October is international Breast Cancer awareness month (Pink October)<\/p>\n
Breast cancer is a life threatening disease that affects both men and women. \u00a0More people than ever are surviving, but the reality is, it\u2019s still a very common disease which may require long term treatment and can hugely affect someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is a worldwide annual campaign involving thousands of organisations, to highlight the importance of breast awareness, education and research. They have created \u201cPink October\u201d which brings women together to\u00a0share their stories and to better support each other.<\/p>\n
partypoker and their newest brand, partypoker Ladies,\u00a0 are proud to support \u00a0\u2018Pink October\u2019 for Breast Cancer Awareness, and have designed a special event which will take place on\u00a0Monday 30th<\/sup>\u00a0October, 7pm\u00a0BST time.<\/p>\n The one day event will have a $22+$0 buy-in with unlimited re-entries and late registration available until the end of level 10. It will also have a 6 minute clock until end of level 10, then 12 minutes thereafter and a 30K starting stack.\u00a0The tournament will be open to all, male and female.<\/p>\n partypoker will be matching the total prize pool and donating equally to two charities:\u00a0Cancer research UK<\/strong>\u00a0&\u00a0Grupo Love in Brazil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Official No.1 female poker player in the world (partypoker sponsored pro)\u00a0Kristen\u00a0<\/strong>Bicknell<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0is a confirmed presence at the online felt and has said she will donate any winnings from this event to the two charities.<\/p>\n