Ultimate Aruba Giveaway at UltimateBet

UltimateBet has made an announcement today that they are going to host a promotion that with the promise to give away a record number of seats into the 2008 Aruba Poker Classic, which is UltimateBet's signature island poker tournament.

"In an effort to make this year's Aruba Poker Classic the best one yet, we're sending a huge number of UltimateBet players to the island tournament for free," stated Annie Duke, UltimateBet's Cardroom Consultant. "Best of all, winning an $8,500 Aruba Poker Classic prize package is as easy as relaxing on the beach under a palm tree."

The promotion is called The Ultimate Aruba Giveaway and it will start right after the two back to back World Series of Poker leader board contests where players battled it out for seats in the Main Event by earning points for playing poker.  The new Ultimate Aruba Giveaway promotion will work the same way as the two WSOP contests except you won't be sitting down in Las Vegas. 

Players that play Texas Hold'em at UltimateBet will be competing for one of the $8,500 dollar Aruba Poker Classic packages.  All you have to do to qualify is play in any of their real money Sit N' Go's, ring games or multi table tournaments between June 20th and July 17th and climb your way up the leader board to get your seat.

Your Aruba Poker Classic prize package will include your $5,500 dollar buyin for the Main Event plus another $3,000 dollars for travel expenses.  There is also another way to get your seat on June 19th UltimateBet will be holding a 50 seat guaranteed tournament.