John Juanda Auctions SHR Bowl Action for Charity

John Juanda might be the most soft-spoken Poker Hall of Famer playing today. His resume speaks for itself with $20 million in career earnings and five WSOP bracelets. He’s confirmed to play the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl for the first time and intends to auction off 1% of his tournament action with the auction proceeds to benefit charity.

(1/2)I’m auctioning 1% of my 300k SHRB action, bid starts at 3k, ends May 13 (23:59PST) all auction proceeds go to @REGcharity #SHRB1%JJ

— John Juanda (@LuckBoxJuanda) May 11, 2017

(2/2) My last 2 tourney results (both €25k buy-ins) are:3rd(€266,550)&2nd(€684,900) So pls bid w/confidence! Pay by PayPal/PS$??????????

— John Juanda (@LuckBoxJuanda) May 11, 2017

Juanda sent a second tweet reporting his last two high roller cashes if anyone was unaware of his record in high stakes. Should he win, 1% of his action would amount to 60,000, which is the sweat that winning bidder earns. Erik Seidel, an opponent at the SHR Bowl, was first to reply and bid $3,300. The auction ends May 13 at one minute to midnight.

Juanda is donating to the REG charity – Raise for Effective Giving – founded by poker players Philipp Gruissem, Igor Kurganov and Live Boeree in 2015. Kurganov, a board member of the charity, joins Juanda at the SHR Bowl felt.

Several players in the SHR Bowl field have gone above and beyond with charitable initiatives. Dan Smith raised $1.7 million for charity in 2016 that he donated to several of the REG recommended charities, Andrew Robl has a similar charity drive in 2017, matching donations on a month-by-month basis and Bill Klein quietly donated all his of earnings from the 2015 One Drop High Roller to charity.