Jamie Gold: Difference between revisions
For 10 years, Jamie Gold focused on philanthropy, and raised over half a billion dollars. He has hosted or worked closely on close to 300 celebrity charity events.{{Cite web |last=Jaudon |first=Gaelle |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Jamie Gold Interview – Winner of the biggest WSOP Main Event ever |url=http://somuchpoker.com/a-conversation-with-jamie-gold-winner-of-the-biggest-wsop-main-event-ever/ |access-date=July 6, 2018 |website=SoMuchPoker.com |language=en-US}}
For 10 years, Jamie Gold focused on philanthropy, and raised over half a billion dollars. He has hosted or worked closely on close to 300 celebrity charity events.{{Cite web |last=Jaudon |first=Gaelle |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Jamie Gold Interview – Winner of the biggest WSOP Main Event ever |url=http://somuchpoker.com/a-conversation-with-jamie-gold-winner-of-the-biggest-wsop-main-event-ever/ |access-date=July 6, 2018 |website=SoMuchPoker.com |language=en-US}}
Gold has also participated in numerous poker tournaments that have been designed primarily to benefit charitable causes.{{Cite web |last=Sofen |first=Jon |date=October 31, 2019 |title=Jamie Gold Interview: Former World Champ on Mike Postle and NBA Ref Tim Donaghy Cheating Scandal Comparisons |url=https://www.cardschat.com/news/jamie-gold-mike-postle-poker-cheating-85235 |access-date=November 22, 2019 |website=CardsChat.com}} Allowing himself to be auctioned off, making special appearances, or by purchasing buy-ins, Gold has been involved with a wide variety of causes,{{Cite web |last=Strazynski |first=Robbie |date=March 10, 2016 |title=A Closer Look at WSOP Champion Jamie Gold’s Charity Poker Work |url=http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/a-closer-look-at-wsop-champion-jamie-golds-charity-poker-work/ |access-date=September 6, 2016 |website=CardPlayer Lifestyle}} including WSOP “Ante Up For Africa”,{{Cite web |title=WSOP Charity Event Raises $500,000 For Darfur Refugees |url=http://www.internet-poker.co.uk/Poker-News/WSOP/WSOP-Charity-Event-Raises-500000-For-Darfur-Refugees%7E174.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184834/http://www.internet-poker.co.uk/Poker-News/WSOP/WSOP-Charity-Event-Raises-500000-For-Darfur-Refugees%7E174.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |publisher=Internet-Poker.co.uk}} [[Annie Duke]]’s charity poker tournament,{{Cite web |title=Roddick wins own charity tournament |url=http://www.pokermagazin.eu/en/news.asp?newsID=198 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929021101/http://www.pokermagazin.eu/en/news.asp?newsID=198 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |publisher=European Poker Magazine}} and a few others.{{Cite web |title=Jamie Gold All In for 2008 Hedge Fund Charity Poker |url=http://www.wallstreetactivist.com/william_ackman/jamie_gold_all_in_for_2008_hedge_fund_charity_poker_20070713_237_119.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928134712/http://www.wallstreetactivist.com/william_ackman/jamie_gold_all_in_for_2008_hedge_fund_charity_poker_20070713_237_119.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |publisher=Wall Street Activist}}{{Cite web |last=Lane, Laura |title=Jamie Gold All In for 2008 Hedge Fund Charity Poker |url=http://www.snmag.com/content/view/193/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928082950/http://www.snmag.com/content/view/193/ |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |publisher=Saturday Night Magazine}}{{Cite web |title=WSOP Playboy Charity Poker Tourney |url=http://www.winatpokernow.com/news/news-032007-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928171628/http://www.winatpokernow.com/news/news-032007-1.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |publisher=Win at Poker NOW}} He has also mentioned in several recent interviews his plans to create a charity poker tournament to benefit people affected with [[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|Lou Gehrig’s disease]].{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
Gold has also participated in numerous poker tournaments that have been designed primarily to benefit charitable causes.{{Cite web |last=Sofen |first=Jon |date=October 31, 2019 |title=Jamie Gold Interview: Former World Champ on Mike Postle and NBA Ref Tim Donaghy Cheating Scandal Comparisons |url=https://www.cardschat.com/news/jamie-gold-mike-postle-poker-cheating-85235 |access-date=November 22, 2019 |website=CardsChat.com}} Allowing himself to be auctioned off, making special appearances, or by purchasing buy-ins, Gold has been involved with a wide variety of causes,{{Cite web |last=Strazynski |first=Robbie |date=March 10, 2016 |title=A Closer Look at WSOP Champion Jamie Gold’s Charity Poker Work…
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