Leading poker staking website is collaborating with the Asian Poker Tour’s Poker Pack to raise money for a children’s charity.
Thursday 22nd January 2009
Online poker players can now buy or sell a portion of their play at staking website ChipMeUp.PokerNews.com for the cost of a small subscription fee.
ChipMeUp.PokerNews.com recently announced a deal with the Asian Poker Tour (APT) that will see its Poker Pack sponsored team donate five percent of any winnings from the Aussie Millions 2009 tournament to charity.
The Poker Pack serves as ambassadors for the APT and share total live tournament winnings of over $22 million. Consisting of Nam Le, JC Tran, David ‘Chino’ Rheem, Kwang Soo Lee, Steve Sung and Quinn Do, the team is putting up five percent of themselves from the main event of the Aussie Millions, which has a grand prize of two million Australian dollars. These funds will then be donated to the Shane Warne Foundation children’s charity, which distributes monies raised to worthy organisations that provide essential help and services.
ChipMeUp.PokerNews.com members ‘hktom’ and ‘coughshamen’ have already snapped up shares in the Poker Pack and have stated that they will also be joining the charity fundraising drive. They announced that they would be donating all of their winnings from the purchased shares to a worthy cause.
ChipMeUp.PokerNews.com revealed that buying a piece of the Poker Pack was easy. Simply visit the website, select the player you wish to stake and transfer funds.
