Poker Tournament Gives to Charity

There are lots of reasons to hold a poker tournament, including having fun, competition, huge cash prizes, and raising money for charity. At the recently held and completed College Poker Championship, they did all four. A University of Ottawa student, Ryan R, was crowned the champion of this event after beating out 33,000 other students. He won a $50,000 cash scholarship, but he also got a chance to make a difference for charity.The top 10 finalists of the College Poker Championship each picked a charity to receive a $1000 donation. The Alzheimer's Society of Canada received Ryan's donation. During the event $125,000 worth of scholarship prizes and $10,000 to charity were doled out. College students everywhere are gearing up for next year's college poker championship this summer.