Forget People or GQ. Ben Affleck is gracing the cover a magazine he'd probably read himself.

The 32-year-old actor's face looks out from the current issue of All In, the world's leading poker magazine.

Affleck's love of cards is well known in Hollywood and often irritated former flame Jennifer Lopez, if the tabloids are to be believed. The simple hobby turned serious when he won the Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship in June, earning a $356,400 prize and a coveted seat in the World Poker Tour Championship that will be held at the Bellagio hotel in April next year.

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"Everyone knows about Ben Affleck's commitment to the game of poker," says Bhu Srinivasan, publisher of All In. "We wanted to be careful not to put him on the cover purely because of his celebrity, but when he won a major event, it became a no-brainer."

Poker is currently en vogue, not only with other Hollywood players such as Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio, but also with thousands of viewers who catch poker shows on ESPN, FOX Sports, NBC, Travel Channel, and Bravo.

Affleck is enjoying an upswing in his personal life after the "Gigli" fiasco and public break-up with Lopez. Now, he's enjoying his poker fame and a relationship with another Jen -- Jennifer Garner of "Alias," who met the actor while co-starring with him in "Daredevil." It remains to be seen if his movie career will also bounce back when his holiday comedy "Surviving Christmas" opens nationwide on Friday, Oct. 22.