NA team owners will represent a charity of choice and compete for $11,000 in a poker tournament for charity.



Event will be livestreamed on Twitch on Sunday February 19th at 5:30pm PST .



. All viewers donations during the event will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“I’m thrilled we could bring everyone together for our philanthropic poker night. Esports is known for its unrivaled community and this event is a way for us to show our passion for our community and give something back - alongside some friendly rivalry of course!”



-Steve Arhancet, event organizer



Steven Arhancet, Team Liquid: City Year LA



Andy Dinh , Team SoloMid: Doctors Without Borders



Ryan Edens, FlyQuest: Partners in Health



Jack Etienne, Cloud 9: Givewell



Rick Fox, Echo Fox: Orphaned Starfish Foundation



George Georgallidis, Counter Logic Gaming: CARE



Chris Hopper, Riot Games: Trevor Project



Rob Moore, Phoenix1: Fulfillment Fund



Mike Rufail, Team EnvyUs: Gamers Outreach



David Slan​,​ Team Dignitas: Food Bank of Southern California



Noah Whinston, Immortals: ACLU

We’ve all heard tales of "" and finally, the community will get a peek into one of these legendary events. In conjunction with Gamers for a Cause, the NA LCS owners have to host a charity event featuring, well, the NA LCS team owners! Tune in this Sunday at 5:30pm PST as the owners of your favorite orgs, each representing a charity of their choosing, duke it out for philanthropic supremacy.Team owners will compete to win funds from a prize pool of $11,000 for the charity of their choice. Additionally, fans watching the LIVE broadcast on Twitch will be able to contribute: all donations go directly to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Representing Team Liquid, and our charity of choice: City Year LA, will be Steve Arhancet.Organizations from across the esports ecosystem are lending their hands to support the event. Twitch will livestream every hand on the night; Next Generation Esports (NGE) is producing the event; and Liquid Media is providing graphics and creative content support.“Regardless of whether you’re a fan of esports, League, or Poker, you are in for a treat,” said Andy Vander Woude, CEO of NGE, the event’s producer. “We love to produce events that allow esports audiences to contribute to amazing causes. With a professional dealer and two shoutcasters ready to go, I can’t wait to see what strategies our players will use to win a serious donation for their chosen charity.”Players taking part, and the charity each are competing for, are: