Celebrity Poker Player: Adam Sandler

Big name celebrities are also playing! Not only are they playing, but they're responsible for spearheading the revitalization of poker, by coming up to big time charity-poker tournaments and wearing logo laden gear from big name online poker sites. The Hollywood's glamour has mutated poker from nook hobby to a world-wide obsession.




Some celebrity poker players are better than others, of course, but everyone loves watching their favorite TV star or movie actor laying down a low pair with hilarity and certainty, only to bust.

With the advent of celebrity poker tournaments, now we can watch and play with a bunch of stars get together and fumble their way through a poker game on a tournaments.

Like these featured celebrity poker player gifted with remarkable versatility, especially a natural flair in comedy which he presents in his own unique way to draw people's big laughs while also warm their hearts.

Adam Sandler, from a comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, film producer and a poker player! After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million US dollar at the box office.

Adam Sandler showed up and hit the poker tables when he joined in 2007 World Poker Tournament to benefit the overwhelming social, economic and humanitarian crises in Darfur, Sudan Africa together with Ben Afleck, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and other A-list celebrities and poker pros.

In 2008, Adam Sandler showed up in the 2nd Annual Ante Up For Africa Celebrity Charity-Poker Tournament hosted by Don Cheadle and Annie Duke took place on Wednesday, July 2nd at the 2008 World Series of Poker held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Celebrities like Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, Hank Azaria, Charles Barkley, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Shannon Elizabeth, Brad Garrett, Willie Garson, Cheryl Hines, Kevin James, Mekhi Phifer, Ray Romano, Kevin Smith, Martin Sheen, Donnie Wahlberg, Montel Williams with other poker pros like Andy Bloch, Doyle Brunson, Miami John Cernuto, Annie Duke, Antonio Esfandiari, Chris Ferguson, Ted Forrest, Rafe Furst, Jamie Gold, Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen, Barry Greenstein, Joe Hachem, Russ Hamilton, Jennifer Harman, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, Kevin O’Donnel, David Singer, Katja Thater, Robert Williamson III, Paul Wolfe, Steve Zolotow. played with him.

Last March 2009, Sandler also took part in the PokerStars' European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final week with the first ever Ante Up For Africa Europe Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament, where he played with Ben Affleck, Montel Williams, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Jason Alexander, Charles Barkley, Ray Romano, Shannon Elizabeth and top professional poker players such as Team PokerStars Pros Joe Hachem, Daniel Negreanu and Barry Greenstein and to date Ante Up For Africa has raised closed $2 million for the cause.

A lot of these celebrity poker players aren't very good - most of the time it's their first game. Sometimes they'll surprise you though!

Hollywood's A-list At The RIO Las Vegas

Some of Hollywood's biggest stars are expected to go all-in for the 3rd Ante Up For Africa (AUFA) Celebrity-Charity Poker Tournament.

Annually the largest celebrity poker tournament in Las Vegas, the event is accessible for the public to play with their favorite stars or watch as spectators.






A full house of celebrities will join and taking the center stage for the event is the Academy award nominee Don Cheadle and the duchess of poker and World Series Of Poker Bracelet winner Annie Duke at the event taking place during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Rio in Las Vegas on Thursday, July 2 at 2 PM.

Stars like: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Brad Garrett, Mekhi Phifer, Brad Garrett, Cedric The Entertainer, Charles Barkley, Danny Masterson, Hank Azaria, Herschel Walker, Jason Alexander, Kenny Smith, Marlon Wayans, Montel Williams, Reggie Miller, Tia Carrere, Sarah Silverman, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Cheryl Hines, Mekhi Phifer and Rob Schneider and top poker professional Phil Hellmuth Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Tiffany Michelle and Erik Seidel have joined the growing list of celebrities who plan to play in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament July 2 at the 40th World Series Of Poker.

This No Limit Hold’em poker tournament has an entry fee of $ 5,000 and provides entrants the opportunity to walk away with a six-figure payday. The event allows players to rub elbows with top Hollywood stars, athletes and poker professionals while contributing to a great cause.

Celebrities and athletes will join poker’s most notable players to raise public awareness and funds to support the victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.




This event, as is every World Series of Poker tournament, is open to the public for viewing and admission is free. The event will take place in the famed Amazon Ballroom in the Rio Convention Center, just one day prior to the start of the World Series Of Poker Main Event, the game’s most prestigious poker event.


The first event Ante Up For Africa Europe event was staged in Monte Carlo as part of the European Poker Tour's grand final week, with players such as rap star Nelly, TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher and F1 driver Nico Rosberg raising a total of €160,000 (£135,084).

We love when celebrities do great things for amazing causes. Ante Up For Africa is a big charity event taking place at the World Series of Poker this year, and lots of poker-pros wannabes are headed to Vegas to raise money for charities that provide aid and assistance to the survivors of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan.

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Don Cheadle To Host The 3rd Annual Celebrity-Charity Poker Tournament

Attention all poker players! There is going to be an all-celebrity poker game that takes place in the next few weeks – and money raised will go to charity.



Mark your calendar for the July 2: 3rd Annual Ante Up For Africa Charity Event happening in 2 in the afternoon at the Rio Resort Las Vegas.

Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle will again be hosting the 3rd Annual Ante Up for Africa : Texas Hold-Em Tournament together with the duchess of poker and the poker icon, Annie Duke. The event is in association with the 2009 World Series of Poker. The tournament merges their desire to contribute to a resolution of this crisis and their passion for poker.

The Ante Up For Africa tournament will also host an exclusive party for the players and stars at PURE, one of Vegas’ hottest night clubs. It will also be televised on ESPN on Tuesday, Aug. 11 from 8-10 p.m.

The celebrities will be uber famous and putting their piles of money where their moufs are. So far the list includes; Matt Damon, Jason Alexander, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Montel Williams, Herschel Walker, Hank Azaria, Brad Garrett, Marlon Wayans, Sarah Silverman,Casey Affleck and Rob Schneider, with many more in the process of being confirmed and expressing their interest to play in the coming weeks.

The tournament will feature a fast-paced structure designed to complete the competition within five hours. Seating for the tournament is open to anyone age 21 or older.

The proceeds from the Ante Up For Africa tournament will once again go to charities The Enough Project, that provide aid and assistance to the survivors of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan and support activism dedicated to resolving this crisis. Previous Ante Up tournaments have raised more than $2 million for the cause.

“I am very pleased that we have raised almost two million to date and appreciative of everyone who has participated and donated to help us on our mission of bringing the plight of the refugees of Darfur to the forefront of people’s minds,” said Cheadle.

The crisis in Darfur is entering its 6th year. The conflict has killed 400,000 people and forced more than 3 million Darfuris to flee their homes.

The recent expulsion of key international humanitarian groups by the government of Sudan in response to the International Criminal Court issuance of an arrest warrant for President Omar Al-Bashir has placed hundreds of thousands of the most needy at even greater risk and without access to medical care or reliable food supplies.

President Bashir continues to utilize starvation as a weapon of war to silence his opponents and to distract the world from the key issues in Darfur. Now more than ever, there needs to be a dynamic international effort to move beyond simply managing Sudan’s multiple crises and forge a lasting and equitable peace for all of Sudan that ensures genuine power-sharing.

Our hope is that through efforts like Ante Up for Africa, we can continue to keep the issue in the spotlight while providing real funds to support a brighter future for the people of Sudan.

You can sign up to play at http://www.anteupforafrica.org. All players are being asked to donate half of their winnings to Ante Up for Africa, which in turn will make a significant contributions to Enough and Refugees International.

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