In the midst of the most recent Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), Full Tilt Poker has announced they've acquired a new "Friend of Full Tilt" that adds some real star power to what was already one of the net's largest poker sites. 

Don Cheadle, Oscar nominated actor and one of Danny Ocean's essential "Eleven," has signed up with Full Tilt Poker, adding his A-List Hollywood mojo to a "red" friend team that already held such stars as author Michael Craig, MMA champ Mike "Quick" Swick and perhaps most importantly, PokerRoad's Ali Nejad.

Cheadle is of course known in the poker community as a great player, but principally he's known for his amazing and tireless charity work as one of the original founders of "Ante Up For Africa"- a non-profit organization that's raised millions of dollars to help Africans in need, through fun filled, light hearted, celebrity poker tournaments.

In Don Cheadle, it seems Full Tilt Poker has landed themselves a real class act.

For more information on how to play in an upcoming Ante Up For Africa tournament, or to make a tax-deductable donation, please click here.


Story by Mark Anderson