Donal MacAonghusa VSO Charity Event

TheDuck32

1. Who is running this tournament, Donal MacAonghusa
2. The purpose of the event, Charity
3. Wednesday 23rd May, Westwood Hotel
4. Reg 7pm, Game 8pm
5. Any prerequisites, none.
6. Tickets can be bought on the day, no maximum number of players
7. NL Hold’em
8. Buy In €50+€15 (this includes finger food during break)
9. Rebuys & Top-up €50 (Rebuys for first 2 hours, topup available at the end
of the rebuy period)
10. Starting chips 2500, Rebuy chips 2500, Top-up 3000
11. 20 Min Blinds
12. Big Screen TV showing the Champions League Final

Blind Structure

25-50
50-100
75-150
100-200
150-300
200-400
Break 20 Min, Chip Up
300-600
400-800
500-1000
800-1500
1000-2000
1000-2000
1500-3000
2000-4000
3000-6000
4000-8000
5000-10000
6000-12000
7500-15000
10000-20000


11. Professional Dealers on all Tables
12. Donal Mac Aonghusa is TD
13. TD has last say

Jaden

Prize pool payout?

TheDuck32

Charity takes 1/3 of buyins and rebuys
2/3 goes to prizepool

We estimate at least 100 runners

The Clamper

give me a shout if you need any help on this one,

i know some people that might give their time

not me personally, you understand, as i am not a nice person

carfax

Hi Manus,

Is Donal heading away doing the charity gig he was talking about a while back?

TheDuck32

Yes indeed, Donal is off to foreign shores.

Its time for the poker players of Ireland to dig deep and support one of their own, Donal Mac Aonghusa is leaving our shores and going to The Gambia for a year with the Volunteer Services Overseas (VSO). Donal’s wife, Fionnuala will spend the year teaching childern with special need is this extremely poor African nation.
I cannot confirm that this is fact yet but one can only assume that while this is going on Donal will endeavour to educate the adult population of the country in the ways of Texas Hold’em, with advance classes for the ones who show promise in pot limit Omaha.
I for one cannot think of a more noble act for a poker player and I suppose I will have to concede that the endeavour his wife is undertaking is fairly impressive also.

How can I help I hear you cry, well it’s easy. There is a €50 rebuy charity tournament being held in Galway on the 23rd of May in the Westwood Hotel.
Andy Black will be heading a galaxy of stars that will be attending in order to do their piece and Andy will be holding a Q&A Masterclass during the break.
The event kicks of at 8pm and they will be showing the Champions League Final on a big screen and have full bar service on the night.

TheDuck32

The Clamper wrote:

give me a shout if you need any help on this one,

i know some people that might give their time

not me personally, you understand, as i am not a nice person

Thanks for the generous offer, but if you could just spead the word and strong-arm anyone you know into playing the event, that would be fantastic

The Clamper

done

i will tell loads and see if they will go, Galway is off limits to me personally, (long term ban) but i will get some bodies to go there.

carfax

TheDuck32 wrote:

Yes indeed, Donal is off to foreign shores.

Its time for the poker players of Ireland to dig deep and support one of their own, Donal Mac Aonghusa is leaving our shores and going to The Gambia for a year with the Volunteer Services Overseas (VSO). Donal’s wife, Fionnuala will spend the year teaching childern with special need is this extremely poor African nation.
I cannot confirm that this is fact yet but one can only assume that while this is going on Donal will endeavour to educate the adult population of the country in the ways of Texas Hold’em, with advance classes for the ones who show promise in pot limit Omaha.
I for one cannot think of a more noble act for a poker player and I suppose I will have to concede that the endeavour his wife is undertaking is fairly impressive also.

How can I help I hear you cry, well it’s easy. There is a €50 rebuy charity tournament being held in Galway on the 23rd of May in the Westwood Hotel.
Andy Black will be heading a galaxy of stars that will be attending in order to do their piece and Andy will be holding a Q&A Masterclass during the break.
The event kicks of at 8pm and they will be showing the Champions League Final on a big screen and have full bar service on the night.

So Donal is taking his family from a county with no clean water to a country with no.........(Sorry bad joke).........

I can organise a tournament in Dublin for the same purposes??? What you think Manus? I'm sure we would get a lot of the old Red Cow and Gresham crowd out to support the madser.

If any David's are interested please post here.....

carfax

Duke and the Jackpot are always up for hosting charity events, I'm sure they'll host it .

TheDuck32

I think its a brilliant idea Stephen. Every little helps.

PokerEvents-Ste

For those of you who cannot make the fundraising tournament for Donal and his family and may wish to make a contribution you can do so online
www.mycharity.ie/event/fionnualamaca/

Donal best of luck with your voluntary work. It will be a great experience for you and the family and of course the people you work with

Stephen

Fatboydim

I'm up for this and I'll spread the word.

Doc Farrell

but you'll be in the UK you fibber!
oh, and bump.

Fatboydim

Indeed Des I will not now be able to make it. But hope that lots of people can. Should be a very good night.

DeVore

For obvious reasons I wont be able to be there but we'll see if we can't do something in Drogheda. At the very least I will donate on the website.

Good luck Donal and family.

DeV.