CSOP St. Jude Event

THE MIKE SICA MEMORIAL CHARITY POKER TOURNAMENT

The Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) is proud to announce our 19th charity event on Saturday, January 26 - the night before the World Poker Tour $3,500 Main Event - in the Event Center at Borgata. The $220 buy-in tournament, which will offer re-entries (no add-ons), will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Additionally, the event will feature a catered reception with an open bar, food, and live music from Party Cover Band Stealing Savanah, which will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Gypsy Bar.

The winner of the charity tournament, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m., will walk away with a $3,500 seat into the WPT Borgata seat along with a $500 seat + $300 reception ticket to the March 2nd CSOP St. Jude event in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the runner-up will win a $1,260 Borgata Bounty Seat + $500 CSOP St. Jude Seat + $300 Reception Ticket, the third-place finisher a $500 CSOP St. Jude Seat + $300 Reception Ticket, and the rest of the final table a $500 CSOP St. Jude Seat.

There will also be bounty prizes plus $1,000 cash prizes for both the chip leader at the end of rebuys and the player with the most re-entries. Among those slated to attend are Comedian Clayton Fletcher, National Sports Betting Champion Randy Lee, CSOP Founder Matt Stout, CSOP VP of Marketing Lexy Gavin, Katie Stone Cappuccio, Esther Taylor, Tommy Bates, Jennifer Shahade, Jessica Dawley, Loni Harwood, Jo Kim, Asher Conniff, Frank Kassela, Antonio Alberto, Trevor Savage, Craig Rubinstein, and many more!

Sponsors for CSOP19 include Borgata, RunGoodGear, Stealing Savanah Party Cover Band. VerStandig Law, Clayton Tax and Financial, PokerNews, GiftCash, Lake Las Vegas Water Sports, Brad Garrett's Comedy Club, and Tyler Robinson Foundation, BCB Community Bank, All American Dave's Fit Food Truck, and Right Touch Awards.

If you're interested in joining or would like to know more about sponsorship opportunities, please email us at [email protected].

About the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

For more information visit stjude.org.

About the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP)

Established in 2014, the Charity Series of Poker is a non-profit company founded to organize and promote charity poker tournaments and other events that raise money and awareness for worthy charities and causes. We strive to make it easy for poker players and celebrities to give back to their communities and the world in a very tangible way while playing the game we all love.