By Judy Thorburn
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Fourth Annual Ante up for Africa Raise More Than $275,000 at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

The fourth annual Ante up for Africa charity poker tournament took place July 3 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino as part of the 41st Annual World Series of Poker® The star studded event raised more than $275,000 to aid the victims of the humanitarian crises in Africa. First place went to professional poker player Phil Gordon, who won a total of $129,086 and he donated 100 percent of his winnings back to the charity.

“I always wanted to win an event at the World Series of Poker,”Gordon said after his win. “Of course, it had to be a non-gold bracelet event.” He has made it to multiple final tables in the WSOP®, but has yet to win a bracelet. Runner-up, actress Shannon Elizabeth, felt similarly after the tournament ended, “I wish the rest of my WSOP had gone the way this tournament went.”

Ante up for Africa attracted 83 players this year including Don Cheadle, Annie Duke, Matt Damon, Brad Garrett, Shannon Elizabeth, Montel Williams, David Alan Grier, Evander Holyfield, Jerome Bettis and poker pros Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon, Phil Ivey, John Hennigan, Joe Hachem, Michael Mizrachi, Rafe Furst and Erik Seidel. The No-Limit Hold’em poker tournament required an entry fee of $5,000 and all of the in-the-money finishers donated a portion of their winnings to the charity.

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From left to right: Shannon Elizabeth, Norman Epstein, Don Cheadle, Annie Duke, Phil Gordon
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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Annie Duke and Don Cheadle
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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Brad Garrett and Matt Damon
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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Shannon Elizabeth
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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David Allen Grier
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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Evander Holyfield
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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Jerome Bettis
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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Matt Damon and Don Cheadle
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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Montel Williams
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

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Shannon Elizabeth
Photo credit: Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com

 


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