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Celebrities are playing poker for charity
 July 24, 2007, 7:31 am (4 years ago)This years Poker Charity Tournament shows a long list of celebrities who attend the tournament that took place on fifth July. The venue was the rooftop casino at the Rio All Suite Hotel located in Las Vegas. It was the 38th annual world series of poker that includes celebrities like George Clooney, James Woods, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Tilly and lot more. Annie Duke with her friend Don Cheadle who is an Oscar nominee long time actor designed the tournament to assist the crisis in Darfur, Sudan and produce civilized awareness to the area’s anxious situation.
Participants of this tournament agreed to donate half of their winnings to the International Rescue Committee to fund all kind of aid to the survivors of Darfur which reached about two millions of homeless, abused and injured people. The tournament was not only polished with celebrities but also there were large tycoons of poker such as Robert Williamson, Eric Seidel. A range of additional rich and famous attendance has also been confirmed including Hank Azaria, Jason Alexander, Danny Masterson, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Melhi Phifer, Shannon Elizabeth and Gina Gershon.
Commissioner of World Series of Poker Jeffrey Pollack thinks that they are honored to be the host of such an event and hope participants, particularly those who will win enough money, will donate to reduce the suffering of the survivors in Darfur. This highly covered event with a great list of guest appearance and talented personalities was full of plenty nice sprits and sound quality poker play.
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