The ICHUC (International Charity Heads Up Council) is proud to announce that it’s first major contest will be a battle of huge proportions between perhaps the two fiercest rivals in poker : Great Britain V Ireland – This Time it’s for Charity.
Eleven poker faced warriors from each nation will face off against each other on the afternoon of Saturday 8th July 2006 at the magnificent battleground commonly known as The Fitzwilliam Club, Dublin for the first leg of this heads up team International.
The generals have been appointed. For the Team GB the weight of responsibility falls on the shoulders of James ‘Royal Flush’ Dempsey, whilst Team Ireland have opted for ‘Mr Antesup’ Mike ‘LuckyBlind’ Lacey.
Three places in each team have been reserved for on-line qualifiers, whilst the rest of the team will comprise of players selected by the team captains.
Team Ireland will announce details of their on-line qualifiers in the next few weeks. Team GB are pleased to announce that they have signed a sponsorship deal with
www.bluesqpoker.com. Blue Sq will be providing a ‘Value Added’ qualification tournament.
Further details of the heads up challenge, which will be followed by a Euro 20 rebuy charity tournament, can be found at
www.poker4charity.org &
www.onepercentpledge.com The charities to benefit are Game For Life and OnePercentPledge.
ICHUC is a partnership between OnePercentPledge and Poker4Charity
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