Stover Wins EPT12 Prague "Right to Play" Charity Tournament
Last night, PokerStars hosted their "Right to Play" Charity Tournament here inside the Hilton. This morning, they released the following on what turned out to be a fun and successful night...
One of the biggest highlights of this season's EPT Prague Poker Festival was the Charity Tournament which took place at the Hilton Prague raising funds for the EPT’s official charity partner Right To Play. The winner was American pro Elena Stover, who won €1,000 in live event tournament credits. Miss Finland Sara Chafak finished second and managed to get the exact prize she wanted - an iPhone? 6 Plus.
Following a special reception in the Hilton Prague, 43 players sat down to compete in the €150 buy-in event which was jointly hosted with EPT Travel. Others taking part included EPT Malta champion Niall Farrell and members of PokerStars' elite Team PokerStars Pros: Jake Cody, Chris Moneymaker, George Danzer and Theo Jorgensen.
Players were permitted unlimited €50 rebuys in the tournament, which generated a substantial prize pool with the full €8,150 going to Right to Play.
This was the first official EPT tournament in support of Right To Play and kicks off a season-long official partnership which will see similar events at all remaining stops in EPT Season 12.
Sue Hammet, Head of Corporate Giving at PokerStars, said: "Extending our partnership with Right To Play will provide an additional ￡300,000 through our Helping Hands programme to fund the training of another 2,500 volunteer coaches throughout the world. With this and our previous donations via our staff and players, for a total amount of ￡800,000 so far, we are enabling the charity to help transform the lives of over 400,000 children and young people across the world."
Right To Play uses the educational power of various sports, games and play to help children and young people to overcome the effects of poverty, disease and war.
Tum Kazunga, Head of Corporate Partnership for Right to Play, took part to the event too: "Playing is a universal language, and it is great to see how people can help and get involved in charity events doing what they like to do. Right To Play is currently helping one million children a week, and thanks to this kind of partnership we can aim to double this figure by 2018".
PokerStars players can also help support Right To Play by donating their FPPs through the PokerStars VIP store. For every 1,200 FPPs donated by a player, PokerStars will make a $20 donation to the charity.