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Article: Jeff Gordon Announces ``Moneymaker'' for His Foundation with Harrah's Entertainment.
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- Business Wire
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- August 19, 2005
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CONCORD, N.C. -- Through a series of "No Limit Hold'em" tournaments, motorsports fans and poker enthusiasts will be able to go "all-in" to support The Jeff Gordon Foundation. The series of high-stakes poker events, which will include online satellite tournaments and events at several Harrah's casinos (NYSE:HET), will begin this Fall and culminate in a championship to be held in March 2006 in Las Vegas, Nev. The championship, scheduled for the week of the annual race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, will be held at Caesar's Palace -- one of Harrah's premier casinos.
Chris Moneymaker, who collected the $2.5 million first prize in the 2003 World Series of Poker ...