Seriously. No jokes here. If you want to combine your transcendant love of gambling with your just-more-than-lukewarm love of the human race, Wil Wheaton wants you. Um, wants you to play poker for hurricane relief. PokerStars’ Lee Jones, by way of Guinness and Poker:

Hi folks -

Many people have contacted us at PokerStars and said “How can we help Katrina victims?”

One of the people who contacted us was Wil Wheaton, a member of Team PokerStars. Wil wanted to put on a tournament to raise money. Quoting Ernie Banks, we said, “Let’s play two!”

Monday, Sept. 12th at 9:30 PM Eastern Time : $5+0 NLH

Wednesday, Sept. 14th at 9:30 PM Eastern Time: $20+0 NLH (no rebuys)

$.01 (yes, one penny) of each buyin and rebuy is going to the prize pool. The rest will be matched 100% by PokerStars and sent to the American Red Cross.

PokerStars and Wil Wheaton will also be providing cool prizes for the final table finishers.

Good deeds mean good karma. You do want to get laid in 2006, no?

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