Many celebrities to play in Ante Up For Africa poker tourney
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The second annual Ante Up For Africa tournament is scheduled for July 2 at the World Series of Poker on July 2, and a number of celebrities, both from inside and outside the poker world, are scheduled to take part.
The fundraiser, hosted by actor Don Cheadle and poker pro Annie Duke, raises money and awareness for the crisis surrounded the Darfur region of Sudan.
According to a story at pokerpages.com:
“After the success of last year’s tournament, we are looking forward to another exciting year while raising awareness for an ongoing crisis,” said Duke. “It is exciting to bring the world of poker and entertainment together and we are once again asking players who win prize money to donate half of their winnings to our charities.”
Among those confirmed to participate, subject to availability, are Hollywood stars Cheadle, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adam Sandler, Ray Romano, Charles Barkley, Jason Kidd, Kevin Pollack, Cheryl Hines, George Lopez, Joe Trohman (Fall Out Boy) with many more expressing their interest to play. Also playing, subject to availability, will be poker professionals Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Laak, Erik Seidel, Phil Gordon, Rafe Furst, Barry Greenstein and others.
You can preregister here. www.worldseriesofpoker.com/pdfs/prereg2008/Ante-Up-for-Africa.pdf
Last year, the event raised more than $700,000.
