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CSOP 108 Winner Tamar Berkowitz

Tamar Berkowitz, from Volunteers of Las Vegas, has won event 108 after the final five players moved some money around so that everyone got some cash. Berkowitz also busted two bounties and claimed a number of sponsor prizes.

About Our Winner

Tamar "T" Berkowitz hails from Stoughton, Massachusetts, and has been playing poker since 2004. She discovered the game through a free poker league in Chesapeake, Virginia. Berkowitz considers this win to be her most significant poker achievement. Outside of poker, she works in Guest Experience at Allegiant Stadium and Sphere.

CSOP 108: Every Hand Makes A Difference — Wrap Up

The Charity Series of Poker returned to Via Brasil Steakhouse for the second annual Every Hand Makes a Difference, a lively CSOP 108 stop that mixed big personalities with bigger purpose in support of the Junior League of Las Vegas. With dinner and an open bar setting the tone, the room quickly shifted into tournament mode as players chased cash, prize packages, and a lineup of celebrity bounties that included 2013 WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess alongside familiar CSOP faces and special guests.

As the field tightened, the final table delivered exactly what the series promised: plenty of laughs, plenty of action, and meaningful rebuys that went straight to the cause. The payout structure rewarded the top three with $2,500 up top, $1,500 for second, and $1,000 for third, while places four through ten earned CSOP prize packages.

The biggest momentum swing of the late stages came when Tamar Berkowitz moved all in from the small blind and Riess was forced to defend with a light holding. Berkowitz’s K♥ 8♣ held firm on a board of A♠ J♥ 4♦ A♣ Q♥.

From there, Berkowitz rode the surge to the finish line, closing out the final table to win CSOP 108, capping a night where every pot mattered and every hand helped the charity.

Tamar Berkowitz in the small blind shoves all in for 500,000 and Ryan Riess in the big blind calls. Berkowitz shows K♥8♣ and Riess shows 2♠3♦. The board runs out A♠J♥4♦A♣Q♥, giving Berkowitz aces and a king kicker. Tamar Berkowitz wins the pot.

Tamar Berkowitz - Starting 500,000 - Ending 1,200,000 - Won 700,000
Ryan Riess - Starting 1,050,000 - Ending 350,000 - Lost 700,000

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Danielle Ford, hailing from Las Vegas, has been playing poker since 2011. Her interest in the game was sparked by watching poker on TV in her early 20s. She dedicated a year to studying poker books and practicing hands before confidently entering live tournaments. Her first significant foray into live poker was at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), where she bought into a satellite and won the table. Ford's most notable poker achievement is cashing in a bracelet event at the World Series Of Poker.

Outside of poker, Danielle Ford is a marketing strategist and a two-time elected official. She is currently running as an independent candidate for governor of Nevada, aiming to challenge the traditional two-party system in the upcoming November election. This is Danielle's second CSOP event and she has already won over multiple CSOP volunteers who are working on her gubernatorial campaign. You can learn more about her candidacy at https://daniellefornevada.com/

Mikki Gunter

Mikki, known in the poker community by the nickname "PokerInFront," hails from Las Vegas and has been playing poker for 16 years. She started playing in home games after work in Los Angeles, which laid the foundation for her poker journey. Mikki's most memorable poker experience was a marathon session where she ended up $5,000 ahead after playing for 26 hours straight, during which she managed to eat three free meals and get fully drunk... twice. Outside of poker, Mikki is involved with the Charity Series of Poker and various other volunteer organizations.

If you attend a CSOP event you will likely see Mikki in full CSOP regalia selling 50/50 raffle tickets and cheering on our players. She also works with Volunteers of Las Vegas and is a retired military veteran. We are lucky to have Mikki on our side at the CSOP and she has become not only a valuable volunteer, but a ferocious advocate. Tonight she is even handling some of the emcee duties. Thank Mikki!

Ryan Riess

Cards are in the air at CSOP 108, and there's a bounty sitting in seat five at every table tonight. Knock one out and you collect their bounty medal and an envelope with special gifts from our sponsors.

Here's who you're hunting:

Ryan Riess, 2013 WSOP Main Event champion, who finished second at the very first CSOP back in 2014

Sean McCormack, MGM Resorts' Executive Director of Poker Strategy and Development, and a CSOP board member

Katie Morgan, Movie star, CSOP champion, and two-time CSOP Award winner, including Celebrity of the Year

Rebel Lynn, AVN-nominated actress who holds the record for most final tables in CSOP history

Joey Hamilton, Ink Master Season 3 winner, owner of Revolt Tattoos and a CSOP champion

Robert "Drakken" Raymond, the glass artist behind Drakken Glass, featured in High Times

Sean Keith, Incredible Las Vegas artist and founder of Sean Keith Art

Glen Howard, of Howard Injury Law, one of tonight's top sponsors

Brian Kip, founder of SKC Group and CSOP Vice President

Danielle Ford, poker's favorite gubernatorial candidate

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The Charity Series of Poker is at Via Brasil Steakhouse tonight for the 2nd annual Every Hand Makes a Difference, benefiting the Junior League of Las Vegas.

Doors are open, with dinner and an open bar starting at 5:30 PM, and cards will be in the air at 7:00 PM. On the line: $5,000 in cash and more than $10,000 in donated prizes, plus ten celebrity bounties seated around the room with prizes for whoever takes them down.

Every rebuy goes straight to the Junior League of Las Vegas, so the worse the poker, the better the night!

For more than 80 years, the Junior League of Las Vegas has been one of the most quietly influential organizations in this valley. JLLV is a coalition of more than six-hundred women who put in thousands of volunteer hours every year. Right now, their biggest fight is ending human trafficking in Southern Nevada.

If you've lived here a while, you've seen their work even if you didn't know it. HELP of Southern Nevada, Ronald McDonald House, Super Summer Theatre, The Shade Tree, and DISCOVERY Children's Museum all got their start with help from JLLV.

If you're in the room, the silent auction is still open, and it's worth a look before it closes tonight. Among the featured items:

Two front-row glass seats on the blue line for a Vegas Golden Knights home game, donated by Lexicon Bank

A two-night stay at the Bellagio

Two tickets to the 2026 M.E.N.U.S. gala from The Hospitality Charitable Foundation

A seat in a CSOP Celebrity Cash Game, where past guests have included Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow

A Jason mask autographed by Kane Hodder, who played Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th films

And much much more!

Every winning bid goes to St. Jude, so pull the trigger and bring it home for the kids!

The champion tonight takes home $10,000 in cash. That's the headline, but it isn't the only prize in the room. There are prizes for the final table, the chip leader at the break and the player with the most rebuys, plus a bounty package for every one of our 20 celebrity players. The chip leader and rebuy leader awards are handed out at the add-on break, so we'll have those names for you later tonight.

Brian Kip

Shuffle up and deal! Cards are in the air at Viva St. Jude, and the bounty list is stacked: a WSOP Main Event champion, a poker legend, Miss Nevada, multiple rock stars, and the one contestant Netflix couldn't catch. Knock any of them out and you collect a bounty. Here's who's in the field tonight:

Ryan Riess, 2013 WSOP Main Event champion, who finished second at the very first CSOP back in 2014

Mike Matusow, "The Mouth," four-time WSOP bracelet winner and consistent CSOP supporter

Joe Stapleton, comedian and on camera personality for multiple major poker events, is also pulling double duty as tonight's emcee

Shelley Hennig, actress from Teen Wolf, Days of Our Lives and Netflix's Obliterated

Sean Patrick Bryan, the Mole nobody caught on Netflix's The Mole, and a BattleBots referee

Mariah Larronde, Miss Nevada 2026

Ronnie Mund, of The Howard Stern Show, known as Ronnie The Limo Driver

Jay Wasley, host of Ghost Adventures

Peter Mackenzie, actor from Black-ish and Trumbo, and a past CSOP final tablist

Joey Hamilton, Ink Master Season 3 winner, owner of Revolt Tattoos and a CSOP champion

Brian Shapiro, host of Pushing The Limits and frequent guest on major television news shows

Toby Rand, Rockstar: Supernova runner-up and frontman of Sonic Zoo

Ben Carey, guitarist for Lifehouse and Sonic Zoo

Josh Paul, original bassist for Daughtry and bassist for Sonic Zoo

Al Serrato, drummer for Sonic Zoo and Jetboy

Nick Landis, President of Michael Godard Fine Art Associates, tonight's presenting sponsor, and a CSOP champion

Kera Getter, CFO of ALSAC and St. Jude

Lisa Szyc, of Backus Law Firm, Experiential Chair for Viva St. Jude

Sean McCormack, MGM Resorts' Executive Director of Poker Strategy and Development, and a CSOP board member

Brian Kip, founder of SKC Group and CSOP Vice President

Every CSOP event has a beneficiary, and tonight's is one of the best-known names in children's medicine. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital treats children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and no family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food. That promise costs money, and nights like this help keep it.

One of the people who makes that promise work is in tonight's field. Kera Getter is the Chief Financial Officer of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization behind St. Jude, and she's playing as one of tonight's bounties. Knock her out and your bounty goes straight to the mission she manages every day.

Thank you Kera, for everything you do!

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