When it comes to top poker destinations, there aren't many places in the world that rate as high as Aruba, and for the third year running the PPC Poker Tour will return to the beautiful island for the PPC Aruba World Championship.
Taking place this year from October 15-21 at the Radisson Aruba, the series will feature nine events highlighted by a $200,000 guaranteed Main Event with a buy-in of $2,200. The Main Event will begin on Saturday, October 18, feature two starting days, and allow for reentry.
In 2012, Joe Serock won the event for $40,574 after he and Jesse Chinni chopped up first- and second-place prize money. Then in 2013, it was Germany's [Removed:65] taking the top prize of $59,139 after a heads-up deal with Joe Ebanks. Remarkably, Serock placed third in that event for $26,000 in an impressive back-to-back performance.
Handfuls of players have already won a package to Aruba through various PPC Poker Tour events, and there's still plenty of time for you to do the same, or simply book a trip for the event.
To book your trip now, you may contact Bridget Stein at (561) 883-3523 or email [email protected]. To view information about upcoming PPC Poker Tour stops, please clicking here.
Moshe Nizan opened the action for 8,500 and a short-stacked player two seats to his left moved all in for her last 15,400. It was folded back to Nizan who took a moment before calling. He turned over , somewhat surprising the rest of the table because of how slow he had reacted when the action got back on him. His opponent had and was in dire straights. She would hit a nine on the flop but no miracle would arrive and she would be eliminated.
"Even I don't fold those. I couldn't believe what I had," replied a sheepish Nizan when explaining why he took more than a millisecond to make the call. He was up to 80,000 after taking down the pot.
The two biggest stacks in the room right now belong to Dan Zucker with 215,000 in chips and Arri Stone with 185,000. They are down to 24 players, just seven away from bagging and tagging.
We walked by Anthony Guagliardo and saw him stacking a massive pile of chips. "Kojak vs tens," said a player sitting to his immediate left, telling us that Guagliardo had and hit a jack on the flop to win a big race against . After putting together the chips, Guagliardo had just over 200,000 in chips.
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, somewhat surprising the rest of the table because of how slow he had reacted when the action got back on him. His opponent had 
and was in dire straights. She would hit a nine on the flop but no miracle would arrive and she would be eliminated.
and hit a jack on the flop to win a big race against 
