Ben Affleck as a poker player can be compared with Shana Hiatt: 90 per cent of the audience watch him playing not because they are interested in poker but because he is “The Sexiest Man Alive”. Being a professional poker player he has become very enthusiastic about poker.
Swore Friends
Ben got his first role at age 8 on the PBS mini-series "The Voyage of the Mimi". Nearly at that time he got acquainted with the boy who was living in the same block. The boy was two years older than Ben. His name was Matt Damon. They became great friends and have been supporting each other all the time.
But the time was passing and there were no good roles for two young unknown actors. “I say, pal,” Ben once said to Matt, “let’s write our own script and make our own film.” So they did and their film “Good Will Hunting” brought them popularity and the Oscar for the Best Original Screenplay.
Since that time they had an ability to claim for roles but to choose the roles by themselves.
A Respected Member Of The Poker Elite
Ben has become very interested in the game of poker, maybe due to the fact that his friend Matt played one of the main roles in the movie “Rounders”. He hadn’t managed to learn the game earlier so he decided to hire a
So he decided to find someone else to teach him and chose Annie Duke (on the photo). Under her direction he improved his skills and won $356,400 at 2004 California State Poker Championship, becoming the first celebrity to win a major open tournament.
In a brief speech he said that he was pleased that he hadn’t won by just sucking out and showed he wasn’t a “complete donkey.”
"He has become a respected member of the poker elite and continues to work to improve his game,” said Nancy Friedman, Commerce Casino Marketing Manager.
So, we hope that Ben’s poker career will be at least half as prosperous as his success with women.
