PokerDawgs Tampa Bay Charity Poker Tournaments
to benefit Special Olympics and other charities.
Date: February 01, 2025 Organization Supported: Fund Razors, Inc. , Special Olympics, ACS and others. |
Tournament Results: |
1st Place: Alex Gem, $425, and 8,500 Bonus Chips |
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2023 PokerDawgs Champion |
2024 PokerDawgs Champion |
11th Annual Tampa Police Charity Poker Tournament June 03, 2017 |
![]() Tampa Police 16th Annual Charity Poker 2024 Tournament Cliff Roberts (left) was second place. Fred Martini (right) was first place |
Tournament of Champions qualifiers and chip count scheduled for January 10, 2026
Top 30 Qualifiers (2025) |
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Name: | Starting Chips: |
1. Alex Gem | 8,500 |
2. | 8,500 |
3. | 8,500 |
4. | 8,500 |
5. | 8,500 |
6. | 8,500 |
7. Barbara Schamp | 7,500 |
8. | 7,500 |
9. | 7,500 |
10. | 7,500 |
11. | 7,500 |
12. | 7,500 |
13. Joe Dobrinski | 6,500 |
14. | 6,500 |
15. | 6,500 |
16. | 6,500 |
17. | 6,500 |
18. | 6,500 |
19. John Heathcote | 6,000 |
20. | 6,000 |
21. | 6,000 |
22. | 6,000 |
23. | 6,000 |
24. | 6,000 |
25. | 5,700 |
26.Brian Carpenter | 5,700 |
27. | 5,700 |
28. | 5,700 |
29. | 5,700 |
30. | 5,700 |
31. | 5,000 |
32. | 5,000 |
33. | 5,000 |
34. | 5,000 |
35. | 5,000 |
36. | 5,000 |
Congratulations Alex Gem, for winning our first 2025 tournament. Alex has now won three straight tournaments. He won October and December 2024 events as well. Second went to Barbara Schamp. Barbara let me know that she is no longer Munday, because her and Bob were married a couple years ago. A belated congrats on your wedding Barb and Bob. Third place went to Joe Dobrinski.
A player from the other tournament donated to our 50/50 and won $180. He donated $20 back to charity. John Heathcote and Mark Yost each won $30 in gift cards, which were the consolation prizes. No one had a high hand, however Dave Romine, Lynda Wallack and Lori Harmon, won $25 gift cards for door prizes.
Our next event will be Saturday, April 5th, at 5:30pm. Hope to see you there.
Thanks for your continued support.
Every regular event will have a first break add-on for $20 and you will receive 5,000 chips. Every event will also allow a player to re-buy during the first hour for $50 to receive 10,000 chips. Remember, you must have at least one chip to qualify for the $20 first break add-on. However, if you want to forfeit your chips at the end of the first hour, you may do so and re-enter for $50 and 10,000 chips. You may then do an add-on for another $20 and 5,000 chips.
2025 Events: February 01, April 05, June 07, (dinner buffet included), August 02, October 04 and December 6th. The Tournament of Champions event will be Saturday, January 06th, 2026.
If you have additional questions, feel free to contact Larry Timmer at 813-245-1582.
Go to the Upcoming Events page for additional Pokerdawg dates or:
Click Here to register for the next Tampa Bay Charity Tournament.
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