This year’s Ante Up in the African contest is supported by a row of celebrity poker professionals and renowned players, and is timed to take place at the Las Vegas Rio on July 2, while making use of the focus at that encounter with the World Series of Poker.

Don Cheadle, the actor and Annie Duke the poker celebrity initiated this charity event to recruit funds for the suffers of the human disaster in Darfur, Sudan, and to raise the consciousness of the public; and it is their second such charity function. Seven hundred thousand dollars was raised for the issue at the first launching, and due to the attendance of celebrities and stars from Hollywood who contributed from their winnings a minimum of half the income.

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ray Romano, and Adam Sandler will also attend Duke and Cheadle at the table as well as Charles Barkley of NBA renown and TNT analyst, Jason Kidd from NBA stardom and Joe Trohman the musician from the band Fallout Boy and comedians Kevin Pollack, Cheryl Hines and George Lopez.

Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth Jr, Chris Ferguson, Phil Laak, Andy Bloch, Erik Seidel, Phil Gordon and Barry Greenstein are also attending and their names supply a parallel line of the industry’s strength as well as international poker renown. 

Jeffrey Pollack, director of WSOP, in this year’s announcement of the event claimed that the community of poker players can assist in ameliorating the distress in Darfur by using this special occasion. He further said that before the sell out of the even which is to be attended by so many celebrities, he urges everyone to come and sign up well in advance. According to Pollack, within five hours at the most, the Ante Up for Africa has been planned to end. 

There are significant publicizing options for this charity as the over six hundred reports cover the World Series of Poker and players come from eighty five countries across the globe. Not On Our Watch and ENOUGH charities are also to gain from the money recruited a the tournament.

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