Oscar-winners Matt Damon and Ben Affleck

Oscar-winners Matt Damon and Ben Affleck

2007-07-11

• Oscar-winners Matt Damon and Ben Affleck showed up at a charity poker tournament in Las Vegas, in order to raise money for the victims of the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Entitled Ante Up for Africa, the event was organised at the Rio Hotel. The money raised by the event went to the Enough Project and the International Rescue Committee, which are providing relief for the two million refugees displaced in the conflict-ridden region of Sudan. Adam Sandler, Ray Romano, Martin Sheen, Kevin James, Hank Azaria, Shannon Elizabeth and Damon's Ocean's Thirteen co-star Don Cheadle were the other celebrities to show their poker skills.
• For most of the world’s top players, day one of the main event is all about gathering information, but today Kenna James and Humberto Brenes spent their time giving information and raising awareness about the Wounded Warriors Foundation. Laughing and smiling at the Poker Faces booth inside the World Series of Poker Pavilion Center, James and Brenes were signing autographs, and taking photos during the unveiling of the Screaming Eagle card protector. You might not be familiar with Poker Faces Inc., but if you have ever seen Humberto and his hungry shark, then you’ve caught a small glimpse of their product line. The Screaming Eagle card guard was developed in commemoration of our troops, and modeled after a hardcore group of card-slinging soldiers that play under the name of The Screaming Eagles Poker Association.

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