True Poker Charity Launches

MLP's relationship with the estate of Stu Ungar grew deeper in late 2005 when MLP was hired to provide management services to a newly created non-profit, The Stu Ungar Foundation, the first charity to be established in the name of a poker player.

The mission of The Stu Ungar Foundation is to deliver ongoing awareness of the problems associated with addictive behavior including gambling, drugs, and suicide, and to supply much needed funds to qualified and recognized organizations that provide treatment. Long term, the Foundation plans on opening a treatment namesake facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Once again, MLP will be working closely with Madeline and Stefanie Ungar, the widow and daughter of Stu Ungar, and Co-Founders of the charity. MLP will be primarily focused on fundraising activities including soliciting potential sponsors and underwriters.

To help maximize the Foundation's overall fundraising potential, MLP has retained Joe Lake, the recently retired co-founder of the Children's Miracle Network and now the most sought after non-profit consultant in the U.S.   Mr. Lake's contacts in Hollywood, politics and corporate America are extensive, and will be utilized to the fullest as the Foundation begins seeking funding in 2006.  

One key fundraising activity MLP plans to bring to the Foundation is a series of charity poker tournaments hosted at major poker circuit events. Thus far, there has been a very positive response from the world of professional poker and celebrity poker players that intend to participate in the events. More details to come on this website as they unfold.

MLP Partners With A Poker Legend

MLP has been hired by Stu Ungar, Inc., to act as the company's exclusive licensing agent. In this role, MLP will responsible for bringing licensing opportunities to the company and otherwise aid in capitalizing on the success of the book, "One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey "The Kid" Ungar." This is the first, accurate telling of Stu's life story, and it's much more than a book about poker. It reads like a Shakespearian tradegy with a plot ideally suited for the big screen.

To date, MLP has been working in conjunction with a potential licensee that distributes merchandise into casino gift shops and other boutiques. Keep an eye out for the Ungar brand in major retail outlets everywhere in the coming 12-18 months.

Stu Ungar, Inc. is owned by Madeline and Stefanie Ungar, the widow and daughter of poker legend Stu Ungar, arguably the best poker player of all time. Stu's untimely death in 1998 was less than a year after winning his third WSOP Main Event, a feat still unmatched to this day.