2010 Charity Poker Event - October 6, 2010

The Final Table

The 2010 Congressional Award Charity Poker Tournament was a huge success with over 100 players and spectators on hand to support Congress' Only Charity.  Congratulations to our first-place winner, Mr. Pietro Smedley; runner-up, Mr. David Hantmann of Yahoo; and third-place winner, Michael Beckerman.

As always, we could not do this without the generous support of our sponsors.  We’d like to recognize BlueCross BlueShield Association, for serving as the title sponsor once again.   We’d also like to thank our event sponsors and contributors - Full Tilt Poker, Poker Player’s Alliance, Harrah’s, Yahoo!, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Williams Companies, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Microsoft, Continental Airlines, Atlantis, The Sands Foundation, GPhA, Humana, Boston Scientific, NAB, Mr. Phil Ivey, Mr. Steve Dannenman (poker tutorial extraordinaire) and many others for their generous support.  Their contributions support our efforts to ensure that all young people, regardless of their situation, receive guidance, recognition and encouragement.