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Full Tilt Poker Pro Jennifer Harman Hosts International "Animal Lovers" Charity Online Poker Tournament
Poker Pros Howard "The Professor" Lederer, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen and Others Join to Support the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) on March 16th
| Source: Full Tilt Poker
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - March 10, 2008) - On Sunday, March 16, at 9PM EDT, Team Full
Tilt Pro Jennifer Harman will host the "Animal Lovers" charity poker
tournament on FullTiltPoker.com. The $5 + $5 no-limit hold'em event will
benefit the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
no-kill animal shelter in Las Vegas. The Nevada SPCA animal sanctuary is
desperately in need of immediate funding and Harman is encouraging anyone
to join her in the "Animal Lovers" fundraising effort.
Also participating in the "Animal Lovers" online event are professional
snowboarder and world halfpipe champion Jeff Brushie (SMAKEbreak), Olympic
medalist and two-time X-Games champion Ross Powers, professional
snowboarder Kris Swierz (WheatSApuff), X-Games gold medalist and five-time
wakeboard world champion Parks Bonifay (pbpbpb), X-Games and Gravity Games
wakeboard medalist Shane Bonifay (jeanyes407), four-time X-Games wakeboard
gold medalist Danny Harf (d9bigtime), and professional motocross champion
Jimmy Button (BTNFLY) and friends.
Other Full Tilt Poker pros have also promised their support to Harman on
March 16, by participating in the "Animal Lovers" online event at 9PM EDT,
including recent Aussie Millions winner Howard "The Professor" Lederer and
NBC National Heads Up Champion Chris "Jesus" Ferguson. Also slated to
participate are John Juanda, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel,
Clonie Gowen, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham,
Kristy Gazes, and dozens of other Full Tilt pros.
Go to FullTiltPoker.com and register today. New members should download the
free software and enter referral code "ANIMALLOVERS" to ensure the Nevada
SPCA no-kill animal shelter receives continued funding. Look for the
"Animal Lovers" tournament located in the "tournaments" tab of the online
lobby and register. The cost is $10 to enter. Fifty percent of all revenue
will benefit the Nevada SPCA. The remaining money will be awarded to
participants who qualify for cash prizes.
Harman, a professional poker player and member of Team Full Tilt, has been
a Nevada SPCA friend and supporter for several years. She and husband Marco
Traniello actively seek out potential homes and guardians for dozens of
animals every year. Last Spring, the nation witnessed the Lied's Animal
Shelter (located across town from the Nevada SPCA) euthanize nearly 1,000
animals. Though Nevada SPCA representatives fought against time to save the
animals from eradication, they lacked the facilities and resources to house
and protect the large number of victims.
Weeks later, the professional poker player hosted her own First Annual
Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament in Las Vegas, a fundraiser that
awarded the Nevada SPCA over $130,000. The funds allowed the no-kill animal
shelter to expand their facilities and services, thus protecting hundreds
more animals of several species.
"We're making a difference," said Harman about her efforts to support the
Nevada SPCA. "The people at the Nevada SPCA are amazing. They have so much
heart. Every penny counts and these fundraisers really work."
If you are unable to participate in the Full Tilt Poker "Animal Lovers"
online $10 tournament on March 16 at 9PM EDT, you can still help the Nevada
SPCA by visiting www.nevadaspca.org and making a private donation. For more
information and ways to help the Nevada Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, contact Nevada SPCA Executive Director Doug Duke at
(702) 873-7722 or write the Nevada SPCA at nevadaspca@aol.com.
Professional poker player Jennifer Harman is an original member of
FullTiltPoker.com's Team Full Tilt and is the only woman with two WSOP
bracelets in open events. She took a year off due to a surgery to replace
her kidney, and then returned to the poker circuit where she's finished
fourth at the World Poker Tour Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, fifth in
the inaugural Professional Poker Tour event, and second in the WSOP Circuit
Championship Event at the Rio. During her time off, she wrote the Limit
Hold'em chapter for Super System 2. When she's not playing in tournaments,
Harman can be found at the Bellagio participating in the highest limit cash
games in the world, or at FullTiltPoker.com. Harman is also one of the
first professional poker players to become a member of
PokerPlayersSocialNetwork.
About the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The Nevada SPCA, a nonprofit organization, operates a no-kill animal
sanctuary, promotes humane education, makes referrals for lower-cost
spay/neuter and vaccination services, and challenges people to be the best
possible guardians for the companion animals in their care.
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