Shaun White to Host High-Stakes Snowboarding event in South Tahoe

Half-pipe Hold ‘em? Poker and Powder?

Whatever you want to call it, it’s going to be a pretty cool event at Heavenly on April 6, when Shaun White will come to South Tahoe to host a unique event combining snowboarding and poker.

High Roller Hold ’Em will take place on the World Cup run at Heavenly that Saturday, featuring a big-air jump created by Snow Park Technologies , an outfit known for building some of the world’s top competition venues, including ESPN’s Winter X Games.

The pot? $50,000.

In the poker-style format, each rider will be dealt two cards (three in the super final) with each card featuring a different trick. Each rider will then bet on the trick of their choice and must execute the trick during that jump to win that round. The rider that lands the trick with the highest level of difficulty will win that round and qualify for the big prize in the final.

“What better place to combine the thrills of snowboarding and poker than Heavenly,” said White, via press release. “South Lake Tahoe is a pretty unique destination and this event is the brainchild of my friend Chris Gunnarson who is very talented and a huge part of snowboarding. I’m going to go all in and say, it’s gonna’ go off.”

High Roller Hold ‘Em will cap off a stellar week of events at Heavenly, which will host the USSA National Freestyle Championships March 29-31, followed by the annual Gunbarrel 25 mogul marathon on April 7.

Should be an epic week up at Heavenly.