BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Movie star Ben Affleck may be unlucky at love, but he is lucky at cards, winning 356,000 dollars and a place at the World Poker Tour Championship in April next year, reported CRIENGLISH.com.

    The gambling screen heart-throb, whose much-feted romance with Jennifer Lopez ended abruptly earlier this year only to see her marry another man this month won a California State Poker Championship late Sunday.

    Affleck outlasted a field of 90 players in the 10,000 dollar buy-in event, including fellow film actor Tobey Maguire, who bowed out on the first day of the three-day tournament at Commerce Casino, near Los Angeles.

    The victory earned the 31-year-old Affleck a 25,000-dollar seat next year at the World Poker Tour Championship in Las Vegas, the first movie star to do so.

(CRIENGLISH.com)