of its players is left with none and is declared the winner.
Oddly the week has 7 days, and they amount to 168 hours, in a sense making a simile of Dominoes as the game of life.
The rules of Dominoes in this implementation are very simple. There are 28 dominoes, from double-blank to double-six.
The game is played by 4 individuals that comprise two teams, although it can also be enjoyed by two people.
In the traditional game, the opening hand starts with the double-six, in every subsequent hand the winner of the prior hand could open with any piece. Players then take turns playing one domino next to a matching number on one already played.
If you can’t play, you must pass your hand.
The winner is either the first to get rid of all one’s dominoes, or the one with the smallest point total when no player can play.
In the Caribbean, as well as, other Latin countries, the game is as traditional as rice and beans and players take great pride in their skills on the game.
The game is thoroughly enjoyed by most latinos all over the world. It is a game of incredible skill where your memory and mathematical abilities are put to the test on every single hand.
The 2006 World Dominoes Tournament will be the first televised Dominoes Tournament in History.
The transmission of the tournament by ESPN Deportes and ESPN 2 will surely skyrocket the interest in the sport as a wide world event. And why not, Dominoes has been a popular game all over the world for almost a thousand years.
Sponsors include: Heineken, ESPN Deportes, Daily News and Cibao Meat Products and American Airlines.
Please visit the website of www.worlddominotournaments.com for tournament and registration instructions.
(Courtesy of: Debra Mercado Public Relations)
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