The Story Behind Gavin Griffin’s Pink Hair
Typically I’d be giving EPT Monte Carlo final tabler Gavin Griffin all sorts of flack for his spiky coif that is currently dyed a light pink, but there is quite a story behind the odd color job. According to a report on the PokerStars blog, Gavin and his girlfriend Kristen, a breast cancer survivor, recently did the Avon Walk for Life and have pledged to walk another 39 miles this summer. Gavin dyed his hair pink for the walk in a show of solidarity. PokerStars has aggreed to help their effort in a big way, donating $15,000 to the Walk for Life to start and by matching donations up to $100,000 made by PokerStars players for the duration of the EPT Monte Carlo final table (where Gavin is just outside the chip lead).
To make a donation, open up PokerStars and make a player-to-player transfer to a special account set up for this purpose called “AvonDonate.”
Kudos to Gavin for raising awareness. Hopefully there will be major good karma on the way for him at this final table!
**UPDATE**
DEFINITELY good karma. Gavin just won the EPT Monte Carlo, collecting 1,825,010 Euros!
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April 2nd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Of course, the big question is: Will Griffin’s victory inspire any number of karma-seeking poker players (let’s not forget Phil Hellmuth’s "ordering" his wife to donate to Heifer and Doctors Without Borders after dropping half a mil to Ivey) to raise awareness for other causes? Seebok having to tattoo Habitat for Humanity on his posterior? Dr. Pauly eating vegetables for The Water Project? The possibilities are endless……..
April 4th, 2007 at 6:15 am
[...] As far as April’s heros go, Change already wrote about two; Gavin Griffin and PokerStars. From some of the biggest name pros to the more nefarious bloggers, the poker community puts itself out there on the “good cause” front. [...]