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\tBatman\u2019s been robbin\u2019 the house.
\n\tForthcoming \u201cBatman\u201d star Ben Affleck \u2014 who was banned for life from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas \u2014 has been cleaning up at the game for years.<\/p>\n
\tThe Hollywood high-roller, booted for counting cards, had hit it big playing \u201c21\u201d at the very same casino, raking in a total of nearly $1 million in two trips.<\/p>\n
\tThe Oscar winner won $140,000 in a single sitting while playing with pal Matt Damon in 2000, The Post reported at the time.<\/p>\n
\tA year later, he won $800,000 while playing three simultaneous hands at $20,000 a pop.<\/p>\n
\tWith $75 million in net worth, the 41-year-old actor is in it more for adrenaline than for money.<\/p>\n
\tHe gave away every one of his $140,000 in chips to casino staffers on the 2000 trip \u2014 tipping his dealers, waitress and door boys as much as $5,000, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n
\tHe hasn\u2019t had the same luck with poker.<\/p>\n
\tAffleck ran into trouble when he hosted a regular Hollywood poker game for A-listers in a posh cigar bar in Beverly Hills, Star magazine reported.
\n\t\u201cBen\u2019s Game\u201d was high stakes and drew such luminaries as Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Tobey Maguire to the Grand Havana Hotel.
\n\tOne night \u201cBen busted big\u201d \u2014 betting too much on a bad hand \u2014 and was forced to fork over $400,000 to movie mogul Ron Meyer, a source told the magazine.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cAt the time, Ben wasn\u2019t the most skillful player,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cIt was almost like he was someone who felt [he] did not deserve the money [he] had,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cDuring the time period at the Havana Room, though, J.Lo would call all the time desperately trying to track down her fianc\u00e9,\u201d the source added.
\n\tThe star had better luck in 2004, when he won the California State Poker Championship.<\/p>\n
\tHe took home $356,000, which qualified him for the 2004 World Poker Tour final tournament.<\/p>\n
\tHe has since competed several times in the tourney but has never won any cash, despite top-notch training from poker superstars such as Iranian-born poker whiz Amir Vahedi, and his personal coach, Annie Duke, who was accused of being involved in an online poker cheating scandal in 2008.<\/p>\n
\tLast Tuesday, Affleck was playing blackjack at a high-rollers table at the Hard Rock when guards approached, called him an \u201cadvantaged player,\u201d phoned for a cab and asked him to leave.<\/p>\n
\tCounting cards at blackjack isn\u2019t illegal but many casinos forbid it.<\/p>\n
\tIt involves keeping a mental count of cards that have been dealt and cards that remain in the deck to determine when to increase or decrease a bet.
\n\tA spokesman for Affleck didn\u2019t return calls seeking comment on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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