1:14pm UK, Wednesday June 23, 2004

Ben Affleck has won £200,000 in a poker tournament. 

The Hollywood star beat 90 other players to win the California state competition, and will now take a seat at next year's world championships.

Ben Affleck

Affleck's love of the card game is said to have contributed to his break-up with Jennifer Lopez. 

But Ben said his win proved he was not a complete donkey - at poker at least. 

The 31-year-old is now off to Washington for a date with wannabe president John Kerry. 

He is due to join Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro at the Democratic candidate's sell-out fund-raising bash in the US capital.