The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Casino Chicago featuring the 6th Annual Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament presented by Horseshoe Casino was a terrific event and raised $300,000 for vital CF research.
On Saturday, April 24th at Chicago Union Station, over 600 guests enjoyed Blackjack, Craps, Roulette and Texas Hold ‘Em Poker. The Grand Prize winner of the Poker Tournament, Tom Busby, won a seat in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, complete with round trip airfare for two on American Airlines and hotel stay courtesy of Harrah’s Entertainment.
The evening also featured cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres, live piano by Mike Stoinsky of The Redhead Piano Bar, and a live and silent auction.
Sportscasting legend, Chet Coppock, emceed the evening and the host of Sports Central & Chicago Tribune Live, Dave Kaplan, served as celebrity auctioneer.
Other local celebrities to participate in the event were former Bears wide receiver, Glen Kozlowski, Carmen DeFalco, host of ESPN 1000 Afternoon Saloon, Chris DeLuca and Elliot Harris of the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Rush Dance Team and many more.
This event was made possible by our generous benefactors including Horseshoe Casino, Roth Capital Partners, MDC Partners Inc., FBR Capital Markets, WMS, Larry Roesch Family Auto Group, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, William Blair, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Barrington Research Associates Inc., Craig Hallum Capital Group LLC, Natus, Multimedia Games Inc., Ultimate Software, Inuvo Inc., FTD, Paragon Pharmaceuticals Inc, Raymond James Financial, Piper Jaffray, MCZ Development Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co., CLSA Asia Pacific Markets, Sidoti & Company LLC, Credit Suisse, Canaccord Adams, ChinaCast Education Systems, Coghill Capital Management LLC, Fortune Brands, Steve Putzel, Robert W. Baird & Co., Horwood Marcus & Berk, The Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Oppenheimer & Co., Brean Murray Carret & Co., and National City Bank.
A very special thank you and congratulations to the Casino Chicago Committee and chairmen, Mike Balkin of William Blair, Dan Roesch of Larry Roesch Family Auto Group and Chris Walsh of Google.
For more information about the event and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, please contact Elizabeth Burke at 312-236-4491 or eburke@cff.org
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