This years WSOP features a very special, game that was televised last week. It was called Ante Up For Africa. This tournament brings together poker celebrities as well as movie stars, tv stars and athletes. They all play a poker tournament while raising money for Africa. The winners are encouraged to donate about half of their winnings to a charity in Africa and they must pay to enter.
Just in case you weren’t taking the event seriously take a look at a few of the big name celebrities who took part in the event: Charles Barkley, Sarah Silverman, Matt Damon, Ben Afleck, Nelly, Jason Alexander, Cedric the Entertainer, Herschel Walker and many many more. Those are just the Hollywood celebrities. There were also many poker celebrities. They consisted of the big names that have won plenty of pots in their lifetime.
I watched the event and really enjoyed it. It’s nice watching people that you know but have never seen play poker. You would think that these celebrities would be out of their element but surprisingly, they are all pretty good (for the most part). They aren’t messing around when they play poker. Here is a clip of it. I won’t tell you who won so next time it is on ESPN or ESPN2 definitely watch it.
