Randy Couture Among Names for Ante4autism Poker Event in Las Vegas
The South Point tournament is open to players and spectators, with a $200 buy-in, a silent auction and five autism charities set to benefit.
Ante4autism’s 18th Annual charity poker event is scheduled for Saturday, July 25, at the Grandview Lounge next to the poker room at South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The tournament is open to players and spectators, with registration available at ante4autism.com and onsite, and a $200 buy-in for players. The event is free for the public to watch and carries a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Randy Couture, Jeff Madsen and Chris Seneca are among the named participants. Norman Chad is also listed, and Doug Krinsky has said Chad has backed the fundraiser for years and is known for spending time with players and spectators throughout the evening.
Registration and check-in begin at 5:30 p.m., and tournament play starts at 6:30 p.m. South Point is also offering a special room rate for participants and spectators.
Alongside the tournament, the event features a silent auction with travel experiences, mattresses and other donated items. Bidding is available online and during the event, and one new 2026 sponsor, A Tini Bar, donated a coffee package for up to 50 people. Other sponsors listed include Bedding Industries of America, 3Z Brands, Furniture First National Buying Group, Ashley Furniture Industries, Carpenter, Serta Simmons Bedding, Leggett & Platt, Englander, Precision Textiles, Bread Financial, Coconis Furniture, Customatic Sleep Technologies and John McPhaden.
Proceeds from this year’s event will go to five autism-focused charities: AJ Foundation, Avenues of Autism, Bridgeway Academy, FEAT of Southern Nevada and the National Autism Association of Southeast Ohio.
Furniture Today described Ante4autism as an industry tradition and one of the furniture sector’s signature fundraising events. It said the fundraiser has raised nearly $1.7 million since it began, while Bedtimes Magazine reported that the 16th annual tournament in 2024 raised $162,957 and that the 14th annual event in 2022 raised more than $125,000. The event was created in 2008 by Doug and Kelly Krinsky through their not-for-profit Beat Autism Now to raise awareness about autism and money within the home furnishings industry, and the Krinskys are parents of a child with autism.
