"Last round," would seem to be the appropriate title of this photo, the only image we've found of a poker game being played at the Olympic Club. The players and the place are showing their age. Gambling was banned in Washington State in the mid 1970s, bringing a halt to the Club's most lucrative and best-known feature.

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Jeanne Heier was an Oly Club pioneer, becoming the first full-time bartender in 1980. She quickly became a friend a fixture of the place, remaining at her post nearly ‘til the time McMenamins acquired the place in 1996.

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