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Bad Beats, Good Deeds
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When you play in a tournament like the Aruba Poker Classic there’s a chance you could win life-changing money. First prize this year was around $750,000; last year it was a cool million. That’s a nice chunk of change no matter what your current bank balance is. Even if you “only” make the final table you’re ...3 weeks ago -
After Aruba
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The Aruba Poker Classic is officially over and we’ve crowned our new Main Event winner, Brandon Hall. Elliot Smoth won our Mercedes Sit & Go. It got down to three players, one being our very own Poker Ho. Congratulations to both players for their remarkable achievement and a special thank you to all the ...3 weeks ago -
BACK FROM PARADISE
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Man, I think I need a vacation from the insane vacation I just had! In case you weren’t partying and tanning it up with us in Aruba I took plenty of pictures so that you can feel like you were right there with us. If you like what you see I highly recommend being there next year. I have to say that it’s my all ...3 weeks ago -
In Recovery
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Home sweet home. That’s what a lot of people who attended the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic have been saying the last day or so as we wended our ways home. Don’t get me wrong, who doesn’t LOVE being in Aruba? I know I did, especially when I got home to Pittsburgh last night and the temperature was 38 degrees. And I ...4 weeks ago -
Brandon Hall Wins the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic
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After hours where (literally) nothing happened there were two quick eliminations following Eric Baldwin’s exit. Chase Steely moved in for about 500,000 after a Robert Mizrachi raise and Robert called with K-J to Steely’s pocket Queens. The flop came A-10-9, giving Mizrachi a gutshot draw (though Steely held two of ...4 weeks ago -
Eric Baldwin Eliminated in Fourth Place
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Once play resumed there weren’t many major confrontations before Brandon Hall and Eric Baldwin contested a huge pot. Hall opened for 90,000, Baldwin re-raised to 275,000 and Hall moved in for almost 1.4 million. Baldwin had Hall’s stack counted down, ran the numbers in his head, and announced a call. Eric’s ...4 weeks ago -
Let’s Make a Deal…Please
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The four players left in the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic have been discussing a deal for well over a half-hour now. They’re talking about chopping the money along some intricately-negotiated lines and saving about $100,00 to play for. This is perhaps the longest chop-talk I’ve ever seen and it ain’t over yet. And ...4 weeks ago -
Digging In
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The four players left in the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic seem prepared to turn this into a war of attrition. The biggest hand of the last hour came when Brandon Hall doubled up with Queens to Chase Steely’s pocket Tens. That gave Hall a 1.4 million stack and and bunched the players together even more. Here are the chip ...4 weeks ago -
Roberto Santos Eliminated in 5th Place
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Perhaps no player who made it past the first day had more fun that Roberto Santos. Cheered on by an (extremely) enthusiastic band of supporters Santos enjoyed bantering in Spanish with his friends on the rail and showing off his bluffs to the crowd and indulging in wild histrionics when he won a big hand. He came ...4 weeks ago -
Brock Parker Out in Sixth Place
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I mentioned in my last post that Roberto Santos was running good this week with Ace-King and in fact it seems like every time there’s been a race late in the tournament it’s the overcards that’ve won against the pocket pair. But Brock Parker and Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin just played the biggest pot of the ...4 weeks ago -
Matt Ross Eliminated in 7th Place
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We stopped play last night with 7 players remaining so we could end at a decent hour, and it didn’t take long for us to lose the player who turned out to be unlucky number seven. Matt Ross moved in for the last of his chips and Roberto Santos asked for a count. Once that was done he announced a call and his Ace-King ...4 weeks ago -
Rain Rain Go Away
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We woke to gray skies here in Aruba and the clouds have been giving up their rain all morning. It’s wet and gloomy and generally miserable, and that means that we’re going to have a change of location for today’s final table. We were supposed to start at noon and come hell or high water, we’re starting at ...4 weeks ago -
Seven From Heaven
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Authority: 474
Apologies for the lack of updates, the internet hiccuped again and we couldn’t gain access (though you can follow UB on Twitter , that’s always worked down here). After Charlie Hook went out 10th and John Clancy was eliminated in 9th there was another long period where play settled down until Ryan Schmidt was ...4 weeks ago -
Here are the Keys
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It’s not a news flash that you can’t drive to Aruba. Maybe if you lived in Venezuela and built a really big ramp…but that wouldn’t count as “driving”, would it? Still, the ten players who took to the table in our big Walk Away with a Mercedes event didn’t seem to mind that even after winning some work ...4 weeks ago -
The Journey, and the Reward
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The comedian Louis CK was on Conan O’Brien’s show not so long ago and put our “I want it NOW NOW NOW!” culture in perspective. We live in a time of incredible technological advantage and yet so many people are, in his words, “spoiled idiots”. In particular he railed against people who complain about air ...5 weeks ago -
It’s All About Aruba
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I know it doesn’t start until tomorrow, but I think it is pretty safe to call the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic the party of the decade. Obviously there’s only 3 months left in this particular decade, but we’re talking about endless poker action, tropical weather, non-stop parties, cool players, major money, and ...5 weeks ago
