2009 Aug 14

Ante Up For Africa goes online

Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle is hosting an online Ante Up For Africa tournament on Full Tilt.
By: PokerListings.com

The poker world's efforts to raise money for Darfur moves online Saturday.

Actor Don Cheadle is hosting a charity tournament to raise funds for Ante Up For Africa as a part of FTOPS XIII on Full Tilt Poker Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. ET.

The $100+$20 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max tournament will have a guaranteed prize pool of $100k, but the entire $20 buy-in fee from every entry will go to aiding the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

Cheadle co-founded the World Series of Poker's Ante Up for Africa event with Annie Duke and Norman Epstein in 2007.

To date it has raised $2.5 million for Darfur, including $600k from a star-studded event at the 2009 WSOP last month.

Actor Matt Damon, who has played every WSOP Ante Up For Africa tournament so far, has already committed to play Saturday.

Hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions driven from their homes in the humanitarian crisis taking place in Darfur.

Comments

1

  1. Andrew P.

    2009-08-17

    Cheadle is the best!

    Great post

Leave Your Comment

Which hand wins calculator

Best Poker Sites - Editors' Picks