On 14 April, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) announced that there will be a poker tournament for charity at the Hyatt Regency Washington.

The tournament will be organized to raise funds for Africa, the pro UB.com Annie Duke won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship is co-founder of the organization, raising funds and trying to give awareness of the crisis in Darfur , with Norman Epstein, and Don Cheadle.

The co-president of tournament poker is that Senator Robert Menendez introduced a new regulation for poker and gaming on the Internet: The Enforcement Act last August. The tournament has a buy-in of $ 500 and will also participate Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer and Greg Raymer.