Hellmuth, Michelle headline Aruba Poker Classic
The 2009 Aruba Poker Classic kicks off Oct. 3 and more than 16 elite poker pros have already confirmed they will play the main event of the series.
In fact, tournament organizers are expecting a record number of pros to make the trip to sunny Aruba.
“This is one of my all-time favorite poker tournaments,” said Annie Duke, UltimateBet’s Cardroom Consultant and member of Team UB.
“While the UB community is famous for gathering together at all sorts of other poker tournaments like the WSOP, Aruba is all about celebrating the successes of UltimateBet’s online poker players. I can’t wait to meet the people I play against online, party with old friends on the beach and make some new ones.”
The entire Team UB roster is scheduled to appear including Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Joe Sebok, Adam Levy, Billy Kopp, Bryan Devonshire, Brandon Cantu, Hollywood Dave Stann, Live Boeree, Matt Graham, Mark “P0ker H0″ Kroon, Scott Ian, Michael Binger, Gary “debo34″ Debernardi and Shawn Rice.
Also confirmed to play are Amazing Race stars Tiffany Michelle (who is also a UB pro) and Maria Ho.
Michelle mentioned she was looking forward to the event when interviewed by PokerListings regarding her Amazing Race experience.
“We’ve been doing a lot of press to support the show so it will be exciting to go to Aruba,” said Michelle. “I’m excited to sit back down at a poker table and see if I still got it.”
Lacey Jones and Matt Vengrin, who represent Absolute Poker on UB’s CEREUS network, will also make an appearance at the tournament.
The Aruba Poker Classic began in 2002 and has since seen a number of high profile winners including Juha Helppi, Erick Lindgren, Freddy Deeb and Travis Rice.
Last year, online pro Matt Brady outlasted 550 players to win $1 million out of a prize pool of over $2.6 million.
Taking place at the Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa, the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic will run Oct. 3-10 with the $5,500 main event starting Oct. 5. For the complete schedule go to the Aruba Poker Classic website.
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