A University
of Tennessee fraternity held its first-ever Texas
Holdem poker tournament yesterday and there was a
"full house," so to speak.Pi Kappa Phi
sponsored the tourney despite warnings from a state
official the event constitutes illegal gambling.
It drew 240 players who helped raise thousands
of dollars for Pi Kappa Phi's charity PUSH America,
which assists disabled children.
Each player paid a 30-dollar entrance fee and
was given a commemorative T-shirt.
Some players entered the tourney with hopes of
knocking out celebrity player Chris Moneymaker of
Nashville, the 2003 World Series of Poker champion
and a former brother at U-T's Pi Kappa Phi house.
But Moneymaker proved impossible to beat,
winning the tournament hands down.
