| Don Cheadle, Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke and Tiffany Michelle host Online Poker Charity Weekend |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008
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 Want to play online poker against actor Don Cheadle, actress Tiffany Michelle and poker pros Annie Duke and World Series of Poker legend Phil Hellmuth? Well now you can. Online poker giant UltimateBet.com has partnered up with Ante Up for Africa and announced the details of there upcoming celebrity poker charity event benefiting those affected by the crisis in Darfur, Sudan.Other notables playing online poker in the tournaments for this worthy cause include Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon, Gary “Debo34” DeBernardi, Shawn Rice,, Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy and James “P0KERPR033” Campbell. Beginning Friday, August 15th, the poker site will host six online poker tournaments with all the tournament entry fees being donated to Ante Up For Africa. The goal of the online poker tournaments is to make a dramatic difference in the lives of those affected by the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Besides the chance to knock out a celebrity or professional poker player, UltimateBet has thrown more prizes into the mix including: Aruba 100-seat entries for September 13th Gas Cards and UB gear iAmplify Phil Hellmuth White Belt to Black Belt Courses AUFA Christian Audigier autographed T-shirts Magazine Subscriptions & Tournament Entries The Ultimate Famous Charity Weekend builds upon the solid partnership between UltimateBet and Ante Up For Africa, an organization created to raise public awareness and funds for Sudan-related charities. In July, UltimateBet introduced several innovative ways for players to make a contribution to the cause using their UltimatePoints. More information on this weekend’s Ultimate Famous Charity Weekend is available at www.ultimatebet.com. Designed with the assistance of the best poker players in the world - Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke – UltimateBet provides the best poker games available on the net. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments and get tips from these pros to learn the sport or to enhance their playing strategy. UltimateBet currently has over 2 million registered players.                        |
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