Possible Charity Game

Hi guys, please let me know your thoughts on this.

I am trying to drum up some interest in a charity game for 2 collegues at work. A couple who I work with, Dean and Anne-Marie, recently became parents on 15th July but unfortunately, due to complications during the birth, little Lucy-Mai has been left with brain damage. Due to her age it is unsure how severe the damage is but Dean and Anne-Marie have come to accept that they are going to have a difficult and testing time ahead of them. They also know that Lucy-Mai may need some expensive specialist care and equipment to make her life easier.

Dean, who works in IT, has a website dedicated to little Lucy-Mai which can be found here which is plotting Lucy-Mai's progress and any news of events etc. We have already started raising money at work and Dean is in the process of getting somefund raising started to raise arund £32k ($50k) for a Giraffe Incubator, which is the model that little Lucy-Mai spent the initial few days of her life.

Here's what I suggest. We can set a private tourney up where the rake, juice whatever you want to call it is big and the prize money low.For example, instead of $10+1 it is possible to set it up as $1+10 and then with some negotiation PokerStars would return the rake to the person setting up the tourney and it would then be transfered to Dean and Anne-Marie's cause. I know this is possible as Pocket 5's recently held a tournament for a member there who recently died and they set the fee at $0.20+20 and donated the $20's to Buckinator's family.

So please reply if you would be interested in participating in such a game or if you cannot make it and want to make some sort of donation we can sort something out. If you could also put what you would be willing to pay so I can start getting some numbers together and start advertising on my blog, other people's blog and on the notice board at work. It'd be great if we could raise a few hundred quid for this cause.

Thanks for taking the time to read this

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if i cant make it, ill definately chip in

let me know if you need any help
we can make sure the game gets exposure here

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I would be interested, the $1/$10 sounds good to me.

As i told you when you first brought it up you can count on me Matt. Best wishes to the family. As a parent of a child with disabilities I can relate that its a tough road. $1-$10 / $2-$20 whatever you decide count me in.

Sounds like a good way to give a little help for something so needed !
You can count on me to help.My prayers are with little Lucy-Mai and her family.

ok...lets get some good ideas going for this game

how about we see if we can get a complete hand history of the whole game. ie after the game we could analyse our plays etc. We could give out prizes to the best fold, best bluff etc

say we did a $0.20+$20 game or whatever. I could put $100 into a prize fund so we if could get a detailed hand history we could award $50 for best bluff and $50 for best fold etc. If we get 15 players thats $300 for the fund but the prizes will make the game more enjotable for those who chip in

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Let me know the date and time and I will do my best to make it.

DUDLEY

Fonz it would be great to have some added funds especially as the total prizefund could be under $2!! I need to email PokerStars and see if by anychance they can add even something as small as $50 to the fund or at least make a donation.

This situation has really touched the hearts of many collegues to the point where someone has donated £100 ($180) to the fund at work!

If you don't want to play a game but would still like to make a donation drop me an email at yorkshirepudding AT dsl DOT pipex DOT com and I'll let you know how.

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