The Andy Roddick Foundation, announced today that it will host the First Annual Charity Texas Hold’Em Poker Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 at 6 p.m. at the La Quinta Inn and Suites in Marble Falls, (501 Highway 2147, Marble Falls, TX 78654) to help raise funds to build the Andy Roddick Foundation (ARF) International Tennis Center in CastleRock.

“Our goal is to raise significant funds to begin building the ARF International Tennis Center, said David Holder, Director of Fund Raising for the ARF International Tennis Center in CastleRock. We are really excited about the Texas Hold’Em tournament, and looking forward to a successful event,” added Holder.

The ARF International Tennis Center, which is planned to sport a retractable shading system as well as the greenest building practices, will serve as the hub training facility for the Andy Roddick Foundation Youth Tennis Programs from around the world.

The ARF provides at risk youth the opportunity to learn the game of tennis and to compete on local, state and national levels. The programs will combine weekly tennis instruction, mentoring for college, and nutritional counseling to help eliminate the crisis of diabetes and obesity among the youth of America.

Top ranked American tennis star Andy Roddick, 26, founded his foundation at the young age of 17 when he realized that he was in a position to positively influence the lives of many children. On Oct. 3, 2007, his foundation implemented his youth tennis program in San Antonio in cooperation with the Rene Lacoste Foundation, The USTA Tennis and Education Fund, Our Lady of the Lake University and The Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio.

On June 2, the foundation launched the first tennis program in the Hill Country in cooperation with the Boys and Girls Club of the Highland Lakes.

A donation to the Andy Roddick Foundation of only $250 gets you a seat to play in the “First Annual Charity Texas Hold’Em Poker Tournament” and Texas size bragging rights for the winner.

Texas Hold’Em tournament first-place prize will be for two complimentary tickets to see Sir Elton John in a private concert in Austin, with Andy Roddick and friends. The second-place winner will receive two tickets to the U.S. OPEN in New York, NY and the third-place winner receives a flat screen television.

Please help us continue our efforts to help Andy’s children by becoming a corporate sponsor of the “First Annual Charity Texas Hold’Em Poker Tournament,” donating a silent auction item or by playing in this exciting event. For further information or to sign up to play contact David Holder, Director of Fund Raising at (830) 832.2799 or daveholder@andyroddick.com. You may also mail entry fee in the amount of $250 per player to David Holder, Andy Roddick Foundation, P.O. Box 8040 Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657. Please make check payable to the Andy Roddick Foundation.