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Victory Junction Black Ace Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Victory Junction Black Ace Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament
Hosted by Tiffany Michelle with special guest Kyle Petty
In conjunction with NASCAR Las Vegas

WHAT: No-limit hold’em tournament
WHERE: Hard Rock Las Vegas
WHEN: Thurs, March 3rd at 7:30PM
BUY-IN: $250 w/$100 re-buys

Why it’s more than just a game.

Kyle Petty, NASCAR co-founder of Victory Junction, has partnered with Black Ace Clothing and poker pro Tiffany Michelle to raise much needed funds for children at the camp with chronic medical conditions and serious illnesses.

NASCAR drivers attending include Kyle Petty and Ryan Newman.

Celebrities include David Alan Grier, Ryan Eggold, Natalie Getz, Shaun Sipos, Shanna Moakler, Trishelle Cannatella, Joel David Moore, C Thomas Howell, Zack Conroy, Dave Stewart, Jennifer Elise Cox, Jesse Kovacks, Robby Descant, Nick Gonzalez, Penn & Emily Jillette, and Samantha Ryan.

Poker pros include Layne Flack, Vanessa Rousso, Lacey Jones, David Williams. Antonio Esfandiari, and Maria Ho.

Victory Junction camp facts:

- Victory Junction has enriched the lives of more than 11,000 children and families since opening in 2004.

- It welcomes children from all 50 states and three countries.

- The costs to support a child and family is about $2,500, but generous donors like you make it possible.

- Since 2004, 9,234 volunteer positions have been filled. Those volunteers have sacrificed an estimated 76,222 hours.

- Victory Junction serves 24 chronic medical conditions and serious ilnesses such as, but not limited to, Autism, Cancer, Craniofacial Anomalies, Diabetes, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell and Spinal Bifida.

- Twenty-seven hospitals partner with Victory Junction to deliver exceptional health care to campers with a variety of needs.

- The camp, located in Randleman, N.C., is build on 84 acres, and donated by Richard and Lynda Petty. The Kansas facility broke ground in May of 2009 and is housed on approximately 71 acres.

For more information contact:

Brad McCullough
bmcullough@blackaceclothing.com
P: 336.239.5123
F: 336.249.6249

Or visit:

visit www.victoryjunction.org/

2010 WSOP – Event #3 – $1,000 No Limit Holdem Set to Start at Noon

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

The 2010 World Series of Poker is rolling into it’s third event which is a $1,000 buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament. This event will attract a huge field of players, as will all of the $1K buy-in NLH events, and as of this moment there are over 3,500 players registered for Event #3.

Although it is a lower buy-in event, many of the top poker pros from around the world will be participating in this tournament. Amanda Musumeci of Team Bodog has confirmed on her Twitter account that she has registered for the $1K event as well as Vanessa Rousso among others.

Event #3 of the 2010 WSOP is scheduled to begin at 12:00 Noon Vegas Time.

For up to date coverage and results for the 2010 World Series of Poker, be sure to check out our WSOP blog, click on the link below:

2010 World Series of Poker Blog

High Heels Poker Tour Has Fantastic Showing at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Ft. Lauderdale (January 29, 2010) – The HighHeelsPokerTour (HHPT), the first all women’s poker tour launched on the East coast, is extremely proud to announce that Diane Linke, not only a member of HHPT but also a graduate of High Heels Poker Tour Academy, has taken 1st place during the $300 Ladies Event on Sunday, January 10th. Diane’s success came just one day after taking High Heels Poker Tour Academy’s course taught by Vanessa Russo. Diane qualified for this event through a free-roll tournament sponsored by PokerStars.net, All-In Free Poker, and High Heels Poker Tour. She made it to the final table with just one chip and found herself the big blind forced all in on the first hand she won that hand and went on one crazy rollercoaster ride to win her way to the PCA.

It was Vanessa Russo who took 1st place in the $1100 Ladies Event after teaching a High Heels Poker Tour Academy course. Fighting her way through an extremely tough field of women she was in good company with poker pros such as: JJ Liu, Shirley Rosario, Katja Thater, Annette Obrestad, Veronica Dabul, Sandra Naujoks, Maria Mayrinck, and Lisa Adams. This was the first Ladies event held at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and had an amazing 91 women enter, only 33 of them qualified online the other 58 shelled out the $1100 at their chance of being the first woman to win a title at the PCA. Vanessa took home $24,725 for the 2-day event but was most excited about the trophy that also came along with 1st place, “I’m very glad I won with all of my 1st place finishes I have never won a trophy, I am so excited to put it up in my house.”

$1,100 Buy-In

1st Vanessa Rousso AKA “Lady Maverick” $24,725 Las Vegas, NV
2nd Halli Pinson $13,815 Long Beach, CA
3rd Ann Johnson $9,335
4th Shirley Rosario $6,620 Downey, CA
5th Jamie Kerstetter $5,740 Monroe Township, NJ
6th Pastora Sorenson $4,635 Henderson, NV
7th Lisa Adams $3,750 Boca Raton, FL
8th Vanessa Caldeira $2,870
9th Irene Baroni $2,425 Italy
10th Sarah Wasch $2,425 Philadelphia, PA
11th Violetta Szczerba $2,205 France
12th Nesrine Kourdourli $2,205 France
13th Murielle Allard $1,985 France
14th Anna Yamshchikova $1,985
15th Alina Salnikova $1,765
16th Hai Nguyen $1,765 Sacramento, CA

$300 Buy-In

1st Diana Linke $6,504
2nd Aleda Gunther $3,635
3rd Corinn Ignatieff $2,675
4th Mona Harb $1,910
5th Nicky Star $1,530
6th Stacey Sullivan $1,145
7th Alessandra Santos $955
8th Meredith Baker $765