Chastain Horse Park and SafeRide America present a Texas Hold’Em Tournament on Thursday, July 14 at 7pm at Chastain Horse Park Clubhouse, located at 4371 Powers Ferry Road. Entry requires $200 tax-deductible donation to Chastain Horse Park/SafeRide America. All participants will receive complimentary food from Moe’s Original Bar B Que and beer that beginning an hour before play. In addition, SafeRide America will be offering all participants complimentary (tip only) SafeRides where you and your car will be driven home on the evening of the tournament. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit disabled children through Chastain’s therapeutic riding programs, help children injured or orphaned in impaired driving crashes and be used to expand low cost/no cost SafeRide services locally.
With a $200 entry fee, every participant will start with 1000 chips.
- The first big blind = 20 (1/50 of the 1000 starting chip amount).
- The final big blind = 1000 (the starting chip amount) at the 4 hour mark using 20 minute levels.
- Blinds to increase every 20 minutes from 20 to 1000 .
Additionally, there will be over $20k in total prizes. A partial list of giveaways include:
- 1st – 7 day, 7 night stay in an Orange Beach, AL luxury, 4 bdrm townhouse with boat slip
- 2nd – Hilton Hotels 2 night weekend getaway
- 3rd – 55″ Samsung LED TV
- 2 Apple i-pads
- Certificates for free rounds of golf
- Local restaurant certificates ($25 – $200)
- Countless bottles of wine and liquor
- Two 50″ flat panel TVs
Photo provided by Chastain Horse Park
Chastain Horse Park and SafeRide America are both a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organizations. Chastain Horse Park is a non-profit organization providing services for children and adults with disabilities, children-at-risk, and children from the inner city. It is designated as a “Premier Accredited Center” by the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, “NARHA.” NARHA-certified Instructors supervise all riding activities and therapies. Persons with a variety of health challenges are served, including cerebral palsy, developmental delay, autism, multiple sclerosis, stroke, depression, visual or hearing impairments, sensory integration disorders, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, speech disorders, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury. 
SafeRide America is a social enterprise program that effectively provides a proven, practical and affordable answer to stopping impaired driving incidents before they happen. Their professional drivers work in teams of two where one driver will drive with you in the comfort of your own vehicle while the other driver follows behind in the chase car. SafeRide America is a non-profit, driver-for-hire, public service designed to help prevent all types of impaired driving.
Hey, this looks like a lot of fun and a worthy cause…