The Alliance for Children's Rights

Nearly 100 players came out on July 27th for this year’s “All-in” for Kids Poker Tournament,
making our 5th Annual Tournament another huge success!

Our thanks to the event underwriter, City National Bank, and sponsors Pink’s Hot Dogs, Steve Lipscomb and the World Poker Tour, Brandon Rosen of the WSOP Academy Boot Camp, Linda Rambis, Dr. Jerry Buss and Frank Mariani of the Los Angeles Lakers and Greenberg Glusker for donating our t-shirts. The day’s competitors enjoyed great food and the chance to win some incredible prizes. Our special guests included Professional Poker Player Annie Duke and Dan Harrington, Steve Lipscomb and actors JK Simmons, Nicole Sullivan, and producer Jim Brooks among others.
Final Table Winners		Second Chance Tournament Winners
1st Place	Annie Duke	1st Place	Ron Ribstein
2nd Place	Dave Goldstein	2nd Place	Barak Vaughn
3rd Place	Louis Rubenstein	3rd Place	Mark Small
4th Place	Daniel Milder
5th Place	Anne Altman
6th Place	James Puerner
7th Place	Andrew Leff
8th Place	Audrey Kania
9th Place	Joe Stern
10th Place	Larry Stein

A very special thank you to some of our final table winners who continued the tradition of donating a portion of their winnings back to The Alliance - your generosity is inspiring!

Tournament winner Alex Smith, center, with runner-up Ken Ziffren and Alliance Executive Director Janis Spire.

JK Simmons, Kathy Meherin,
Annie Duke, Nicole Sullivan, John Schulman

Poker Tournament Chair John Schulman with Martha Henderson, of City National Bank

Andy Friendly and Steve Lipscomb

Best of luck to main tournament winner Annie Duke who will go on to play in the
WPT Celebrity Invitational as part of her winnings.

Main Tournament Winners
Dave Goldstein and Annie Duke

2nd Chance Game Winners
Ron Ribstein and Barak Vaughn

The success of our event would not have been possible without the dedication
of our Tournament Committee:


Hank Azaria Peter Benedek Hillary Bibicoff Bob Broder Elizabeth Elwell	Carol Fenelon Andy Friendly Willie Garson Andrew Hill Newman Steve Lipscomb	Kathy Meherin Jonathan Moonves John Schulman Michael Schulman Larry Stein	Nicole Sullivan Candice Vaughn Ken Ziffren

Our heartfelt thanks to Kathy Meherin, Volunteer Extraordinaire, for her boundless passion in making our event successful.
We love you!

Kathy Meherin


Andy Clough, Martha Henderson, Lawrence Rudolph, Janice Sendejas and Ken Ziffren City National Bank Tournament Underwriters	Pink's Hot Dogs show their support!

Generously underwritten by	Our generous sponsors