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When you consider all of the different Full Tilt Poker tournaments, it might be surprising to realize that charity events in online poker are few and far between. They do exist in large numbers in live poker, but online poker still has some work to do in this area.
A good start is the Full Tilt Poker charity poker tournament that will be taking place on April 4th. It is a $5 + $5 tournament with the registration fee half of the tournament going completely to PokerGives.org.
If you are unfamiliar with PokerGives.org, you don’t have to worry because it is probably a pretty common occurrence. This is an online poker charity that was created by a group of people involved in online poker, most notably Party Poker celebrity endorser Mike Sexton. It is officially a non-profit organization within the United States and it is a way for poker players to give back to their communities. PokerGives.org has already donated lots of cash to different organizations such as the Special Olympics and the Paralyzed Veterans of America.
There are going to be many online poker professionals logging into Full Tilt Poker in order to participate in this event. Players like Andy Bloch and TJ Cloutier will be there and of course there are many spots open to the public through the private section of the tournament lobby on the Full Tilt Poker software package.
In addition to the standard prize pool that will be assembled from the buy-ins of the players, there are other prizes available in order to offset the rather large registration fee that this tournament requires. Prizes such as magazine subscriptions, personal accessories and poker chip sets will be available as bonuses on top of the normal prize pool. These prizes will be awarded by Poker Nations and in order to be eligible for them, a player needs to register for the tournament and then post their Full Tilt Poker username into the relevant thread on Poker Nations.
According to current plans, the tournament is set to kick off at 2 PM EST and continue through to the point where there is only one player standing.
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