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Poker Classic Brings Casino Poker to the Tropics
Braving the fury of Hurricane Jeanne, hundreds of intrepid poker
players made it to Aruba for the UltimateBet.com Poker Classic, the
fifth stop on the acclaimed WORLD POKER TOUR. 647 players either won
their entry online through a satellite or bought-in for $6,000, and
tournament sponsor UltimateBet.com anted up an extra $118,000 to make
the total prize pool a cool $4 million. That pot is $2,256,000 larger
than last year's tournament, which drew 436 players. The winner of the
UltimateBet.com Poker Classic will take home $1 million, double what
last year's victor claimed, and then advance to the WPT Championship
when the tour's season culminates at Bellagio in April 2005. The WORLD
POKER TOUR is the highest rated series in the history of the Travel
Channel, airing Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The WORLD POKER TOUR continues to average a "poker millionaire a
month" in its 16-tournament season. In Season Three the total prize
money has already reached $15,194,470, a $6,631,590 increase over Season
Two Tour stops to date. The high stakes action is attracting increasing
numbers of players vying for the prize money and fans eager to witness
the minting of a millionaire at the Final Table. Projected to reach a
total of $70 million, Season Three's prize pool is rising with every
stop on the Tour.
Adding to the excitement, UltimateBet.com staged a pre-tournament
"Celebrity Aruba Home Game" featuring Ben Affleck and a number of top
professional WPT poker players, including Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth,
David "Devilfish" Ulliott, and Antonio Esfandiari. Each star hosted a
table, and 15 lucky winners walked away with sets of WPT-embossed poker
chips in sleek wood cases. Affleck also played in the main WPT event,
but was eliminated on the first day.
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2004 Online Casino News Archive
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