Still, he can usually be found in the Canterbury Park poker room on Tuesdays, and he always plays in the annual Veterans Appreciation Tournament.Ĭanterbury Park each year around Veterans Day adds $2,000 to the prize pool for the event, in which veterans of the Armed Forces can play for free. Bob Hoffman, a regular poker player at Canterbury Park, spent six years in the military.ĭid his time in the Army teach him anything about playing poker? Discipline? Courage?
