Sunday the 14th May sees the running of a very special poker tournament in aid of Poker4Charity / Game for Life. The tournament itself is a standard regular run of the mill £20 buy-in with £10 re-buys affair.
That’s not the special bit. What makes this tournament special is how the funds raised will be spent. As many of you know poker player Maureen McDonnell, who posts on this forum as ‘the nun’ has a 15 month old grandson, Reece who was born with a bowel problem and he had to have all but 17cm removed. This has meant he has been reliant upon machines but these have made him very poorly at times. With Reece spending so much time in hospital life has been tough on his mother Stacey, Maureen and the rest of the family.
As a children’s charity that is so heavily supported by the poker community how can we not want to offer our assistance when a child related to a poker player has been so sick? That is why the proceeds of this event will be spent by Game for Life in consultation with Maureen and Stacey. The money raised may be spent specifically on Reece, they may go to the service providers who have helped Reece and Stacey over the last 15 months or it may be a combination of the two. Every penny from this tournament will either help Reece, his family or kids just like him. The poker community looking out for one of their own. That’s special in my book.
The tournament itself will start at 1pm on Sunday 14th May and will be held at London’s prestige cardroom, The Western Club.
More details will appear later about structures etc. – need to speak to the P4C senior Tournament Director.
In the meantime if you are a deffo attendee please email your name and details to
angienewth@poker4charity.org.
Also if any individual or company would like to sponsor this event please PM me.
Thank you for your support.
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