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THE 2018 TOURNAMENT


The 2018 Take ‘Em to School Poker Tournament raises funds for Education Reform Now’s work to advance high quality public education for all students.


Event Chairs:
John Sabat
Michael Sabat
Whitney Tilson


Event Committee:
Jae Hong
Shavar Jeffries
Marc Lasry
Jason Mudrick
John Petry
Alex Spiro
Charles Smith
Edgar Smith
John Starks
Kasey Thompson
Randy Wachtel


Guest Speaker:
Wes Moore

2017 WORLD POKER TOUR FOUNDATION TV HOSTS

Tony Dunst
Vince Van Patten
Lynn Gilmartin

ERN EDUCATION CHAMPION AWARD WINNERS FROM PAST TOURNAMENTS

Hank Azaria
THE SIMPSONS, RAY DONOVAN, THE BIRDCAGE, 4-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR

James Blake
U.S. TENNIS SUPERSTAR AND FORMER #4 IN THE WORLD

Billy Crudup
ALMOST FAMOUS AND WATCHMEN STAR

Tony Dunst
1 WSOP BRACELET AND TV COMMENTATOR OF WORLD POKER TOUR

Shannon Elizabeth
AMERICAN PIE, LOVE ACTUALLY AND SWING AWAY

Andy Frankenberger
2 WSOP BRACELETS, WORLD POKER TOUR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Seth Gilliam
THE WALKING DEAD, OZ, AND THE WIRE STAR

Lynn Gilmartin
TV ANCHOR OF WORLD POKER TOUR

Phil Hellmuth
14 WSOP BRACELETS AND MEMBER OF THE POKER HALL OF FAME

Allan Houston
NBA ALL-STAR AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER

Penn Jillette
MAGICIAN OF PENN & TELLER FAME

Pat Kelly
FORMER NEW YORK YANKEE

Brian Koppelman
CO-CREATOR OF THE HIT SHOWTIME SERIES BILLIONS AND CO-WRITER OF POKER BLOCKBUSTER ROUNDERS

Alex Kovalev
NHL ALL-STAR AND NEW YORK RANGERS STANLEY CUP WINNER

Marc Lasry
AVENUE CAPITAL FOUNDER AND MILWAUKEE BUCKS OWNER

Charles Oakley
 NBA ALL-STAR AND NEW YORK KNICKS LEGEND

Apolo Ohno
 2-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER AND DANCING WITH THE STARS CHAMPION

Jamie Rae
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL CONTESTANT

Erik Seidel
8 WSOP BRACELETS AND MEMBER OF THE POKER HALL OF FAME

Vanessa Selbst
3 WSOP BRACELETS AND ALL-TIME WINNINGEST FEMALE LIVE TOURNAMENT POKER PLAYER

Mike Sexton
FORMER TV COMMENTATOR OF WORLD POKER TOUR

Charles Smith
NEW YORK KNICKS SUPERSTAR AND OLYMPIC MEDALIST

John Starks
NBA ALL-STAR AND NEW YORK KNICKS LEGEND

Vince Van Patten
TV COMMENTATOR OF WORLD POKER TOUR AND CELEBRITY TENNIS

Malik Yoba
NEW YORK UNDERCOVER AND COOL RUNNINGS ACTOR

Education Reform Now (ERN) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization with the mission to pursue education policies that enable all students, particularly students from low-income families and students of color, to obtain a globally competitive education that empowers them to fulfill their limitless potential. ERN has become the "go-to" source for model education reform policies. In New York, Education Reform Now has been instrumental in efforts to improve New York’s district schools, move towards parity for public charter school funding, increase the cap on public charter schools and support high standards throughout the education system.

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  • Business Insider - 2017
  • Bloomberg - 2017
  • Business Insider - 2015
  • Business Week - 2015
  • Business Week - 2013