Natasha Barbour and Mike Raimon were married earlier this year and the two poker players are here looking for their own personal bragging rights. The two were taking to Twitter before their arrival and having a little fun at one another's expense:
With 122 entrants thus far for Day 1c the total number of entrants is now 303 putting 400 easily within reach. There is approximately 38 minutes left to register for Day 1c after which players will have to come back at 7 pm for Day 1d if they wish to take a shot at the $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool.
Sandy Swartzbaugh (left) with Director of Poker Operations Patrick Murphy
What started out as two friends running poker tournaments in bars has blossomed into an up and coming poker tour that only has bigger and brighter days ahead of it.
"My partner Bryan Oulton started running some bar leagues back in 2005 and I joined forces with him and we built the business together over the next five years," PPC co-commissioner Sandy Swartzbaugh said. "We partnered up with a major Florida casino and in 2010 we started working on the Aruba idea and the PPC was formed soon after."
"People like playing our tournaments because of the allure of the lower buy-ins for our Main Events," Swartzbaugh added. "That and the potential to win a trip to Aruba and a pokercation where they get to go to a beautiful tropical island and play poker with the 2012 World Poker Tour Player of the Year, Joe Serock."
"We're only growing. We'll be adding stops all over the country in 2015 and things are only going to get bigger and better for the PPC."
With 11,000 already in the pot and the board showing , Sam Medina Jr. was facing an all in bet of approximately 15,000. After tanking for a bit, Medina sighed and tossed out the call.
His opponent tabled for a seven high straight. Medina flinged his cards into the middle and then grabbed them to show that he had for trip fives. Medina was down to slightly less than 10,000 in chips after the hand.
There were 134 total entrants for Day 1c bringing the total number of entrants through the first three flights to 315. They will play down until the final 20 players before calling it a night.
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, Sam Medina Jr. was facing an all in bet of approximately 15,000. After tanking for a bit, Medina sighed and tossed out the call.
for a seven high straight. Medina flinged his cards into the middle and then grabbed them to show that he had 
for trip fives. Medina was down to slightly less than 10,000 in chips after the hand.