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Last week I had the pleasure of attending a charity poker tournament hosted by Dan and Beth Shak. The “All in” for Kids Poker Tournament was to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Participants included poker legends Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke along with celebrity chef Bobby Flay and ex-pro athletes Ricky Bottalico and Mike Quick.
The 120 players donated $5,000 each to enter the event along with $500 rebuys and a double add-on after the first 90 minutes. Throw in a silent auction and money-raising prop bets at the table and the players raised over $825,000 for the hospital’s Center for Palliative Medicine.
More details after the jump including video interviews with Beth Shak, Phil Ivey, and Phil Hellmuth discussing Peter Eastgate taking his record for youngest WSoP Main Event Winner.
I’ve attended my fair share of poker tournaments over the last few months but I don’t think I’ll ever see another $5k event that will quite live up to this one. This was purely an exercise in philanthropy as there was no cash money paid out, the winner would have naming rights to the new Center for Palliative Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Held on the 36th floor of the Manadrin Oriental in NYC, the night was more of a party then a tournament. Hellmuth spent as much time MC’ing the action as he did playing his hands, they spread a world class buffet including a sushi chef and the two open bars were hoping right up to the point of shutting down. Phil Ivey bid on and won a used watch during the auction for $27,000 apparently just because he wanted to make sure an opponent did not walk away with it. Beth Shak continued to prompt and prod players to make additional donations as the players began to move all-in. One player reportedly promised another $50,000 to the charity if the dealer would be kind enough to provide him with the needed 3 outter. The dealer pealed off an Ace on the river and the gentleman pulled out his checkbook.
It was a great time held for a great cause. During the course of the evening we were able to get some interviews and I’ll wrap up by passing them along.
Beth Shak discusses her charity event
Phil Ivey at the “All in” for Kids Charity Poker Tournament
Phil Hellmuth talks about losing his record as youngest WSoP Main Event Winner
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