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August 18, 2008 (InfoPowa News) — This year’s Democratic National Convention to be held in Denver’s Pepsi Center August 25 – 28 will also provide the backdrop for a charity poker tourney organized by the one million-strong Poker Players Alliance (PPA) (http://www.pokerplayersalliance.org)— again drawing attention to the plight of US poker players while raising money for a worthy cause.
Players in the four-hour tourney will each be given 5,000 in chips, with all winnings from the tournament donated to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization that has been around since 1946 and helps veterans from America’s wars with issues that range from health care and education to accessibility and sports programs.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the PPA is confident the arrangements are in full compliance with the law.
It is expected that around 200 professional poker players, lawmakers, aides and delegates (and PPA members) will be participating in the tournament.
