Now that’s an ROI

Lady luck loves Vancouver CA Jennifer Tokarek. The Ernst & Young tax manager turned a $400 buy-in into $6,000of prize winnings at the Women’s Poker Classic held earlier this year in Langley,BC. She placed sixth in the $120,000no-limit 300-player tournament, which raised more than $30,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

As if that wasn’t enough good fortune, Tokarek’s mother, Lillian, finished ninth with $3,200. The duo made history as the first mother and daughter to play the same final table in a Canadian Poker Tour event. “To have been a part of such a wonderful event and played against Canada’s best women poker players has been a dream come true,” says the junior Tokarek.

Hoping for a gaming windfall of your own? You could try your chances on July 7, 2007 — or lucky 7/7/07. Just be sure to book ahead. Las Vegas hotel reservations for that date were already six times greater than normal back in March,The New York Times reported.