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Who's Who Benefit -2005

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Portland,OR - Saturday evening, Chris Dudley, a 16-year NBA veteran, hosted Portland's Who's Who Night Out featuring a Celebrity Texas Hold'Em tournament, as a benefit for The Chris Dudley Foundation dedicated to supporting children with diabetes.

The event, presented by Geoff Walsh/Countrywide Home Loans of Lake Oswego, was held Saturday, November 12 at award-winning Oba! Restaurante in Portland's Pearl District, and drew more than 25 celebrities including World Poker Tour player Annie Duke, Celebrity Poker Showdown's Phil Gordon and NBA great Charles Barkley among others. The evening raised $400,000 for the Chris Dudley Foundation for Children with Diabetes.

Corporate sponsors competed with celebrities in the Texas Hold'Em tournament. The winner was Portland native Lamont Boileau, 51, a real estate VP with The Commonwealth Companies, who competed with actor Currie Graham (Desperate Housewives) for the title. Boileau wins a one-year lease on a 2006 BMW X3 compliments of Rasmussen BMW.

Chris and Lamont Boileau, Winner of Poker Tournament!

 

 

 

Chris and Lamont Boileau, Winner of Poker Tournament!

Celebrities in attendance included:

  • Annie Duke- Poker superstar
  • Phil Gordon- Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown
  • Charles Barkley- NBA great
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar - Actor-Commander-in-Chief, NYPD Blue
  • Erik Palladino -Actor- FX hit show Over There, ER
  • Christina Moore-Actress -ABC hit show Hot Properties
  • Missi Pyle- Actress-Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Dodgeball
  • Currie Graham- Actor -House, Desperate Housewives
  • Joe Reitman- Actor-Bandidas, The Perfect Storm
  • Jimmy ‘Jimmy Jam' Harris- Grammy-winning producer
  • Erin Carufel- Actress- Scrubs, Charmed
  • Scott Brosius- former NY Yankee MVP
  • Todd Zeile- MLB superstar
  • Terry Porter- NBA greats
  • Maurice Lucas -
  • Michael Holton-
  • Sebastian Telfair- current Blazer
  • Theo Ratliff- current Blazer
  • Mark Mason- 1190 KEX afternoon host served as the emcee


Our sponsors made this event such a huge success!

Event Sponsors

Many sponsors worked to make this event a success for The Chris Dudley Foundation including:

Countrywide Home Loans, American Medical Concepts, the Heathman Hotel, Hedinger Family Foundation, Rasmussen BMW, Carcierge, Crown Royal, Ciroc, Diageo Spirits, Gari, Mimi McCaslin/Hasson Realty, Lucky Limousine, Jeff Parker, McDonald Financial, Salpare Bay, Sports Medicine of Oregon, the Casey, the Commonwealth Companies, Rumi Simone, Fusion, Five Spice, Grapevine, the Benson Hotel, CDN, Emmert International, Greg Wahl-Stephens Photo, Tim LaBarge photography, HairM, Nordstrom, Sylvie's Day Spa & Salon, Harrison, Michelle DeCourcy, Mt Hood Beverage, Nike, OBA!, Portland Monthly, Portland Picks, Signature Wines, Starbucks, Tom James, Yoshida Corp and West Coast Event Productions.