In Full Tilt news, poker players will be seeing a new name in red, actor, human rights activist, and poker player Don Cheadle. Although he hasn't yet won a major tournament Mr. Cheadle has done reasonably well as an amateur player. Because of this he won't be listed as a pro, but rather as a 'Friend of Full Tilt'. Cheadle started the Ante up for Africa events along with Annie Duke and Norman Epstein.

The FTOPS continues, and the good news for players is that a few of the tournaments have been short on players. The reason this is good news is because the tournaments guarantee prize money, and there's always a magic number that, once hit, starts raising the prizes. If that magic number isn't hit then the prizes for a guarantee tournament are much more lucrative for every player in the game because Full Tilt itself is required to fulfill the guarantee, which hasn't been met by tournament fees. There are 14 more events left, take a look at the schedule and either sign up or start playing satellites.

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