William Hung, Jeff Madsen, Kenna James, Chip Jett, Norman Chad set to play! Event is less than 2 weeks away – register now online to play!
Phil Hellmuth, best known as the “Poker Brat” and one of the top poker players of all time, has donated $2,000! Phil just recently won his 17th WSOP bracelet, an all-time record! William Hung (2022 Champion), Norman Chad (ESPN commentator, Podcaster and poker player), professional poker players Jeff Madsen, Kenna James and Chip Jett (2021 Champion) are all signed up to play! Co-Hosts would also like to thank Roger Magowitz and Joe Matekja Jr for their Silver $1,000 sponsorships. (Pictured left to right: Phil Hellmuth, William Hung, Norman Chad)
It’s time for players to register to play online at Ante4autism.com. The $15,000 Final Table payout will be split amongst the top 9 players! Also, on the site is the list of the 7 beautiful trips to be auctioned off the night of the event. There is no charge to watch the event or bid on auction items that day. One of the hottest trips is the 7 night stay in Mexico, for a minimum bid of only $2,250.
Other auction items include:
Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB) has donated a Beautyrest Black Collection bed – Your choice of size and model up to $5,500
Tempur+Sealy has donated this Tempurpedic Adapt Collection – Your choice of size and model
Tempur+Sealy has also donated this Stearns and Foster Studio Collection – Your choice of size and model
Sponsorships are still being accepted online, or contact Founder Doug Krinsky at ante4autism@aol.com. Sponsorship Guidelines are available online at Ante4autism.com.
The Texas Hold’em style poker event will take place Saturday, July 29th at 6:30 PM at the South Point Hotel & Casino. South Point has offered a special room rate for the event: $59 – Midweek, $109 – Friday, 7/28 & Saturday, 7/29 + $18 resort fee per night. Room rate discount code: “ANT0728”- call South Point 702.797.8901 or book online: southpointcasino.com.
The 5 Autism charities to receive proceeds from the 15th Annual Ante4autism event are: Project FOCUS at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at UNLV, The Hope Fund – a division of International Hyperbarics Association (IHA), The Rich Center for Autism at Youngstown State University, National Autism Association of Southeast Ohio, andAutism Speaks.
Current 2023 Sponsors:
$25,000 Presenting Sponsor: Leggett & Platt Inc.
$15,000 Final Table Sponsor: Bedding Industries of America
$10,000 Diamond Sponsors: Furniture First National Buying Group, 3Z Brands, no limit to the # of sponsors
$5,000 Platinum Sponsors: Karl & Cathi Glassman, Anonymous, Planned Furniture Promotions (PFP), TD Bank, Carpenter Co., Ashley, no limit to the # of sponsors
$2,500 Gold Sponsors: Coconis Furniture and Mattress 1st, Big Sandy Superstore, Pete and Jenny Primeau, Archbold Furniture, no limit to the # of sponsors
$1,000 Silver Sponsors: Phil Hellmuth X 2, Roger Magowitz, Joe Matekja Jr, BoxDrop,Customatic Technologies, Anonymous, AP Auctions, Crane’s Mattress, Southerland, Wright, Gail & Marty Komisar, No limit to the # of sponsors
$500 Bronze Sponsors: Englander, Colonial, David Deye, Gail & Marty Komisar, no limit to the # of sponsors
There will also be plenty of celebrities playing at the South Point event. “Karina Jett, one of the Co-Hosts, does a great job of arranging celebrities to play each year and we look forward to our celebrity friends joining us,” Krinsky stated.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently released the latest incidence #’s and now the rate is 1 in 36 kids are on the Autism spectrum. Now is the time to help support these families, kids and adults on the Autism spectrum.
Founder Krinsky would like to thank all the Co-Hosts, as they volunteer their time. Co-Hosts include: Joey Amato – Rock N Roll City Mattress, Stuart Carlitz – Bedding Industries of America, Bo Coconis – Coconis Furniture, Randy Coconis – Coconis Furniture, Nick Hrkman – Southerland Sleep, Karina Jett – Coldwell Banker Premier Realty, Doug Krinsky – 3Z Brands, Mike McQuiston – Carpenter, Anthony Mehran – Huffman Koos Furniture, Allen Parvizian – AP Auctions, Myra Stone – Independent Representative, David Wachendorfer – Delandis Sleep, Jerry Williams – Retail Service Systems Inc.
