The Manx MSA Trust’s 2nd annual Poker Tournament was held at the Palace Hotel and Casino on the 12th of May.
Over 50 players took part and after 5 hours of play, Mark Handley emerged as the outright winner, bagging the first prize of a MacBook and a bottle of Krug Champagne, kindly donated by PokerStars.
The event raised an amazing ?4,100, so the Manx MSA Trust are grateful to all who supported and attended the event, but in particular to PokerStars Helping Hands, the Palace Hotel & Casino and their staff and all those who sponsored the prizes on the night.
Additional thanks to Dot Performance for the design of the invitations for the event. Finally, to 8th place, Dylan Coady who re-donated his prize back to the charity, so will be used for the charity’s Summer Ball event on the 1st of July.
The Manx MSA Trust was formed by Chris Blake in 2015 when he was diagnosed with MSA after 5 years of NHS investigations. Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) is a degenerative neurological disease that affects adult men and women. It is caused by atrophy or shrinking of nerve cells in several (or multiple) areas of the brain which can result in problems with multiple bodily functions such as speech, movement, balance and blood pressure control.
The driver for the charity is to raise awareness of the disease on the Island, to raise funds towards research into early diagnosis and support those individuals who are diagnosed with MSA on the Island and their families.
