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Celebrities Show up in the Ante up Tournament for Poker
 July 22, 2007, 1:13 pm (4 years ago)Famous celebrities like Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Ray Romano, Ben Affleck, Brad Garret, and Martin Sheen in the Hollywood had come to join the poker professionals like Jennifer Harman, Doyle Brunson and Annie Duke in increasing the knowledge of the public in the crisis of humanitarian at Darfur.
The even of 300-seat special in Africa’s Ante Up during the 2007 World Series of Poker this is the inspiration for the nominee for the Academy Awardee Cheadle and Duke the poker ace, taking place at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, the event place last Thursday.
There is an opening of the buy-in tournament in the No Limit Hold’em $5000 prize for everyone with the players they are eligible in attending the private party taking place in Rio’s Voodoo Lounge when the games is finished. These event is featuring the fast-paced structure designing to complete the competition with the duration of 5 hours and the players are asked donating half of their prizes in the Enough project and for the International Rescue Committee. The two groups that had been educated and influenced by the policy making body in the crisis at Darfur providing the help for the affected people.
“At the span of four years, defending in the region of Darfur in West part of Sudan leaves 200,000 people dead and drives the 2.5 million away from their houses,” according to Cheadle.
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