Party Foundation?

I\’ll be competing in at least one event in the 2007 WSOP — $1,500 NLH on June 16. Exciting! Even more fun is that it\’s all being made possible by our new-good-best friends at Milwaukee\’s Best Light. Mmm-mmm. When you think about it, it really is an amazing beer. Go MBL! Guinness-shminness! The Euros will love this stuff!

As part of this sponsorship, I\’ve agreed to donate half of any winnings in Event 27 to a reputable charity of my choice. Also cool because, you know, you gotta give to live, right? So it\’s on me to figure out who gets Pokerati\’s highly anticipated largess. (Milwaukee\’s Best Light needs this info by Today morning, fyi.)

Naturally, I immediately thought of giving to the Poker Players Alliance and/or the Texas Poker PAC. But apparently just because someone accepts donations via PayPal doesn\’t mean they are a charity — there is a difference, after all, between helping better the lives of fat old men who like to semi-bluff and saving children. Hmm.

Michele has lots of charities she already gives to — because she\’s a better person than I. But so many to pick from … I sometimes give to my brother-in-law\’s church — they would qualify — but they don\’t accept donations from gambling wins. (They\’ve previously had to turn down a donation from one of their best poker-playing members.)

Hmm. It\’s hard being generous when you\’re not used to it. So I am open to suggestions. Though I see big poker sites connected to charity events all the time, it doesn\’t seem like there is such a thing as the PartyPoker Foundation, or the PokerStars Charitable Trust. Would be cool if there was, for all a whole bunch of right reasons.

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