$1-Million 1st-Place Prize From Online Poker Room
The 7th annual Aruba Poker Classic 2008 is still a good ways off, scheduled to start September 27th, 2008, at the luxurious Radisson Aruba Resort and Casino. The tournament will last 8 days with the final table ending October 4th, where the crowned victor will walk away with a cool million in cash.
"We're heading back to Aruba for the biggest poker celebration of the decade," revealed and exuberant George MacLean, spokesperson for UltimateBet, "And we're bringing the largest first place prize in our history with us!"
Matt savage, a highly respected poker tournament director who made his Aruba Poker Classic directorial debut in the 2006 tournament, will return to oversee the island poker event. Famous names who've participated in the tournament's previous years include none of than 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Phil 'The Unabomber' Laak, Jennifer Tilly and Scott Ian of popular heavy metal band, Anthrax.
Qualifiers to the 2008 Aruba Poker Classic are set to begin in January of 2008 at UltimateBet online poker room.
