How would it feel like to play against some of the most recognizable faces in poker and other stars, and win $500 extra just by beating them? Well, here's another exciting event coming up on partypoker!
The WPT World Online Championships, designed to replicate an authentic live poker experience, will run from July 17 (Friday) to September 8 (Tuesday), paying out a minimum guarantee of $100 million.
partypoker WPT World Online Championships - Shooting Star for Charity Tournament
- Schedule: July 29 to July 30, 2020
- Guaranteed prize pool: $500,000
- Donation to Charity (1Day Sooner): $50,000
As part of the inaugural partypoker series WPT World Online Championships, the Shooting Star for Charity will be held across two days, from Wednesday July 29 to Thursday July 30, 2020. The minimum guarantee for the tournament is $500,000 and there's going to be a minimum $50,000 charity donation from the prize pool.
Players can buy-in to the event for $1,100, with $100 from each buy-in to be donated to 1Day Sooner, a charity that advocates on behalf of human trial challenges to speed up the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. Communications Director at 1DaySooner Abie Rohrig said, "We are very grateful for the generosity from partypoker and the players. We are confident that the donations will go a long way toward getting us a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible."
If someone knocks out a Shooting Star player, they get to win a $500 bounty.
The Shooting Star players include:
- Team partypoker ambassador Sam Trickett
- Aylar Lie, winner of six live poker titles and also known for being an actress and model
- Ryan Riess, champion of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker in 2017
- Steffen Sontheimer, winner of the $250,000 partypoker LIVE Super High Roller Championships in 2018
- Argentinian rapper Alejandro ‘Papo MC' Lococo, who moonlights as a poker player
- Igor Kurganov, who has won 11 career titles; he has kindly pledged to donate 100% of any winnings he makes from the tournament to 1Day Sooner.
Stars pumped up to Raise Funds
Sam Trickett said, "I'm delighted the WPT and partypoker have come together to help make a difference in these difficult times, while also offering players the opportunity to win plenty in cash prizes. I'm looking forward to giving players the chance to take my bounty, and if you think you can beat me, come and give it a go!"
Aylar Lie said, "I am honoured to be a part of Shooting Star for Charity. Players get to have fun playing poker and we can help in the fight against COVID-19, so it's win-win."
Joining in on the action are former Manchester United football players Darren Fletcher and Wes Brown. They both won many major trophies, such as the Premier League title, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup, while Fletcher made 80 appearances for Scotland and Brown made 23 appearances for England.
Players can qualify for the tournament at partypoker. Satellites to the tournament will be announced soon.
Also, the WPT World Online Championships is giving the poker industry the chance to unite and make a difference. The schedule will also include the Poker Industry Invitational on Friday, July 17, offering a guarantee of $30,000 and a chance for the top three finishers to win a seat in Shooting Stars for Charity. These seats will be worth $3,000, so there is a minimum extra 10% value for players to play with that added money.
Players can enter for a $320 buy-in, with $20 of each buy-in donated to 1DaySooner. The event is being held exclusively for poker industry professionals, who can go head-to-head against their industry peers and win bragging rights over the industry on top of cash prizes. Players can apply to enter via partypokerlive.com.
Source:
https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/500k-guaranteed-in-the-wpt-shooting-stars-for-charity-event.html
https://partypokerlive.com/en/news/500k-guaranteed-in-the-wpt-shooting-stars-for-charity-event
) . Pokerstars was the only room , which could have organised a better charity event , with huge donations for the infected or harmed people , many millions of $$$ , but they didn't , man , they are so greedy. 
