Affleck now into poker

LOS ANGELES: Ben Affleck may be unlucky at love, but he is lucky at cards, winning $ 3,56,000 and a place at World Poker Tour Championship. The gambling screen heart-throb, whose much-feted romance with JLo ended abruptly only to see her marry another man won a California State Poker Championship late Sunday. Affleck outlasted a field of 90 players in dollars 10,000 buy-in event, including fellow actor Tobey Maguire, who bowed out on the first day of the three-day tournament. — AFP