A big thank you to all who supported our first charity event in the Deal a Helping Hand series, this time the beneficiary was the Nova Foundation for the Differently Abled. We raised about Php260,000 for the foundation with 76 participants. How did we manage that? I'll tell ya . .
I think after the slow start, registering about 50 new people into our system was the culprit as well as the last-minute influx of players, we got underway and had a wild first six levels. Wild would be an understatement, all heck broke loose with all rebuys that players bought, and since it was for the Nova Foundation, it was all good. One of the players, Kit Mendoza, rebought 8 times, which netted him a prize from Nova, a 3D/4N stay at Fairways and Blue Waters, Boracay. NICE . . After the dust settled after level 6 and we were tallying the numbers, we ended up with 52 REBUYS and 4 add-ons.
After it was all said and done, Pokemon walked away with the 32" LCD TV, which I was hoping he would forget, cause I cleared some space already in my condo the night before for it . . . Oh well, its for charity anyways. Other players from the community that did well included Neil Arce who bagged 8th and an Ipod and then traded up for the 7th place prize, a 29" TV, (I think future draft picks were involved as well, hehe) and Atty. Eric Sia who won 6th and a Canon digicam.
Again, thank you to the regular players that played, to the celebrities that made the event a little more fun. A big thanks to the crack staff at Airport Casino Filipino, who are becoming the best tournament crew in Manila, especially TD Emi Mungcal and the new bosses there, SBM Bobby Reyes.
Next up for Deal A Helping Hand - Benjo Marquez. You might know of him as a DJ in the local party scene, but you might not know is that he was diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkins Disease, or lymphoma. The charity event will be on August 12, 2006 and tickets this time is Php 2,000. First prize is a poker table from Ken of Kustom Kowboys and a trip to Bora (I think). See you there and help us Deal a Helping Hand.
Marco
PBT/DHH
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