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December 30, 2004 Thursday
HEADLINE: Online
Poker Site to Donate Proceeds to Tsunami Relief
BODY:
Online
poker leader AbsolutePoker.com has announced that
it will donate all tournament fees from this Saturday's activity
to the International Red Cross to be dedicated to helping those
people injured or left homeless by last weekend's earthquake and
subsequent tsunamis in Southeast Asia.
Poker
Room Manager Gian Perroni estimates that this amount
will reach $25,000, and plans are in the works to provide additional
opportunities for players to also make direct donations.
"We have an incredibly generous group
of players on our site," said Mr.
Perroni, "and we believe that they will join us in trying
to make an effort to help those that have suffered too greatly
this past week." In addition to the overall tournament buy-in
fees, AbsolutePoker will be hosting a special Tsunami Tourney
on Wednesday, January 5, in order to raise funds.
Established in 2002, Absolute Poker is one
of the leading poker
sites on the Internet. Licensed and regulated in
Canada, Absolute Poker provides a selection of online
poker games to players from around the world.
For information:
AbsolutePoker.com
Gian Perroni
Poker Room Manager
gian@absolutepoker.com
1-800-471-1970
CONTACT: Gian Perroni, Poker Room Manager, AbsolutePoker.com,
+1-800-471-1970, or gian@absolutepoker.com
Web site: http://www.absolutepoker.com/
SOURCE AbsolutePoker.com
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