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Read what others are saying about our July 2007

tournament at the World Series of Poker

 

 

"The World Series of Poker flexed its social conscience Thursday evening as 170 celebrities and poker pros played a charity tournament to raise money and awareness for the human rights catastrophe in the Darfur region of Sudan." Click here to read more from Gaming News

"Last night was a good night for poker and the world.
The Ante Up for Africa tournament, a $5,000 event that took place at the Rio to raise money for charities that are dealing with the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, concluded when the final two players, Dan Shak and Brandon Moran, stood up and announced that they decided to donate all their winnings to the charities."
Click here to read more from CardPlayer.com.

"Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are hunting for some goodwill at the card table." Click here to read more from E online

 

"The day of the event arrived and low and behold we had almost 170 entrants." Click here to read the rest of Annie's journal article.

 

Click here to watch a wonderful video about the tournament

"Fresh from their Father's Day vacation in Hawaii, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reunited in Las Vegas for some grownups-only fun – for a good cause." Click here to read more from People

"The stars came out to "Ante up for Africa" in a charity poker tournament on Thursday night, and it ended up raising more than $500,000 for the humanitarian crisis in Darfur." Click here to read more from MSNBC

"Dan Shak and Brandon Moran didn't stroll the red carpet prior to the celebrity-packed Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament at the Rio Thursday afternoon." Click here to read more from PokerListings.com

"Pro poker pixie Annie Duke and her Brookline-bred boyfriend Joe Reitman were just a few of the Hollywood types who took part in Ante Up for Africa, a celebrity poker tournament in Las Vegas." Click here to read more from boston.com news

 

 

 

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