No Limit Hold'em for Katrina Victims

The online poker community is coming to the aid of hurricane Katrina victims.

Royal Vegas Poker is running a tournament to aid survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

The Hold'em No Limit Freezeout tournament will take place on Tuesday September 6th @ 9pm EST on Royal Vegas Poker and 7 Sultans Poker.

The Buy-in is $25+$0 (i.e. our client poker rooms are not taking any fees). 50% of prize pool will be donated to the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, while the balance will go to the top 20 finishers, based on a percentage prize pool.

This tournament can be found under the Multi Table Tournaments section, under Special.

Other online poker rooms who are sponsoring special poker tournaments inlcude Bodog Poker, which launched the Hurricane Katrina Benefit Tournaments, running daily Sept. 8-12. Bodog will match and donate all of the players' fees from the five poker tournaments to the Red Cross hurricane relief fund.

Party Poker is also extending a helping hand, by hosting a special Hurricane Help Tournament on Wednesday, September 7, 2005, 20:55 p.m. EST. The online cardroom owned by Party Gaming, has allocated 90% of the prize pool for charity, and will donate a sum equal to the prize pool to the relief efforts.

You can find this tournament under the “Special Tournaments” tab in the Party Poker lobby.

Golden Palace has a $10k Guaranteed Re-Buy No Limit Holdem tournament


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