Ante Up for Africa -- Raising Awareness

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jul 03, '09 The third annual Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament was co-hosted by Don Cheadle and Annie Duke at the World Series of Poker on Thursday, July 2, and many celebrities, athletes, and poker players bought in to the $5,000 no-limit hold’em event that will benefit the ENOUGH Project and Refugees International. The amount of media and railbirds at the Rio quadrupled that day thanks to the presence of stars like Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, Brad Garrett, Sarah Silverman, Cedric the Entertainer, Charles Barkley, Mike Tyson, Herschel Walker, and many others, and the increased media coverage that arrives with these famous individuals will help the main goal that was on the agenda Thursday – to raise awareness about the crises in Darfur and other parts of Africa. “With... [read full story]                    

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