wow, you seem to me as a dangerous gossiping wan-ker, the kind i used to bar out of my pubs in the uk for causing trouble by sh-itstirring.

i’d def knock u str8 out if i was Richardson.

- Annie is NOT saying Adam stiffed her. That much I know.
- Adam did NOT stiff the charity, and he had a point to make — it wasn’t a greedy money grab.
- AUFA is probably not a dirty charity. Though other charities may give a higher percentage of their take, AUFA takes a bigger multimedia, multi-charity approach to the cause … and ultimately have raised (and delivered) more money to Darfur than any other.
- People connected to Hollywood can be assholes.
- People connected to 2+2 can be _________ (you fill in the blank).
- As far as charity events go, this one could’ve been set up better to stay in step with regularly changing NGC rules/laws, and avoid this sort of problem. Money CAN be withheld from a charity prize pool, but it would take some set-up to run it through a Nevada based charity that would then send it to others.

fortunately there is nothing technically inaccurate in the original post, and there is plenty of discussion around any possible misinterpretations.

but by all means, i look forward to discussing charity tournaments further — this one specifically. and i think there’s an interesting timing issue with jeff shulman’s similar approach to the main event final table.

lots to think about.

At the same time, regardless of the charity itself, he apparently has an issue with the organizer — Annie Duke — and some of her past associations. While it may be bad form to tarnish someone’s good work by questioning them about their bad … hey, if he’s willing to pony up $5k for the chance to address an issue, it’s hard to not let him speak his peace.

I swear we have a new post coming addressing this stuff with more facts than speculation.

Does anyone know what $ of each donation for AUFA goes toward these “admistrative” costs?

The WSOP issued a press release stating this never happened and the guy pledged btween 50-100% of his winnings to charity. Most people take him at his word. Why hasnt this been changed?

Couldn’t get anymore self-righteous in here, so I thought I’d add some. Enjoy.

Annie Duke, Don Cheadle and Norman Epstein have raised over 2 million dollars so far.
i believe trashing them is really wrong and well, mean spirited.

pls. take a min. and look at this site and decide for yourself.
http://www.refintl.org/blog/ante-africa-does-it-again

personally im proud of my friends in poker who do so much for those who have nothing. instead of being so critical perhaps we should
take a long hard look at the work these people have done and
thank them.
and of course contribute what you can!

ducy?

and bj if you do act as proff, ill make photo as long as were still here.

Ante Up For Africa manufactured defamatory claims.

Pokerati published an anonymous email with little to no fact-checking.

With respect… I created this mountain? Feels more like damage control.

Adam Richardson

ps. thanks for offering, BJ. Gary Wise also volunteered and I’ve invited Pokerati to tag along if they’re interested. Full disclosure: I once met BJ Nemeth at the World Series and told him that he was the best tournament reporter working, though I doubt he would remember the meeting. I’ve never met Gary Wise or anyone from Pokerati.