Ben Affleck was playing in a charity poker tournament for the “Ante Up For Africa” organization during the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
The former gambling addict was joined in the tournament by BFF Matt Damon. Poor Matty boy was knocked out within the first five minutes of the tournament, though he was leading the hand until he lost on the final card to a professional poker player.
Old pro Ben wasn’t as horrendous. He finished in the middle of the pack, but lasted longer than the other celeb players, who included Kevin James, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Martin Sheen and Dancing with the Stars alum Shannon Elizabeth.
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Well it’s for a good cause and you can’t hate on that!
It’s a good cause and I applaud them (sort of since they can do something more than just play poker) but what about the rest of the world. Latin America??
he is looking kinda trim!
He looks so strange…like he’s actually making a facial expression that honestly emotes for a change. Not bad.
Its funny, Matt Damon gets fat for a part right when Ben is very thin. Is that for a movie too? Cause he looks really sexy thin. Yummy!
I hope Ben is not sick, he looks thin!
Once a gambler and womanizer always and addict.
acoholic too.
lol…Matt plays a poker gambler in Rounders and he crashes out in real life in 5 mins. HA..guess art does not totally imitate life.
There’s so much wrong with this entire project I don’t even know where to begin. Fucking hell its so bastardly….I’m pretty sure these rich shmucks can do more than play poker, like UHM expropriate their wealth and share it equally or go and work alongside African workers and show solidarity with them. The fact that they are being ‘charitable’ by PLAYING with money, a massive system of exploitation for Africans makes such a fucking mockery of….
I’m too pissed off to even continue
BULLSHIT.
IT IS ALL THE SAME JUST LIKE HOW BRAD PITT SAID HE WAS GOING TO HELP THE KATRINA SURVIVIORS..GEORGE AND HIS POLITICAL TALKS ABOUT DARFUR WHY BOTHER..
AND NOW THIS.. NO ONE SHOWED UP BUT CHARLES BARKLEY…TO PROMOTE IT..
DON CHEADLE SAID IT BEST WHEN HE SAID THAT ” WELL IT IS ALL MINE”
WHAT ABOUT THE CARE OF ALL THE PEOPLE OVER THERE NOW IS THE TIME TO TELL
THE PUBLIC WHAT THE MONEY IS GOING TO INSTEAD OF HAVING MATT AND BE THE
ONLY ONES THERE…”IS THERE A MATT AND BE REUNION?”ALL THE SHOWS ASKED?
Oh get over it people .It was for a good cause .They made more than 400,000 and it goes to charity.
http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/07/04/raising_interest_in_dafur/.Besides Ben and Matt ,people normally don’t give as much to charity but when it’s something they like to do ,they give more.At least they’re doing something ,it’s more than some people here have done.I can tell you that.