Students and charity benefit from Poker Championship
06/06/2006
The annual College Poker Championship in the US has its third champion, it has been announced.
Ryan R, from the University of Ottawa, has claimed the prize, walking away with a $50,000 (£26,677) cash scholarship and the honour of the title: best college player.
In addition, all ten finalists donated $1,000 (£533) of their education-based prize money to charities of their choice, with Ryan making his donation to the Alzheimer's Society of Canada.
There were a total of 33,000 college students who took part in this year's championship and they competed for an accumulative $125,000 (£66,706) worth of scholarship prizes.
The College Poker Championship is a free to enter tournament that only offers education-based prizes.
The competition consists of a number of online Texas Hold'em tournaments, which are exclusively registered to US college students.
This year's winner, Ryan R, joins the list of college poker champions, whose full names cannot be published for legal reasons, that includes Grant C and Chad F.
Players wishing to take part in next year's competition are being encouraged by the organisers to start practicing via the College Poker Try-Outs.
Information on how to get involved, as well as the prize money at stake, is available at www.collegepokerchampionships.com.
Ryan R, from the University of Ottawa, has claimed the prize, walking away with a $50,000 (£26,677) cash scholarship and the honour of the title: best college player.
In addition, all ten finalists donated $1,000 (£533) of their education-based prize money to charities of their choice, with Ryan making his donation to the Alzheimer's Society of Canada.
There were a total of 33,000 college students who took part in this year's championship and they competed for an accumulative $125,000 (£66,706) worth of scholarship prizes.
The College Poker Championship is a free to enter tournament that only offers education-based prizes.
The competition consists of a number of online Texas Hold'em tournaments, which are exclusively registered to US college students.
This year's winner, Ryan R, joins the list of college poker champions, whose full names cannot be published for legal reasons, that includes Grant C and Chad F.
Players wishing to take part in next year's competition are being encouraged by the organisers to start practicing via the College Poker Try-Outs.
Information on how to get involved, as well as the prize money at stake, is available at www.collegepokerchampionships.com.
