Today’s topic is about charities and poker with todays photo in memory of both Paul Hannum and his dog Bob.
Poker is notorious for being greedy, selfish, downward spiral in ruining people’s lives, etc…although to be honest, I have found nothing but the opposite to be true.
Almost a year ago a close friend of mine passed away at the young age of 45 leaving behind a fiancee who was 7 months pregnant. He was a camera man on the World Poker Tour and well known amongst the poker players, producers, casino’s, etc…
We held the first ever “Paul Hannum No Limit Hold' Em Charity Poker Tournament” at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA in August of 2006. Gavin Smith and my self put on this event and Jennifer Tilly ended up winning first prize of 25K and turned around and donated it all directly to “Baby Hannum.”
Jennifer Tilly will forever be the most generous person on this planet in my eyes and “Baby Hannum’s.”
This year the plan is to have the "Paul Hannum Annual No Limit Hold Em' Charity Poker Tournament II," August 2007 at the Bicycle Casino and the buy-in is only $200 + $30 entry fee, with multi re-buys with 100% of the proceeds going to Baby Hannum.
So far the donated prizes are:
Full Tilt Poker – A $10,000 buy in to a World Poker Tour Event of their choice, plus $2,000 in their Full Tilt account.
Pokerstars – A PokerStars Caribbean Adventure package. This includes an $8,000 buy in to the tournament, plus 7 nights hotel at the Atlantis Resort. The package also includes $1,000 in the winners PokerStars account to help with travel expenses.
WPT – Entry into the 2008 WPT Celebrity Invitational, which will be played in LA in March 2008.
Ultimate Bet - A $10,000 Aruba prize package consisting of, one $5,200 entry and $4,800 for travel expenses.
In addition we will have an auction where one can purchase the Bluff Magazine 2006 World Series of Poker actual poker table that all of the poker pro's and celebrities signed. We will also be auctioning of poker memorabilia autographed by the poker pro's themselves such as Gavin Smith, Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, Mike "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten, etc...
If you have any poker gear or prizes that you wish to donate please contact me at Kristin@Pokerpadz.com for shipping information.
Thank you in advance for your support. Will Jennifer Tilly hold onto her title this year or will somebody new become our PH Champion - only the cards will tell in due time.
We shall see what I fetch for tomorrow……
“Pack Leader”
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