Charity Check: The Emcee Magic of Phil Hellmuth
Charity Check is a new segment from PokerNews that will feature the charitable giving in the poker industry monthly.
Phil Hellmuth always seems to be at a charity event.
Over the course of his career, he��s helped raise $44.5 million in charity poker tournaments as the emcee.
��I'm proud of the money that I've raised, and that the poker world has raised, using my beloved game of poker!�� he said.
He usually emcees five to eight charity poker tournaments a year. Already in 2017, Hellmuth has attended two tournaments, raising $1.5 million with the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco for the Warriors Community Foundation and raising over $100,000 in Dallas for the Michael Finley Foundation. He��s also raised money for the Children��s Hospital of Philadelphia for eight or nine years in a row for the kids at an event in New York City.
1 @StephenCurry30 all in, w a smile, in 2016 @Warriors Charity Tourney. Warriors 2017 event is tonight #POSITIVITY https://t.co/qqcggGjzBu
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth)
Hellmuth began his charitable giving in the early 1990s and said it��s his responsibility to help others that are less fortunate than he is. He also connects his charity to his results in his poker career.
��I feel good about myself when I help others and I feel like I'm a big tree that shelters many, many other people,�� he said. ��I have to make sure that I water that tree; it deserves to be watered. And that gives me extra motivation to win.��
Find Hellmuth at his next event, the TigerJam, May 19-20. This event has a $10,000 buy-in, and, according to Hellmuth, is for a great four-of-four rated charity and should be a fun event.
This event benefits The Tiger Woods Foundation and will be held at the MGM Grand Resort & Casino. Tiger Woods will host the event which will also feature the 19th annual Tiger Jam benefit concert, golf, and of course, poker. The money raised will benefit the foundation��s college-access programs.
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Lead image courtesy of Phil Hellmuth/Twitter
