The third annual
Turek No-Limit Hold'em Poker Tournament sponsored by FullTilt and the
World Poker Tour took place on August 26 in Port
Chester, New York and raised $25,000 for multiple sclerosis research.
Andy Bloch, the 2006
World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event runner-up, donated the top prize. Turek charity event champion John Sias won a $10,000 seat into a
WPT event, while Chuck Patruccione won the second prize, donated by the
WPT to participate in its boot camp. Patrucciune also won a FullTilt framed jersey signed by Clonie Gowen after knocking out bounty player Matt Matros.
Other prizes were awarded to the first five players who completed a winning flush hand or a full house, along with the top three women finishers.
Former New York Jets and Giants player John "Goumba Johnny" Sialiano was also marked as a tournament target. Sialiano has turned to performing comedy live and over the airwaves in New York. He kept the audience and tournament participants in stitches while dodging bounty hunters at his table.
Jason Daloia, whose mother-in-law suffers from MS, has organized the
Turek No-Limit Hold'em Poker Tournament for the past three years. The event has helped raise over $67,000 for MS research.
