Seinfeld actor and pokerstars.net ambassador Jason Alexander will be the host of the 3rd Annual 1736 Family Crisis Center's Poker Tournament on May 9th, 2009, at the Hollywood Park Casino in Los Angeles, California. The festivities starts at 2:00 pm.This charity poker tournament’s sponsors include Toyota Financial Services, All In Magazine, and Webexposure.com. A press release announcing the event discloses that it presents a unique opportunity “for a fun-filled day of poker, laughter, food and celebration and the success over domestic violence. Each hand played will be a strong step towards ending domestic violence and helping youth who have been abused and abandoned.”
All proceeds from this tournament will go towards benefiting 1736 Family Crisis Center, Los Angeles' largest domestic violence agency for the last 36 years.
The 1736 Family Crisis Center operates 5 shelters in Los Angeles County, including 4 domestic violence shelters and 1 emergency youth shelter. The Family Crisis Center also operates 3 outpatient clinics, f5 24-hour emergency response stations and educational/outreach services at the shelters. The Family Crisis Center support 100% on donations to provide its “free” services to victims of violence.
You can buy your tickets through the 1736 Family Crisis Center’s website using Paypal or by calling 310-543-9900, Extension 210. The donations and buy-ins can be mailed directly to the facility. Further opportunities available consist of an All-In Sponsor for $25,000, a Royal Flush sponsor for $10,000, a Straight Flush sponsor for $5,000, and a Table sponsor for $3,000.
The program advertising varies from $100 for a quarter page ad to $500 for a full page spread. And for those who would rather take a quick look of the Hollywood and poker world meeting heads-on rather than actually play, spectator passes are available for $75. The first place comes with a $10,000 cash prize, the runner up will receive an “eco-friendly” poker table, while the 3rd place will take home a World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Boot Camp package presented by “Celebrity Apprentice” candidate and the duchess of poker Annie Duke and the 4th place will be given a cruise for 2.
Since Jason Alexander is a serious poker player as he is about raising awareness for putting an end to domestic violence. He stated to his interview last year at the Ante Up For Africa Poker Tournament,"All the tournaments I've ever won have been for charity," Alexander said. "When there's no actual money for me, I'm very good."
Many Poker Champions will come such as: the 2004 World Series Of Poker Champion, Greg “the fossilman” Raymer, 2006 World Series Of Poker Champion, Jamie Gold, World Series Of Poker veteran Chip Jhett. Also Hollywood celebrities will participate to this prestigious charity event.
Jason Alexander made into the poker field when he try his luck on the Celebrity Poker Showdown. Unfortunately he was not fated to go home with a Texas Hold’Em Championship. Alexander is a regular player on the online poker site and participate in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. He was knocked out the second day.
Alexander returned and appeared for the second time on ‘Celebrity Poker Showdown’, making it once again to the final table and win the Championship. He won $500,000 for the Unite Way of the greater New Orleans area during that game, which was the final game of the 8th season.
