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Charity Poker Auction held for Jeff Gordon's charity
Jeff Gordon, four time NASCAR champion, is teaming up with Chris Moneymaker,
2003 World Series of Poker Champion, for a charity tournament of Texas No
Limit Hold’Em poker that will benefit Gordon’s charity The Jeff Gordon
Foundation. The charity is also the official charity of the 2006 World
Series of Poker. Satellites for the Jeff Gordon Foundation Classic began in
November at selected Harrah’s properties , and the finals are scheduled for
March 7th and 8th at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
The tournament is sure to draw lost of attention and funds in itself, but Gordon
has taken it one step further. After the end of the tournament, there will be a
charity auction that will enable fans and collectors to bid on a variety of
items from the tournament as well as pieces of memorabilia donated by the
foundation’s celebrity participants. The auction will be at www.GoMotorBids.com,
the official online auction site of Jeff Gordon, Inc. All of the items will be
autographed by the stars, and proceeds will also go to the Jeff Gordon
Foundation.
The centerpiece for the auction will be an actual full size poker tournament
table that will be used in the tournament. The table has been custom made for
the Classic, and has been autographed by Gordon and Moneymaker, There will also
be a hood for the promotional racing car built for the movie Racing Stripes,
autographed by Gordon, Dustin Hoffman, Frankie Munich, Jeff Foxworthy, David
Spade, Frankie Muniz, Steve Harvey and other celebrities who provided the voices
for characters of the movie. There will also be several other auction items from
the movie.
Harvey and Spade are also donating personally designed hand painted collector
plates, used at the Racing Stripe premier. Other notables who donated and
autographed items for the event are Annika Sorenstam, Tiger Woods, Maria
Sharapova, Peyton Manning, Venus Williams, and Tony Stewart. There is a full
list of items for the auction at the GoMotorBids.comhomepage.
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