Aims2Cure Poker Tournament October 2010

On October 14th 2010, we held our 4th Poker Tournament at The Village Hotel, Elstree. Run by our very own committee member and poker expert, Julia Harris, the evening was once again a great success raising over £4000 for research into MS. We were lucky enough to be able to raffle a night at the beautiful Luton Hoo Hotel and also tickets to see Peter Kaye live on stage. The evening ran into the early hours with a fierce race for first place. Congratulations to our winner, first time attendee Bhups Kohil and to a worthy runner up, Allen Martin.

Once again, we must thank Lawrence Samuel of Yummies in Radlett for a delicious spread.

Thanks to all who came along and supported us and we look forward to seeing you all at the next tournament.

Aims2Cure Poker Tournament February 2010

Our last two Poker events have been a huge success. In March 2009 we raised £5000 and the most recent held in The Village Hotel, Elstree on 4th February 2010 raised over £10,000.

In February 2010 our poker expert, Alex Frost ran the evening for 75 players. After a fierce knockout competition, the 9 finalists played on and at 1.30am, Howard Daly was crowned winner and Jamie Rishover runner up.

The prize money was split (a decision taken by the final 9) so every one of the finalists took a cash prize home. The winner won £750 and runner up £500.

We also held a fabulous raffle, the prizes being a complimentary round of golf for 4 at The Grove on the world championship course and a weekend away. An exciting auction of an Executive Box at the Tottenham Hotspur Vs Arsenal match in April also helped boost our fundraising efforts.

Thanks must also go to Lawrence Samuels of Yummies in Radlett who indeed provided us with yummy snacks and to Daniels Bakery, Temple Fortune and Parkway Patisserie, Temple Fortune for the donating delicious cakes.

Thanks to all who attended, it was great to see so many familiar faces (and some new ones) and we hope to announce the date of our next tournament soon.

Aims2Cure Poker Tournament 25th September 2008

In September 2008, we decided to hold a charity poker tournament at The Holiday Inn, Elstree. We were able to do this through the hard work of Alex Frost and Michael Lee from My Poker League who gave their time and expertise freely to run a very successful night.

We had 130 players and the evening began at 8pm. Throughout the evening, 130 eventually became 10 and the final was played out on an authentic and sophisticated poker table. By 2.30am the following morning a winner had been pronounced and was presented with an amazing trophy and cheque for £1000 (half of which he kindly donated back to the charity).

Through our brochure, the raffle and the generosity of the players, we are delighted to have raised £14,000, which is an amazing achievement. Thanks to everyone who came and played and to all who donated to Aims2Cure. Everyone had a great time and we are hoping to run another evening next year. Watch this space!

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