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Poker for the Homeless raises 14,755 euros for Dublin charity24 April 2013DUBLIN, Ireland -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Poker for the Homeless, the Irish fundraising organization dedicated to raising money for homeless charities around Ireland, has raised €14,755 for the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin which feed the homeless and poor. The event was held at The Jackpot Club, Dublin on Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6. The Friday night €100 + €10 tournament (with all registration fees going to the Poker For The Homeless/Capuchin Day Centre) attracted 50 players with 20 percent or €1,000 of the €5,000 prize pool going to the fundraising effort. The event was won by Poker For The Homeless III champion Nicky Power making him the first double champion. The payouts were: 1st Nicky Power €1300 2nd Paul O'Reilly €770 3rd Bridie Gribbin €600 4th Graeme Milne €440 5th Kevin Hagerty €320 6th Pat Storan €240 7th Robbie Harrison €110 8th Eamonn Connolly €110 9th John McManamly €110 Saturday’s team event attracted 11 teams of 4 players paying €400 + €40 per team (with €80 going to Poker for the Homeless/Capuchin Day Centre) and the result was: 1st PokerPalz €1000 2nd Damo Donkeys €700 3rd Vegas Nights €412 The individual result was: 1st Derrick Wall €634 2nd Collette Murphy €352 3rd Bops €253 4th Bridie Gribbin €169 Ambassador for the fundraising festival Padraig Parkinson, said, “What a success! Despite being so close to the Irish Open and perhaps not as widely promoted as previous events we beat the 2010 total, purely by accident in the middle of the biggest recession we’ve ever seen. That says so much about the Irish poker community. “Brother Kevin at the Capuchin Day Centre will use the money wisely to make sure those worse off than us don’t go hungry. “There are way too many people to thank individually. Everyone who gave of their time and money knows exactly who they are and they now we know. A special thanks to Paddy Power Poker for their continuing support in sponsoring the event and we can’t wait until we can do it all again.” Poker For The Homeless has raised almost €250,000 in the last seven years for homeless charities across Ireland.
Poker for the Homeless raises 14,755 euros for Dublin charity
is republished from Online.CasinoCity.com.
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