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The Second Annual Hellmuth’s Hold’em with Agrace HospiceCare Raises over $100,000

By vince.baker | 17th January 2012 | Casino Game Updates

On Saturday, the 17 of December, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin, Phil Hellmuth held his Second Annual Phil Hellmuth’s Hold’em with Agrace HospiceCare. It is a poker tournament themed charity event, as well as a silent auction and raffle, designed to increase awareness and raise money for Agrace HospiceCare.

The even brought in a fun mix that included over 250 players, as well as supporters and observers. Some of the people playing included Annette Obrestad, the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe Champion, Dewey Weum, fourth place finisher at the 1998 World Series of Poker event, and a few online pros, including Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon (who was the defending champion) and Anthony “D1rtyR1v3r” Nardi. There was also a number of local celebrities, including Mark Johnson, Leigh Mills, Charlie Shortino, Carleen Wild, and Jerry Kelly.

The event was held at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery, located in the downtown area of Madison.

Those who were there stated it was a fun affair with a laid back atmosphere and lots of laughing.

The winner of the charity poker tournament event was Laura Schultz. At the final table, it was Schultz, Kroon, Nardi, John Green, and Morgan Machina. While Kroon came very close to defending his current title, he finished fourth place. In the end, it was head-to-head between Schultz and Green, and Shultz took him over with a winning hand.

However, Shultz’ trophy as the winner were not the only prizes to be had. Many were waiting around for the raffle to see who would win the seat at the 2012 World Series of Poker event and who would win the two year lease for a 2012 Honda Civic LX. The winner of the seat was Jerry Mistele, and the winner of the car was Tiffany Schreiber.

In the end, $110,000 was raised at the charity event and the wheels are currently in motion for planning next year’s charity poker tournament event. There have even been some big celebrity names tossed around for next year, so who knows!