Jena Delk’s Blog

PokerNations & TPT Charity Tournament

Hosted By Andy Bloch!

Date: Sunday, Sep 19, 2010
Time: 4pm EST (1600 server time, 1pm PST, 9pm GMT)
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Tournament ID: 172330870
Buy-In: $10+$10 ($10 to the prize pool, $10 to PokerGives)
Game Type: No Limit Texas Hold Em (1,500 starting chips)
Password: poker

September is National Poker Month and you can help show the world that the poker community is a positive force by playing in this event. You’ll be helping to contribute to four great charities while being able to compete with your favorite pros and become eligible for huge prizes!

Early Registration Bonus - CardRunners Membership (valued at $130)

You must pre-register for this tournament on Full Tilt Poker by September 1st, 2010 and play the event. You must post in our forum thread with your full tilt username by the same date in order to be eligible. One winner will be randomly chosen from all eligible early registrations.

Special Prizes - Awarded In Separate Drawings - Oct 4, 2010

The winner of our online event will be entered into a separate drawing along with the winners of other events held throughout National Poker Month at land-based casinos for the prizes below. Post your full tilt username by the end of Level 1 to be eligible:

(2) WPT Celebrity Invitational Seats - (value priceless)

Two winners will be selected to play in the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational Tournament. This is a $200,000 televised freeroll that you cannot buy into, you must be invited. You’ll rub shoulders with Hollywood celebrities and famous poker pros at the Commerce Casino in California.

WPT Boot Camp Seat - (valued at $1,895)

Take your game to the next level with in-person instruction from professional poker players who’ve racked up millions in winnings via cash games and tournaments and you could be the next poker millionaire!

CardPlayer Cruise Poker Trip - (valued at $1,200)

Enjoy a fabulous cruise to Mexico while playing your favorite poker cash and tournament games. You’ll meet pro players and fellow poker fans while enjoy life on and off the felt!

One Hour Private Poker Lesson - (valued at $300 each)

Mike Sexton and Linda Johnson have both graciously offered to provide a one-hour lesson via phone to two seperate winners.

Exclusive Prize To Our Winner - (valued at $100)

1 hour shadowing session. This entails an free online poker analysis and discussion (via skype or yahoo messenger). Prize can be gifted to a friend or family member. Provided by PokerInstructors.com

The following pros have expressed to us they will be playing

Andy Bloch, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, Susie Isaacs, Chip Jett, Karina Jett, Jena Delk

Copied from http://preventcancer.org/newsroom2c.aspx?id=4560#tourney

On May 4, a record 130 poker players from across the country brought their best poker faces to the nation’s capital to support cancer prevention. The Prevent Cancer Foundation raised $215,000 at its Sixth Annual Bad Beat on Cancer Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. After an exciting evening of tournament play, Jeremy Coon took the grand prize donated by Harrah’s Entertainment—a $10,000 seat at the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament.

The event was attended by top professional poker players Andy Bloch, Lee Childs, Annie Duke, Rafe Furst, Jena Delk and Howard Lederer, members of Congress and players from corporate and poker communities. Professional poker champion and Foundation board member Phil Gordon—renowned for his commentary on televised poker matches such as Celebrity Poker Showdown and the World Series of Poker—served as the master of ceremonies for the evening.

The tournament, sponsored by 1-800-Contacts®, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, General Dynamics, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., Legacy, and the Poker Players Alliance, featured 10 players at each of the 13 tables vying to win a seat at the final table where they competed for fabulous prizes, each of which had been generously donated to the Foundation. Prior to the tournament, Gordon and the other professional poker stars in attendance held a poker clinic for first-time players and for those in need of a refresher course before the games began.

“Poker is an exciting way to bring people together to beat cancer. Most of our guests recognize the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s mission is important and they are more than happy to help fulfill it,” said Jan Bresch Mahrer, the Foundation’s executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Since its inception at the World Series of Poker in 2003, the Bad Beat on Cancer initiative has raised more than $3.2 million to support the Foundation’s mission.

Learn about the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s other signature events.