[Penguicon-Concom] [penguicon-general] Danger!! I've been thinking

[Winter Wren]

I would heartily support such a thing in support of Tom.

I can very much relate to his situation right now.

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:21 AM, LadySarah <ladysarahmarie at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Can I suggest a worthy charity?
>
> Our own Tom Smith has just had knee surgery to fix a torn tendon and will
> shortly (prolly this week) be having the 6th surgery to correct a "birth
> defect" they've been trying to correct all his life.  Tom has been making
> his living off just his music for the past several years and has zero
> insurance.  I know we did a lot to help Tracy through her cancer, maybe we
> can help Tom now?
>
> Sarah
> (brain almost back on the planet)
>
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> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Ron Blanchett <muteid10t at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A charity casino event would be much harder to pull off and would
>> require a lot more work just to get off the ground and way more
>> function space to run. This is why just a poker event is on the table
>> right now and also because I don't have the resources or the interest
>> in a full blown casino event.
>>
>> On 6/16/08, Jefferson Fury <gyrovagus at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > My thought is that Texas Hold'em is not poker.  It is the watered-down
>> >  bastard offspring of poker and had it been born to Romulans would have
>> >  been mercilessly killed at birth.  Why not have real poker?  Maybe
>> >  even expand it to "charity casino event" and have blackjack, craps,
>> >  roulette?
>> >
>> >  -moatn
>> >
>> >
>> >  On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Ron Blanchett <muteid10t at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >  > I have been throwing this thought around for the last couple of days:
>> >  >
>> >  > What does everyone think of having a charity poker tournament this
>> >  > year at Penguicon???
>> >  > It would be Texas Hold'em Poker and all the Money used to buy into
>> >  > said tournament would go to a charity of Penguicon's choice. I know
>> at
>> >  > least one of our GoH's (if he shows up this time) likes to play and
>> >  > there should be at least a few other people that would be into it.
>> >  >
>> >  > Thoughts, interest, concerns welcome.
>> >  >
>> >  > -Ron
>> >  >
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