Charity Event Information

Phil Gordon and Epic Poker Invite You to Support

Play poker for a great cause and big prizes with the pros you see on TV!

Please join Epic Poker at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for a No-Limit Hold’em charity tournament benefitting Bad Beat on Cancer, and initiative of the Prevent Cancer Foundation whose mission is to save lives through cancer prevention and early detection. They want to Stop Cancer Before It Starts! www.preventcancer.org

The $240 buy-in tournament will offer $100 re-buys for the first four levels with an optional $100 add-on opportunity for double chips at the end of the fourth level. 100% of all prize money will be donated to Prevent Cancer Foundation.

Phil Gordon is a well-known poker player, WPT Champion, television personality and philanthropist who in 2003 founded Bad Beat on Cancer with Rafe Furst by asking players to pledge just 1% of their poker winnings to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Since then, top poker pros and amateurs have signed onto Team 1% , raising over $3.8 million, and have help fund cancer prevention research, education and community outreach ― by playing poker.

Where & When: 

Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas – Key West Room
Monday, December 12th, 2011
6pm - Cocktails
7pm - Shuffle Up & Deal

Tournament participants will be vying for valuable final table prizes and every player will take home an exclusive gift bag.

Final Table Prizes:

1st: $1,500 Epic Poker Pro/Am Seat* & Custom jewelry by GOOD ART HLYWD
2nd: $1,500 Epic Poker Pro/Am Seat*
3rd: $1,500 Epic Poker Pro/Am Seat*

Other Great Prizes Include: Palms Casino Resort Weekend Getaway, 2 tickets to any Cirque du Soleil (except "O"), Lord Griffon Jewelry Piece, Skull Candy headphones, 4 VIP tickets to Brad Garrett Comedy Club, 2 tickets to American Idol, a basket of Smoak Cosmetics, tickets to a taping of The Ellen Show, along with gift bags for participants including gift certificates from Smoak Cosmetics and Cardoza Books.

*Epic Poker Pro/Am seats are transferable and can be used for Epic Poker’s final Season One Pro/Am, January 27-30, 2012.

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About Prevent Cancer Foundation

Founded in 1985, the Prevent Cancer Foundation is one of the nation’s leading health organizations that has catapulted cancer prevention to prominence. The Foundation seeks to Stop Cancer Before It Starts! Since its inception, the Foundation has provided more than $125 million in support of cancer prevention and early detection research, education, advocacy and community outreach nationwide.

For more information, please visit www.preventcancer.org.