ONLINE POKER OPENS ITS WALLETS ON HAITI
15 January 2010
Major online poker sites move quickly to
raise disaster relief funds
With traditional generosity, the online poker industry
has been among the first to introduce disaster relief
fund-raising schemes for the devastated country of Haiti
following the horrendous earthquakes that have all but
destroyed its infrastructure.
In addition to an
offer to match donations from Bodog franchiser Calvin
Ayre's Foundation, three major networks - Pokerstars,
Full Tilt Poker and Cake Poker - have already stepped up
to the plate with schemes designed to partner with their
players in raising funds.
Given the size and
player liquidity of the sites, the potential is
considerable.
Pokerstars is allowing players to
donate privately through its “Transfer Funds” option by
writing in ‘Haiti Fund’ or publicly through one of its
special dummy (ie not actually running) tournaments. The
fake tourneys have buy-ins of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50,
$100, $200,and $1,000, and can be found under the
Tourney-Special tab.
With typical generosity,
PokerStars will match all donations, whatever the means
of donation, sending the total to the Red Cross.
Full Tilt Poker is also making dummy tourneys available
under the site Tournamet tab for 6pm ET this coming
Sunday. Players can register for $1, $2, $5, $10, and
$26, with Full Tilt matching all donations. The giant
site also gives players the option to donate privately
by transferring funds to ‘Aid for Haiti’ on the site.
The site will aditionally run a number of charitable
tournaments wherein half of the prize pool goes to
relief efforts.
Cake Poker is matching its
players’ donations and has formed three dummy
tournaments — at $5, $25, and $100. Those funds will be
sent to the American Red Cross.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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