The 6th Annual Hamptons Happening, Cooks & Croupiers, got guests rallying behind the need for innovation in the field of cancer treatment and prevention and raised over $265,000 to benefit the Samuel Waxman Research Foundation. Architect extraordinaire and proud supporter Costas Kondylis was the honorary chair, joining Laurie Schaffran, Marion Waxman, hosts Susan and Louis Meisel, and guests including Sarah Huber, Elissa and Jeremy Pick, Katie Doolin, Jean Shafiroff, Jeremy Stern, Merle Duskin Kailas and Ambassador Joseph Paolino, Robert Nuzzi and Lisa Welch, Louis Meisel, Hans Van De Bovenkamp, and BFF’s Jon Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8 fame and Michael Lohan with fiancée Erin Muller for the festivities, which took place at the Sagaponack Sculpture Field and included casino tables where attendees tested their luck. Key­note speaker and breakthrough crusader Dr. Samuel Waxman closed his address with pure optimism.