On Sunday, April 13th, 35 poker players and countless Bridge fans gathered at the Echoplex club in Echo Park for the All-In ’08 Poker Tournament and Benefit Concert, the first annual fundraiser for The Bridge Program . Poker players, their sponsors, and concert attendees raised almost $15,000 to help Bridge students attend classes at Antioch. The tournament’s winner? Antioch BA student Chris Bautista.

- Players focusing at the final table…

After a hard day of poker playing, players and fans rocked out to the music of Tranfatal Express, Antioch's own Folk Poet Fantastico--Gabriel Garcia; Ceci Bastida of legendary Tijuana NO fame; Killsonic, the madness of the one and only Ornette Coleman inspired jazz marching band; and Cannonball Fun featuring Antioch's own Morgan Strauss and compadres doing their version of Punk Floyd.

- Killsonic, rocking the house.

- Chris Bautista, with his winning hand.

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