Charity Poker Tournament

[chane]

Thanks to Mark for allowing me to post this!

My name is Chane Steiner, I'm the owner of TheRoundersRoom. My nephews Braeden (4) and Bronson (2) both have neurofibromatosis (NF) type 1, and as a result have bilateral optic glioma brain tumors. In addition, Braeden has congenital pseudoarthrosis of his left tibia (leg bowing) due to his NF. Braeden has successfully completed 60 weeks of chemotherapy treatments and one day his tibia will likely be replaced with a steel rod. Bronson began chemotherapy treatment on February 27.

We are having a tournament at Full Tilt (and running in a 10k race) to raise money for the Children's Tumor Foundation. You can read more about it here:



Here are the details of the tournament:

Where: Full Tilt Poker
Title: Rounders Room Charity
Password: charity
Date: March 24
Time: 8 PM EST
Buyin: $5 + $5 $5 for the pot, $5 for CTF
Game: NL Holdem

We would love to have you play with us! Feel free to give the password out to EVERYONE you know!

If you have any other ideas to help us out, please contact me. If you would like to see more pics of my gorgeous nephews or have any questions about NF or CTF, just reply in this thread!

Thanks for your help!

Chane Steiner
TheRoundersRoom

[Talking Poker]

I hope to see some TPers in this tourney. I'm going to try to make it. Actually, I'm going to register now anyway, and if I can't make it and end up sitting out the whole time, so be it...

Monday, 8 PM - be there! Maybe we can get a low limit TP cash game going on afterwards.

[Invigilator]

I am in and registered. Pre-register wieners! Who cares if you can make it.

[bunny]

My suggestion would have been to -not add a password- if you really wanted to get as many players into this tournament as possible, but since it's probably too late to correct this, I will do my very best to spam your tournament to all sites I am a member of and to my friends as well.

I'm not 100 % I can make it, but seeing it's for a good cause I will pre-register just the same.

All the best to you, your nephews and your nephews' family.

[CalifNaughti]

Im going to go register in this one and may be late arriving. I moved Melting Pot to Monday nights because I got alot going on on Wed nights now. I try to make all charity events even if I have to sit out.
Thank you for letting me know about this and I will be sure to tell other forums.
Cali

[Invigilator]

FTP could probably do this (at least I don't see why not), but it since it is done under the structure of a private tournament, so the password is standard.

[chane]

Yeah, I wish they would have just made it a public tournament and explained the $5 fee in the little tournament information area.

There are actually a bunch of things I wish were different about the set up of the tournament. I had my tournament director set it up and didn't explain to her how to do it.

We may be having 1 or 2 more tournaments before our deadline of May 3. So, hopefully Mark will allow me to post about that one as well.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who is playing with us and telling others about it. It really means a lot to me. If you ever need anything, hit me up!

[Invigilator]

I am registered, but may miss this one. If I do, have fun kids.

[Talking Poker]

Thanks for the bump. I forgot about this. I need a break from normal poker anyway, so I'm going to try to make this tonight.

[Talking Poker]

Looks like only 4 TP Members ion thios tonight:
Me
Bunny
Invig
Cali

And Invig and Cali are sitting out. Nice of you guys to play though.

I missed the first 2 minutes and have been a freaking card rack ever since. LOL that FT chooses THIS TOURNEY for me to cach in my Sklansky bucks.

Anyway, I've decided to give whatever I win to the Children's Tumor Foundation - so here's hoping I take it down.

[Talking Poker]

I have almost triple the second place stack right now.

Ha!

OK, he just took someone out - only 2.5 times now.

[Talking Poker]

And TP takes it down!

$65.25 going to the charity.

[bunny]

Congratulations TP!

[chane]

Congratulations man and thank you very much! You're a good man!

If you ever need anything, you know where to find me.

[Invigilator]

Nice Job TP!

Sorry I missed it. I had to run into the city to look at a bicycle.

I picked up a Raleigh ten speed from the late 80's and the thing looks and runs like it just came out of the store.

Beats the hell out the full suspension mountain bike I used in my triathlon last year. It was a great deal at $70.

[chane]

Alright guys, last one was fun, but it was a learning experience and I didn't have much time to prepare.

This one is going to be huge, we're going all out! I've got lots of people helping with this one. If anyone else wants to help spread the word, that would be great.

We're going to have some Full Tilt pros playing in this one. I will announce their names as they sign up.

We also just had a gentleman donate 18 autographed copies of his new poker book and another gentleman donate a few copies of Rounders DVDs. (These will be given as prizes.)

Here are the details of the tournament:

Tournament #44269053 20:00(8 PM)ET

Name/Title: Children's Tumor Foundation
Password: charity
Date: April 23
Time: 20:00(8 PM)ET
Buyin: $5 + $5, The fee goes to the charity, the buy in to the prize pool.
Game: NL Holdem

We would love to have you play with us! Please sign up as early as possible so that we can see how many will be participating! The more that sign up, the better the prizes will be!

Don't forget to tell a friend or 5!

If you have any questions about NF or CTF or about the game, post away.

Thanks for your help!

Pics of my nephews coming up.

[chane]

[chane]

Hey, I promised you guys I would tell you when pros signed up to play with us.


Phil Gordon, Karina Jett and Chris Klecz have just signed up to play and Andy Bloch has agreed to play as well.

I'm waiting to hear back from a bunch of other pros and I will continue to contact them until the day of the tourney.

For $10 you can play against some of the best players in the world AND raise money for the Children's Tumor Foundation. Can you think of a better way to spend 10 bucks? I can't.

Sign up now! The earlier the better!

[Talking Poker]

As defending champ, I guess I have to play in this.

See you there.

[CalifNaughti]

Count me in too! If you don't mind I would like to post On other forums if thats ok? Please let me know. I am always willing to donate to a good cause. Thank you for inviting us.
Cali

[Talking Poker]

I'll speak for chane and sya that yes, of course it is ok. He said to tell friends and I know he appreciated that you did last time, so post away!

[Invigilator]

I am in (again), and will actually be there to play this time.

[chane]

Yes, tell everyone!

We got 2 more pros!

The lovely Lynette Chan has registered and Paul Wolfe has agreed to play if he is around that day, but didn't want to register yet in case he wasn't.

Plus, the famous defending world champion Troll Pie is in!

We already have 22 players registered 19 days before the tournament!

With only 900 spots, I really think we're going to fill this one! I'm so excited! Make sure you get in early and make sure you mark in on your calendar!

It's going to be the best tournament EVER!

[Talking Poker]

Tell Paul Wolfe to man up and spend the 10 bucks. If he can't play, so what? It's $10 and it's for a good cause.

In fact, I heard that's what Troll Pie did last time, he missed the first 20 minutes of the tourney, and STILL managed to take it down!

[chane]

I actually did. He said "I don't know if I'll be around". I said, "Well, why don't you register anyway, your presence will help attract other players."

He was like, "That wouldn't be fair to sign up and then not play." He kind of has a point. If people register thinking he's going to play and then he doesn't, they may feel cheated. But, I'm sure it happens all the time.

But, don't worry, I will stay on him...and every other pro I come in contact with.