The poker in Event 1 wrapped up on Tuesday, but the real conclusion of the Strike Out Cancer Charity event came on Thursday night, when some special guests joined us at Playground Poker Club so that we could give them the donation to support the Jodi Taiger Lazarus Fund for Hereditary Breast Cancer Research that every participant in the event contributed to by playing.
In attendance were (among others) Morden Lazarus, Jodi Taiger Lazarus, and Dr Will Foulkes, and the oversized novelty cheque they were presented by David Montour was simply a placeholder for the real thing – a donation of $29,710.00! This amount was made up of the $25 tournament fee included with each of the 1186 entries in the event.
Congratulations to Mark Wells for winning the event, and to every single person who played, for making such a meaningful contribution to a worthwhile cause!
