Never having been in a poker run personally, here is my observation.
Poker Runs generally attract High Performance boats. There are folks that own these types of boats that travel almost in a circut, poker run to poker run. The runs generally are to raise money and they attract public interest in brightly colored high performance boats that turn up for the runs.
No, speed is not the determining factor in a poker run but if you are going to haul a boat worth several hundred thousand dollars X number of miles just for the fun of participating in a poker run, then yes, they would expect to be able to open the boat up at some point during their visit.
If they can't open her up, and they are only participating for the fun of it, then why go to a lake that has restrictions?
Sure you can have a poker run with any class of boat, but can you raise the same amount of money that a high performance poker run would raise?
Another (un)intended consequence.
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