COMMERCE, Calif., June 22, 2004
Ben Affleck, Poker King
Wins $356,400 In Tournament; Losers Include Tobey Maguire
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Ben Affleck, actor, producer, director, writer, and now, poker champion (AP)
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The 31-year-old actor outlasted a field of 90 players to capture the Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship.
At the final table, Affleck beat poker pro Stan Goldstein, who finished second, and knocked out Chuck Pacheco, president and co-founder of Castle Rock Entertainment, who finished third.
Fellow actor Tobey Maguire went out on the first day of the three-day tournament that ended Sunday.
The win in the $10,000 buy-in event earned Affleck the opportunity to take a $25,000 seat in the World Poker Tour Championship to be held next April in Las Vegas.
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