Working with one of their Hatch Design clients, Joel Templin and Katie Jain and their JAQK Cellars wines ended up as part of the biggest poker tournament in the world.

The team at Hatch developed designs for Harrah’s casinos. One of the people they worked with on the concepts insisted they meet with Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker, and show him the line of JAQK Cellars wines.

“We showed him the wine, he loved it and invited us to be part of the World Series,” said Jain.

The wine is being featured, with JAQK Cellars as the presenting sponsor, Nov. 7 at the Poker Hall of Fame Dinner near the end of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event. The final nine of nearly 6,500 players in the Main Event are vying for a first-place prize of some $8.5 million.

Players at the final table include Phil Ivey, widely regarded as the best poker player in the world today. Ivey has won seven World Series bracelets. He is also a Hall of Fame nominee.

Ivey and the other eight final players will be joined at the dinner at the Rio in Las Vegas by all living Hall of Fame members and their guests, as well as the other eight finalists who have been nominated for induction into the Hall.

The other nominees include Barry Greenstein, Dan Harrington, Tom McEvoy, Men Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel and Mike Sexton. Sexton was named earlier this month as the inductee for 2009.

Some members of the public will be able to attend the dinner. “The only other seats open to the public are though us,” Jain said, adding seating is arranged so there is one poker professional at each table.

World Series organizers opened up seats to watch the final table both days for JAQK Cellars customers as well inside the Penn & Teller Theatre at the Rio.

A seat for the dinner and to watch the final table of the Main Event is available by purchasing a case of the JAQK Cellars High Roller Cabernet Sauvignon.

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