!PLEASE READ! Charity tournament events for one of our own
For those of you unaware, our very own Woodman is going through a very rough time. His wife is battling cancer. Woodman may in fact be selling his business to help pay for her treatments and spend more time with his darling wife.
I am setting up two charity poker tournaments online at supremepoker.com for November 14th at 8pm EST and the other will be November 21st at 8pm EST. both will be $30+$3 events. Registration will be available a week before each event and this thread will be updated to remind of registration availabilty.
Event #1 the payout will be:
1st: 35%
2nd: 25%
3rd: 10%
All other proceeds will be going to Woodman and his family. (30%)
The 2nd event: November 21st at 8pm EST.
there will be physical prizes ranging from dvds, poker chip sets, magazine subscriptions and money. Stay tuned for more info the prizepool will be getting updated regularly. Anyone with any interest in donating prizes to the event, please contact me.
Please spread the word about these events and bring peoples attention to this thread.Â
Woodman, you have my utmost support. Anything I can do, please let me know.
I am setting up two charity poker tournaments online at supremepoker.com for November 14th at 8pm EST and the other will be November 21st at 8pm EST. both will be $30+$3 events. Registration will be available a week before each event and this thread will be updated to remind of registration availabilty.
Event #1 the payout will be:
1st: 35%
2nd: 25%
3rd: 10%
All other proceeds will be going to Woodman and his family. (30%)
The 2nd event: November 21st at 8pm EST.
there will be physical prizes ranging from dvds, poker chip sets, magazine subscriptions and money. Stay tuned for more info the prizepool will be getting updated regularly. Anyone with any interest in donating prizes to the event, please contact me.
Please spread the word about these events and bring peoples attention to this thread.Â
Woodman, you have my utmost support. Anything I can do, please let me know.
Comments
Take care all
Sloth, I must say, the generosity I see on this forum is second to none. I'm very proud to be a part of this forum, and I will be apart of the events you have organized to assist Woodman. This truly is a supreme group of people here.
STR82ACE
AJ
Sloth, I can't make the first tournament and the second is doubtfull. Can I donate some money to the cause? Just let me know how you want the funds -- Neteller, or Stars transfer.
Cheers
Magi
This is part 1 of 2 events for our friend Woodman. Part II. The second tournament will take place on the 21st of November and will have a ton of prizes for everyone who comes out including playing cards, dvds, magazine subscriptions and a lot more.
Where: www.supremepoker.com look under "multi tourney" - "special events" and you will see it there as "Woodman support"
When: November 14th at 8pm
Registration begins: 2 hours before the tournament
Buyin: $30+$3 registration fee.
Prizepool:
1st place: 35%
2nd place: 25%
3rd place: 10%
The remaining 30% will be going to Woodman and his wife.
I will certainly try to make one of the two events. People close and dear to me have also been affected by cancer, so I can empathize. I would love to help support Woodman.
Woodman - You have no idea who I am, and I have no idea who you are, but all that is irrelevant. I have been through similar tough times and all I can say is hang in there. Never give up. Cancer can be beaten with treatment and pure will. I have seen it.
My best wishes, thoughts and prayers are with your family.
May your family find peace and health.
My best wishes to your wife and you during this tough time Woodman...
Paul
Look under
Multi-Tourney -> Special
on SupremePoker.com
ScottyZ
After making the deal, I got severely outplayed during the Kamikaze All-in Fest when my all-in move with K5s was smooth called by A5, and IGHN when I failed to complete my backdoor flush draw on the river.
ScottyZ
Sorry more players didn't show up, I was waiting for some fun tonight. Oh well, next game in a couple of weeks. Sign me back up!!
AJ
Hopefully, the next event brings people out.
Since I technically lost the tournament, I'd like to restate that we actually agreed on a 50-50 split.
For next week's tournament, I'd suggest:
1. Publicizing the exact prize schedule. It obviously can (and should) be based on the number of players entering, but I think people might be wary about entering if the prize payouts are vague.
If you need any help and/or suggestions with designing the prize schedules, let me know; although I'm sure you're the one with the best knowledge of the value/availability of all the prizes, the shipping costs, etc., maybe I could still do something.
2. Start the tournament later in the evening. 8:00pm Eastern = 6:00pm Mountain = 5:00pm Pacific is generally a difficult time for people out west to play in a tournament on a weekday evening.
3. Open registration to the tournament earlier. (Preferably at least 24 hours in advance.) In many cases, people know that they might be a little late, but are willing to register early and post-n-fold for the first 10 or 20 minutes. If registration is open for only 2 hours, this kind of plan is impossible.
ScottyZ
re: tournament start time, I agree, but you can never please everyone. Make it later, then it's too late for east coast...it won't make that much of an impact to push it back...as in this case, maybe it would've added a player or two, but doubtful.
re: registration window, I'd like to see it open earlier as well and will see what can be done.
prizes for the event on the 21st will be posted in full within 48 hours.
Yes it was a 50/50 chop agreed to. Hell, I'm just happy that I can now go around the forum and say "I BEAT SCOTTY IN A TOURNAMENT!!"
Believe me, that's all the feather in MY cap I need!
As far as Scotty's suggestions, they all make sense, but the start time. Don't make it too late for the east coasters. 8:30 or 9:00 pm EST should be late enough, anything after that is almost too late for finishing on a week night.
ScottyZ
1st place: 1 year allin magazine subscription & Wilson turbo software and set of 500 las vegas chips
2nd place: 1 year allin mag and Wilson
3rd place: wilson software
next 12: World poker tour season 1 on dvd
next 15: 1 year allin mag subscription*
next 16: WSOP 2003 on DVD
next 10: double deck Piatnik playing card set
it's hard to set the EXACT prize pool without knowing the turnout obviously, but the '*' besides the magazine subscription means that field of prizes can be expanded to an infinite number depending on turnout.
  I would like to register for this charity tourney. Questions:
1. What time does it start ? I live in the GTA.
2. How do I register ?
Thanks.
Ted
www.BigGamesOnline.com
The tournament is online at SupremePoker.com. Look under
Multi-tourney -> Special
to find the tournament lobby. It's called "Woodman Support"
To register, simply go to the tournament lobby (between 6:00pm and 8:00pm Eastern today) and click the Register button.
ScottyZ
Details in the OP, and the prize list is a few posts back in this thread:
http://www.pokerforum.ca/forum/index.php?topic=6481.msg55929#msg55929
ScottyZ
I just set up a new account but my password was not accepted and my account has now been frozen for 24 hours.
I am waiting for customer support...
We agreed to 50/50 split again, Sloth.
Just forward my share to Woodman for me please.