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Poker Pro Dan Smith Raises $1.7 Million for Charity
- Updated: January 4, 2017
Dan Smith, with the assistance of 134 others, has raised $1.7 million in his 2016 charity drive.
Smith said he would match the donations up to $175,000 to the following charities: 350.org, Against Malaria Foundation, Give Directly, Just City, Liberation Prison Yoga, Lineage Project, MAPS (Zendo), Massachusetts Bail Fund, Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), and GiveWell.
Those who wanted to give had to email a copy of their donation receipt to Smith, who would then match it.
An anonymous donor said that if the drive hit $175,000, he would match an additional $125,000 to 350.org, Against Malaria and Give Directly.
The drive was modified at $600,000 to provide donations to the Against Malaria Foundation, Give Directly and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), due to a donation from DFS sensation Martin Crowley, who matched the challenge with $200,000 in addition to the $325,000 he already matched 1:1.
“Awareness is the first step towards transformation,” said Crowley in a blog post on RotoGrinders. “Though I’d love to see each member of the DFS community step up and give, I’m grateful and humbled you’ve read this far. …
