Australia will be having their largest charity poker event on Friday November 30th. The event will take place at Crown Melbourne and many pros and celebrities will be in attendance. Russell Crowe, Dave Hughes, Glenn Robbins, Livinia Nixon and Nathan Buckley will some playing in the event.
The title of the event is “The Joe Hachem and Shane Warne Charity Poker Tournament†and both men will join the final table action. Joe of course has success in the gambling field while Warne is a former cricket player. The event will take place in the High Limit Area in the Crown Poker Room. The event will be open to the public and will have a $1000 buy-in and $500 re-buys. The first place prize will be a guaranteed $25,000 and the other players at the final table will receive a $5,000 prize.
There will also be an auction taking place to help raise money as well. Many exciting prizes will be up for grabs such as: play golf with Joe and Shane at the Crown’s Capital Golf Club, a walk-on role to Hugh Jackman’s new film Wolverine, or dinner for eight people with Joe and Shane at Robert De Niro’s new restaurant then on to a night of poker. Before the tournament begins there will also be a learning session. From 6-7 p.m. players can enjoy learn-to-play lessons. Then the tournament will begin at 7p.m.
The charity the event is raising money for is The Shane Warne Foundation. The foundation raises money for seriously ill and underprivileged children of Australia for the present and the future. Over the past year and a half the charity has given over $750,000 to Australian charities that works directly with the children in need. They have set a goal to give over $2 million in 2007. Joe Hachem is the Ambassador for Wild Turkey Bourbon and they have decided to help sponsor the charity as well.
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