{"id":151,"date":"2015-11-09T22:29:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T22:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pokergives.org\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2015-11-21T03:49:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T03:49:36","slug":"john-colville-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/john-colville-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"John Colville Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_152\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/067_67.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\"wp-image-152 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/067_67-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"067_67\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/067_67-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pokergives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/067_67.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Colville 1966-2015<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Friends and family are invited to attend memorial services for John on Sunday November 22nd at 5pm at Unyak Church located at 2578 Belcastro St. Suite 103, Las Vegas, NV 89117 (Sahara &amp; Tenaya) A reception immediately follows the service.<\/p>\n<p>We are reaching out to the poker world to request assistance for one of our own. \u00a0John Colville, former Executive at Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas has been dealing with health issues for a couple of years. \u00a0He recently experienced a massive stroke and passed away Nov 11th, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>John has been a friend to many in the industry for years. \u00a0He created the Grand Poker Series held annually at the Golden Nugget and attended by thousands of players. \u00a0He also supported many poker entities such as Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker, WPT Boot Camp, LIPS Tour and the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. \u00a0He hosted charity events benefiting Autism, MS, Veterans, local shelters, Boys and Girls Club, children&#8217;s programs, and Poker Gives.<\/p>\n<p>John has a family he supports and has been out of work for several months. \u00a0The family could use all our support as they prepare for the inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever played a hand of poker at the Golden Nugget while John was at the helm, we&#8217;re asking for you to please consider supporting the family at this time. \u00a0Any amount is appreciated including the small blind.<\/p>\n<p>The John Colville\u00a0Fund has been established through Poker Gives and is tax deductible.<\/p>\n<p>We thank you for your generous support and prayers of his family. \u00a0PLEASE SHARE THE LINK TO THIS PAGE and TWEET @PokerGives #JohnInTheBigGameNow<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"LP7Z5JMKAEGSL\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends and family are invited to attend memorial services for <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/john-colville-fund\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokergives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}