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The Retro Shopper Poker Run

Visit the vendors from our holiday buyer’s guide, collect a card at every stop, and play your best hand.

Seven stops, seven cards, one hand. Every stop on your route is a vendor from Retro Shopper 2026 in our November issue. Visit their site, find the answer to the clue, and we deal you a playing card. Your best five-card hand at the end of the run is your entry.

  1. Get your route. Enter your email and we’ll send a sign-in link. Opening it deals your 7 stops at random, so no two readers get the same run.
  2. Visit the vendors. Each clue points to something on that vendor’s own website. You have 3 tries per stop and 2 swaps to trade a stop you’re stuck on for a new one.
  3. Collect your cards. Every correct answer deals one card. With 5 or more you’re in, and we count your best five. Come back any time before the run closes.

The run closes December 8, 2026 at 11:59 pm CST. Free to enter. Open to US residents 18 and over. No purchase necessary. Read the official rules.

Commodore 64 Ultimate, BASIC Beige
Grand prizeCommodore 64 Ultimate, BASIC Beige
THEC64 Mini Black Edition
Second placeTHEC64 Mini Black Edition
Atari 7800+
Second placeAtari 7800+
Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition
Second placeAtari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition
Blingboard64 keyboard, donated by CBMSTUFF.COM
Second placeBlingboard64 keyboard, donated by CBMSTUFF.COM
$100 TexElec store credit, donated by TexElec
Second place$100 TexElec store credit, donated by TexElec
FujiNet for your choice of platform, donated by FutureVision Research
Second placeFujiNet for your choice of platform, donated by FutureVision Research

New prizes are being added all the time. Check back often!

Winners pay nothing to receive a prize. We cover shipping to your door, and gift cards and vouchers arrive by email.

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Best hands so far

  1. Mark, CorreiaFull HouseK♥8♦8♣K♣K♠
  2. Rob, WashingtonFull HouseJ♥10♠J♠10♣J♣
  3. Chris, KYFull HouseJ♣9♦J♦9♥J♠
  4. Michael, New YorkFull House3♦3♠7♣7♠7♦
  5. Christopher, OregonFlush6♠4♠J♠A♠10♠
  6. Russell, CAFlush9♠8♠A♠J♠5♠
  7. Andy, MerseysideStraight9♠K♠10♥J♦Q♦
  8. Michael, PennsylvaniaStraight10♣Q♠J♦9♣8♠
  9. Richard, VirginiaStraight9♣10♣7♥J♦8♦
  10. Peter, MinnesotaStraight9♦10♥7♥8♦6♥