Team FullTilt Hosts Big Animal Loving Charity Event
World-renowned poker pro Jennifer Harman loves animals. And in an effort to help them where they can’t help themselves, she’s hosting an international online poker charity tournament to benefit their many (and growing) needs.
Taking place at FullTiltPoker.com, the Animal-Loving charity online poker tournament brings together animal-loving poker pros and amateurs alike from around the world to benefit the Nevada SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), a no-kill animal shelter.
Joining Harman will be fellow Team Full Tilt big names: Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Howard “The Professor” Lederer.
Other celebs joining in on the event include (with their FullTiltPoker usernames, where available, in quotes):
- Jeff Brushie, “SMAKEbreak”, world halfpipe champion snowboarder;
- Ross Powers, 2-time X-Games champ and Olympic medalist;
- Kris Swierz, “WheatSApuff”, pro snowboarder;
- Parks Bonifay, “pbpbpb”, 5-time wakeboard world champ and X-Games gold medalist;
- Shane Bonifay, “jeanyes407″, Gravity Games and X-Games wakeboard medalist;
- Danny Harf, “d9bigtime”, 4-time X-Games gold medalist wakeboarder;
- Jimmy Button, “BTNFLY”, pro-motocross champ.
The “Animal Lovers” event will be a $5 + $5 No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament, starting at 9 pm EDT, March 16, 2008.