Dealt a Helping Hand: Rotary Club of Rizal Southwest

We had our first charity event in our new digs, the Hyatt Casino Filipino last Saturday, March 24 and it was with the Rotary Club of Rizal Southwest to benefit children with Cerebral Palsy.

There was a good mix of our regular poker players and people wanting to help out. We also took out our new blinds and starting stack structures for a spin for this tournament and when the furious action ended we had raised Php 177,000, pushing our total to an astonishing Php 956,000 for DHH events inside Casino Filipino location, (the actual total is over Php 1,000,000 but no one else needs to know). PBT regular Ted Staley won a camoufage Next Base MP3 player (a digital walkman, as I described to him) for having the most rebuys (4) and add-on (1) total. He was more that willing to increase the funds raised himself.

Coming out on top was Kustom Kowboys main man, Kenny Salon, who won his seat the previous week in the last satellite for this DHH event and made the most of it winning a 32" Samsung LCD TV and his midnight deal with the foreigner runner up bagged him the matching Samsung Home Theater kit, very nice especially with an Xbox 360. Nice run Ken.

Final woman standing (which I think is kinda sexist) is, surprise surprise, Claude Bernacer who has been running away with the PBT Player of the Year race so far this year. With one event left in March, she has pushed her lead to an astonishing 219 points over second place John Salcedo. All I can say is WOW. Anyways, she won a coffee maker and a GC from Slimmers' World at the Pan Pacific Hotel aside from her ultra cool poker-themed Zippo lighter, which is now available locally.

All around an awesome tournament. Big thanks to the Rotary Club of Rizal Southwest, Hyatt Hotel, Hyatt Casino Filipino and PlanetMint.

Next DHH will be in May and will benefit the Aquila Legis fraternity. Details to follow . . .

See you at the felt and may the flop be with you.