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A Tourney for Our Vets

The celebrities and international online casino poker pros have taken on a new cause this month as the all align their interests and raise funds for the Paralyzed Veterans of America. This tournament took place last week and the entirety of US pro poker industry seemed to have turned out for this major charity poker tournament. Attending the event were top celebrities who have been known to compete in a game or two of poker as well as poker pros that regularly show up at the annual World Series of Poker. In fact, the host for the charity benefit this year is Mike Sexton, a WSOP bracelet winner, as well as pro Linda Johnson.

The event is all designed to raise money for the Paralyzed Veterans of America, a charity organization that gives support to American veterans that were wounded in service. Not only did the tournament raise a significant level of awareness for the Paralyzed Veterans of America organization, but it also raises needed money that goes into long and short term care for these seriously injured veterans. The online casino poker gambling industry is really great at taking on new and worth causes and rallying the industry to support and lend their poker skills and celebrity status for the good of the charity in question.

This year, the land and online casino poker industry came out in masse to the Grand Hyatt in Washington DC for the tourney event. In addition to celebrities who you love to see on the big screen, and the pros you watch in the tournaments there was a decent number of politicians at the event lending their support as well to such a worthy cause and a fun poker event.