This Sunday, poker sharks can leave the card table.

The Penn State Lions Performance Automotive Club (LPAC) is hosting its first Poker Run beginning at Quaker Steak and Lube, 2200 N. Atherton St.

"It's a Sunday drive around town with stops along the way," LPAC president Jared Pummer (junior-recreation, park and tourism management) said. "At each stop, you pick up a card. Whoever has the best hand wins."

Registration is from 10 to 11 a.m. and is open to all those interested. The $10 entry fee includes the restaurant's breakfast buffet.

The route's five stops will be announced the day of the event to avoid confusion, Pummer said.

The event is not a race, LPAC treasurer said Mark Amberman (junior-supply chain and information systems).

"Everyone is expected to follow all speed limits and laws," Amberman said. "The way to win is through your poker hand, not the time you get there."

The Poker Run will end at inline skating rink Penn Skates, 2210 High Tech Road.

There will be a car show and after-party catered by Quaker Steak and Lube.

"There will be lots of fun activities set up in the parking lot," Pummer said. "People will be filtering in at different times, so we'll provide activities to keep people busy until everyone arrives."

Prizes will be awarded for the best and worst poker hands.

"At the end of the run, everyone will hand in their score cards," Pummer said. "Then, club officers will go through them and judge."

A prize will also be awarded to the best car in the show. Many of the prizes have been donated by local businesses such as Napa Auto Parts and Radio Shack, Pummer said.

Other prizes include a detailing kit, skating passes from Penn Skates and gift certificates to local retailers, Amberman said.

Most of the club's 40 members are expected to participate, as well as a number of community members, Pummer said.

"We've been advertising all over the community, so there is a possibility that we'll see a lot more people show up," he said.

There are three purposes of the club, J. Toby Mordkoff, LPAC faculty adviser and associate professor of psychology, said.

"To have fun, because we all love cars. To learn, because several members are quite knowledgeable and willing to share what they know and can do," Mordkoff said.

"And to promote safe racing, by going to Beaver Springs Dragway together or attending local autocross events."

LPAC hopes to attract attention and create interest in the club with the Poker Run, Pummer said.

"It's a way for us to get out into the community," he said.

"It's about getting publicity for the club and having good time in the process."