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Ante Up For Africa: help raise $10,000 before July 5!


By Sama Team | June 24, 2010


Ante Up For Africa is a non-profit organization founded by Don Cheadle, Annie Duke and Norman Epstein dedicated to raising money and awareness for Africans in need. The 2010 Ante Up For Africa Celebrity-Charity Poker Tournamenton Saturday, July 3 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas offers a special opportunity as the only event of its kind where the general public can participate.

About the event (read more):

Ante Up For Africa, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Africans in need founded in 2006 by Don Cheadle, Annie Duke and Norman Epstein, has launched an online fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $10,000 before the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event on July 5, 2010. The goal amount equals the cost of a buy-in to the world’s most prestigious and richest poker tournament.

“$10,000 is enough to change one person’s life at the World Series of Poker. But in Africa, it can change thousands of lives,” said Annie Duke. “With the poker world focused on the WSOP right now, we’re hoping poker players will once again step up and contribute, and even put aside at least the money towards one satellite buy-in, and instead donate it online to Ante Up For Africa, where the money can provide much-needed assistance to those in need in Africa.”

Ante Up For Africa has raised more than $3 million through poker tournaments for their partner organizations Refugees International, Enough Project and Darfur Peace and Development Organization. If you want to make a donation, you don’t have to be a poker player to Ante Up For Africa. ;)



#1


Sama Reader Moshuo

I didn’t know Ante Up For Africa was founded by Don Cheadle. I’m a big fan of him!!

Bises
Moshuo
Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 5:19 pm

#2


Sama Reader Avi

Avi

If playing Poker can help, then play for the good cause ;)

Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 5:34 pm

#3


Sama Reader Thomas

It’s about giving money, right? Why not, but I don’t understand how it really works. The money goes to hotel rooms reservation and if the players win they give the money back to organizations? I don’t understand :oops:

Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 6:06 pm

#4


Sama Reader Oleg

Can I join the 2010 Ante Up For Africa Celebrity-Charity Poker Tournament? I’m a really good poker player, I can help win money but they will have to pay for me ticket :P

Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 7:57 pm

#5


Sama Reader Arnold

Max Dana should join the Tournament, she is a Poker Player :mrgreen:

Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 9:10 pm

#6


Sama Reader Gino

Right Arnold! She said something about it on her blog, a long time ago…… Go go Max!
Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 9:25 pm

#7


Sama Reader annaline

annaline

my brother will donate $10 he said.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 11:39 pm

#8


Sama Reader Frank_Pin

Frank_Pin

Excellent! Support Ante up for Africa!

As a Poker player (WSOP Championship tournament) I think it’s a great idea. I’ve donated already to the organization.

Max Dana is also a Poker player and I would be honored to play with her.
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 12:42 am

#9


Sama Reader Yull

Max Dana poker name is Mad Max LOL

http://blog.maxdana.com/movies/car-chases-in-movies-bullitt-terminator-2-mad-max-2/
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 3:04 am

#10


Sama Reader Josh

That’s very nice of your brother annaline!

Although I don’t get where the money goes exactly…… :roll:

Friday, June 25, 2010 at 5:17 am

#11


Sama Reader Ghosty

Oh yeah

If Max plays in Vegas I’ll come right away :P

Friday, June 25, 2010 at 5:23 am

#12


Sama Reader Witz

Max Dana mentioned a Poker chip on this post too:

My vintage orange desk and a big Sama sticker
http://blog.maxdana.com/misc/my-vintage-orange-desk-and-a-big-sama-sticker/

As for Ante Up For Africa, me too I am a big fan of D.Cheadle, he is a great man. I hope they will raise $10000 before July 5!!
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 10:50 am

#13


Sama Reader Juliette

Great idea to support Ante Up For Africa, I hope they will raise enough money!

By the way, Max samazed Don Cheadle, it’s from the World of Sama website: The ‘Movie Stars Series’ is a series of 16 portraits. Max Dana chose 16 of her favorite movie stars and she samazed them: 8 actors and 8 actresses. Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Robert Redford and Sean Connery, but also Angelina Jolie, Sharon Stone, Lauren Bacall and Ingrid Bergman.

Unfortunately, I can’t find the artwork anywhere :oops:

Friday, June 25, 2010 at 1:41 pm

#14


Sama Reader Grotesque

Grotesque

Ante Up For Africa Ante Up For Africa Ante Up For Africa Ante Up For Africa
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 3:35 pm

#15


Sama Reader Meddi

Meddi

Big fan of Don Cheadle here. I wish Max Dana published her work of the actor… :oops:

-Meddi
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 7:07 pm

#16


Sama Reader kemiko

kemiko

Hi where is the world of sama? I am new sorry
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 8:13 pm

#17


Sama Reader Pilar

Pilar

¡Hola! My boyfriend is a poker player and he has just donated to support Ante up for Africa, thanks to the Sama Gazette ;) I think poker players feel more concerned about the organization than non players are.

kemiko, go here http://www.worldofsama.com and you will see some of Max Dana’s works ;)

Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:20 am

#18


Sama Reader Simcha

Simcha

Why not organize a Sama Poker Tournament to support Ante Up for Africa? Maybe we can do it online so every Sama reader can participate. :P

Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 2:39 am

#19


Sama Reader Komkiper

Komkiper

Great idea Simcha, I’m in!
Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 2:54 am

#20


Sama Reader Toby Miller

Toby Miller

Ante Up For Africa has raised more than $3 million through poker tournaments for their partner organizations. Fantastic.

Toby.
Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 6:11 am

#21


Sama Reader Muzzi

Muzzi

Will we see the players? I mean will see the tournament online?
Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 8:08 am

#22


Sama Reader Oleg

Oleg

Simcha, this is brilliant, someone should message the Sama Team about it! :)

Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 1:43 pm

#23


Sama Reader Karmitto

Karmitto

We don’t hear much about Ante Up but if it has raised more than $3 million through poker tournaments, that’s very very good.

We should do something in France, I vote for a Sama Poker Tournament too ;)

Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 5:15 pm

#24


Sama Reader Arnold

Arnold

Simcha, Komkiper, Karmitto: Chiche! I just sent an email about it and we’ll see :)

Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 10:22 pm

#25


Sama Reader BettyKohn

BettyKohn

Unlike many other actors, Don Cheadle is actually doing something useful.

Ante up for Africa!
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 2:04 am

#26


Sama Reader Goeff

Goeff

+1 for the Sama Poker Tournament :P

Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 5:57 am

#27


Sama Reader Moshuo

Moshuo

Juliette : I think Max didn’t publish the artwork she made of Don Cheadle. I sent her an email through her blog, so she knows we are curious to see it ;)

Bises
Moshuo
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 2:49 pm

#28


Sama Reader KalieMero

KalieMero

I would like to see it too
Monday, June 28, 2010 at 9:31 am



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