Venetian CEO Poker Tournament Main Event Furor

[PokeReader]

I think the smart thing for them to do, being new players, would be to at least give back the 5% charity vig. This would at least tell players they are making an attempt to make this right. I'm sorry but this is a business, not a charitable organization. Set up a charity for this group, raise money, fine. However, people who do business with you should not be essentially taxed to support your own personal charity. This needs to be an entirely separate financial endeavor for this woman. I'm glad she's supporting charity, I work in not for profit fundraising myself, (though not charitable), but tournament poker players have enough trouble financially without people's pet causes taking a chunk out of the pot as well. 18%, unbelievable!