Page 104 - 2305_full

102 SIDELINES MAY 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE S O C I A L S C E N E

Brazil’s Paulo Santana Wins

Step By Step’s Poker Tournament Championship

Olympian Margie Engle and Step by Step Foundation’s CEO Liliane Stransky welcomed guests to the second annual All In For Charity Poker Tournament to beneft children in need at the Winter Equestrian Festival on March 13 in Wellington, FL. The dynamic duo of event organizer Kathy Andersen, junior jumper rider Daniela Stransky and Grand Prix veteran Hillary Dobbs made up Stransky Mission Farm’s Poker Team, but it was Brazilian show jumping rider Paulo Santana who won the Poker Tournament Championship at the end of the night. Others enjoying the evening of gaming for a good cause were Daniel DiPicoli, Adolpho Franco, Cesar Almeiea and Gustavo Amorin of Team Brazil, and Peter Pletcher, Hector Florentino, Danielle and Jimmy Torano, who had just accepted an invitation to be a member of the non-proft’s Advisory Board.Sponsors included Stransky Mission Farms, Le Club Wellington, Zimmerman - an Omnicorn Company, GB Group, Diaz Reus Attorney & Counselors, Wellington Equine Associates, Horsemen’s Outlet, Champion Equine Insurance, Mission Farms, Rodolfo Maya, LLC and Illustrated Properties, House of Travel, Holland & Knight, Lazcar International Inc, Gold Coast Feed & Supplies, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Julia Harrison Lee, Gustovo Amorim and Amorim Stables.

The Britton kids (L to right) Kelsie, Spencer and Clayton gave the seasoned poker and riding pros a run for their money during the night of gaming Photo by Jack Mancini

Paulo Santana anchored Team Brazil, which included Daniel DiPicoli, Adolpho Franco, Cesar Almeiea and Gustavo Amorin, in the Step by Step Poker Tournament Photo by Jack Mancini

Grand prix couple Danielle and Jimmy Torano, the newest member of the Step by Step Foundation’s Advisory Board, enjoyed the fne fare and auction items Photo by Jack Mancini

Step by Step Founder Liliane Stransky’s team for the 2nd annual All In for Charity Poker Tournament included Hillary Dobbs, Margie Engle and Daniela Stransky. Photo by SMPR

Artist Josee Nadeau unveiled her larger than life painting that she had created especially as a donation piece the non-proft Photo by Jack Mancini