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Kentucky Derby Poker Wins Big for Charity

By launchpoker, May 9, 2008 Kentucky Derby Poker Wins Big for Charity

The man they call Back to Back because of his consecutive victories at a past World Series of Poker event has won the first ever Kentucky Derby Poker Championship, but the big winner was the charity. Layne Flack won first prize, $13k in cash and a seat in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, and three charities will split the proceeds from the tournament, which totaled $60k. The three charities are the Health and Climate Foundation, the Robby Albarado Foundation and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre. Second place went to Jan Karl.