Event: All in for Benjo, A Benefit Texas Hold-'Em Poker Tournament
Venue: Airport Casino Filipino, Paranaque
Reg: 12:00 nn
1st Deal: 1:30 pm
Ticket Price: Php 2,000
Rebuys: Unlimited until the end of level 6
Add-on: At the end of level 6
Get the chance to win one of these prizes:
- your very own customized poker table from Kustom Kowboys worthP35K( www.kustomkowboys.com)
- an overnight stay at Seawind Boracay
- 20K item from Technomarineand many more!
Benjo Marquez is a DJ in the social scene who was recenty diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkins Disease. He is 24. There will be his mixed CD's there to listen and to buy.
See you guys there.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Monday, July 17, 2006
Dealt a Helping Hand: Nova Foundation
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
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
Monday, July 10, 2006
Additional Info on the July 15 tourney
There will be celebrities playing as well in this tournament and we will be sitting one celebrity per table. Those who have confirmed include:
Asia Agcaoili
Jeni Hernandez
Karel Marquez
Aliya Parcs
The Jaboom Twins
Happee Sy
Cesca Liltton
Angel Rivero
Michael De Mesa
Buboy Garovillo
Here is the blind structure we are using for this Saturday's tournament. Starting Stack is 6k with rebuys of Php 2,000 for 4k in chips.
Asia Agcaoili
Jeni Hernandez
Karel Marquez
Aliya Parcs
The Jaboom Twins
Happee Sy
Cesca Liltton
Angel Rivero
Michael De Mesa
Buboy Garovillo
Here is the blind structure we are using for this Saturday's tournament. Starting Stack is 6k with rebuys of Php 2,000 for 4k in chips.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Nova Foundation for the Differently Abled (July 15)
We will be pre-empting the usual ACF1k event on July 15 for our first charity event which will be for the Nova Foundation for the Differently Abled at the Airport Casino Filipino. The tickets are now available and are Php 3,000 each which is broken down as Php 2,ooo buy-in plus Php 1,000 entry fee and while the buy-ins are going to the foundation, the people from the Nova Foundation have put up some very nice prizes.
Winner - 32" LCD TV
Second - 32" Flat TV
Third - Acer Laptop
Fourth - Nokia N90
Fifth - Sony DVD Camcorder
Sixth - Canon Poweshot S2i
Seventh - 29" Flat TV
Eighth - Apple Ipod 20GB
Ninth - Apple Ipod Nano
Tenth - Sony DVD Player
As an added come-on, we have invited some celebrities to play the tournament so there will be 11 players per table. We'll update the list of celebrities that will be coming soon.
The starting stack will be 6k and there will be unlimited re-buys for the first six levels at Php 2,000 getting 4k in tournament chips. At the end of the sixth level, during the second break, we will have an optional add-on for the players regardless of chip stack, again Php 2,000 will get you 4k in tournament chips. All of the re-buys and add-ons will go to the foundation.
If you are interested please contact me through email
Winner - 32" LCD TV
Second - 32" Flat TV
Third - Acer Laptop
Fourth - Nokia N90
Fifth - Sony DVD Camcorder
Sixth - Canon Poweshot S2i
Seventh - 29" Flat TV
Eighth - Apple Ipod 20GB
Ninth - Apple Ipod Nano
Tenth - Sony DVD Player
As an added come-on, we have invited some celebrities to play the tournament so there will be 11 players per table. We'll update the list of celebrities that will be coming soon.
The starting stack will be 6k and there will be unlimited re-buys for the first six levels at Php 2,000 getting 4k in tournament chips. At the end of the sixth level, during the second break, we will have an optional add-on for the players regardless of chip stack, again Php 2,000 will get you 4k in tournament chips. All of the re-buys and add-ons will go to the foundation.
If you are interested please contact me through email
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)