The annual Ante up For Africa Tournament was created as a part of the World Series of Poker by professional poker players Annie Duke (of Ultimate Bet) and Don Cheadle, who signed on to be a ‘friend of Full Tilt Poker’ in May of this year in addition to his career as an American actor, film producer, philanthropist, and author.

The purpose of the tournament is to provide much needed aid to the survivors of the Crisis in Darfur, and because of that, and the significance therein, the tournament draws not just the top poker pro’s in the world, but many A-Listers from Hollywood.
Needless to say this tournament doesn’t just do great things for people that really need the help; it’s a top choice among fans as well, movie fans, sports fans, and of course poker fans.

This year, for the first time in the history of the charity poker tournament, ESPN is televising the tournament.

In attendance were Brad Garrett, of Everybody Loves Raymond, Charles Barkley, who isn’t a role model, but does play the occasional hand of poker for charity, Cedric the Entertainer, Hershel Walker, Meg Tilly, Dean Cain, Jason Alexander, Montel, Nelly, Matt Damon, Mike Tyson, Sarah Silverman and tournament founders, Cheadle and Annie Duke.

In addition to the Hollywood A-Listers, some of Full Tilt Poker’s A-List was in attendance as well, including poker pro Andy Bloch, 2-time 2009 WSOP bracelet winner Greg “Full Blown TIlt” Mueller, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Phil Gordon,  and Erik Seidel.

FTP Pro Jennifer Harman was in attendance, in fact, she took the liberty of busting Ben Afleck, when his trip sixes met up with her flush draw, and you can guess the rest. Harman was eventually knocked out in 9th.

In the end, alex bolotin took down the title, the prize pool, and the glory.

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