Lee Childs Donate Executive Poker Tour Main Event Winnings to Project Lifesaver

November 1, 2007

The First ever Executive Poker Tour took place last week at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The tournament was created by Rick Rahim to bring together executives to play poker with a portion of fees going to the Project Lifesaver Foundation. The main event for the tournament was a No Limit Texas Hold’em $2,500 buy in and attracted some major professional poker players.

Lee Childs was one of the card players to try his luck and he won the main event at the Taj Mahal. He was represented in the tournament by Card Player Media. Childs recently finished in seventh place in the 2007 WSOP main event so he seems to be on a good streak of luck. “The structure of the tournament was one of the best I have ever seen. It was a really fun tournament and really catered to the players.” said Childs about the EXPT.

Childs spends a good deal of his spare time helping charities. He is involved with the American Cancer Society, The Make a Wish Foundation, and the Alzheimer’s Association. Rick Rahim the creator of the tour is also the executive director to the Project Lifesaver Foundation. The entry fees from the EXPT will go toward the foundation to raise money for the charity. The Foundation helps provide people with an electronic device that transmits a signal that will allow that person to be tracked down if they were to wander off. This type of device is good for people who are mentally impaired, senior citizens or any other impairment.

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