Thread: Online Poker Site to Donate Proceeds to Tsunami Relief

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Online Poker Site to Donate Proceeds to Tsunami Relief

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Online poker leader AbsolutePoker.com has announced that it will donate all tournament fees from this Saturday's activity to the International Red Cross to be dedicated to helping those people injured or left homeless by last weekend's earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in Southeast Asia.

Poker Room Manager Gian Perroni estimates that this amount will reach $25,000, and plans are in the works to provide additional opportunities for players to also make direct donations. "We have an incredibly generous group of players on our site," said Mr. Perroni, "and we believe that they will join us in trying to make an effort to help those that have suffered too greatly this past week."

In addition to the overall tournament buy-in fees, AbsolutePoker will be hosting a special Tsunami Tourney on Wednesday, January 5, in order to raise funds.

Established in 2002, Absolute Poker is one of the leading poker sites on the Internet. Licensed and regulated in Canada, Absolute Poker provides a selection of online poker games to players from around the world.

great idea.

I have said it before and say it again, I have a thai wife. So feel we have to make everything we can so I have this Red Cross banner up at the frontpage of my maine site:
www.hasardspel.com

Edit: I´m Swedish and it looks that most of the people who died in Thailand was Swedish. My banner is helping everyone in the area, not the swedes alone. I do not want this to be a "Look at me, I´m a wonderful person" thread.

I made my post in the hopes that others will follow suit.

We have a lot of traffic through our sites, so it's a very easy thing to do and should help a lot. If anyone has money to donate, surely it's gamblers.

I don't think it's a "I´m a wonderful person" thread, more of an invitation to webmasters to use their resources.

I hope everyone who puts an aid banner up posts a link here, because this will encourage other webmasters to follow suit.

Way to go, Gian!

He and his wife have hearts of gold, I know this from personal experience. Whenever I get my poker section ready, they will occupy the place of honor.