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Phelps to attend Sunflower Children Hold’em Charity

By Terry I. Aino, Nov 17, 2008 Michael Phelps

This November 21st the Sunflower Children organization will be holding their second annual Texas Hold’em Charity Benefit. The outfit is a humanitarian aid organization that will use the money to give care to the "forgotten children of the world." This event will host a number of celebrity poker players such as Malinda Williams, David Zayas, Ben Bailey, Michael Kelly and Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps, who has expressed a desire to play poker on a full time basis. The event will be held in New York at Gotham Hall, and tickets are available on the Sunflower Children website.