An avid poker player, Affleck has regularly entered local events. He has been tutored by poker professionals Amir Vahedi and Annie Duke, and won the California State Poker Championship on June 20, 2004, taking home the first prize of $356,000, which qualified him for the 2004 World Poker Tour final tournament. He is a fan of the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, and Boston Bruins.
Affleck entered alcohol rehab in 2001, with a spokesman for the actor saying that “Ben is a self-aware and smart man who had decided that a fuller life awaits him without alcohol”.
