Event 6 PLO Turbo

The PPC Aruba Event #6 PLO Turbo event is down to the final 7 players with a mix of 3 US players & 4 Venezuelan players.  We’ll have pictures shortly.  First prize is $2,134.  In the mix is Pam Buzzetto who won Event #2 here at the PPC Aruba and also won the Main Event of the PPC Tampa Downs Fall Classic.  Leading the Venezuelan players is Jose RIvas, who’s won events on the LAPT and WPT Europe.

Day 1B Underway

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So far there are 31 entrants in Day 1B and players can enter or re-enter with a full stack of 25,000 chips up until when cards fly on Day 2 at 3pm tomorrow.

Our Amazing Sponsors

We would like to thank the following awesome sponsors of this year’s event:

LIPS – Ladies International Poker Series

Gusto Nightclub Aruba

Sopranos Piano Bar Aruba

Blue Shark Optics

Run Good Gear

Tampa Bay Downs Silks Poker Room

Studz Poker Room at Calder Racetrack

Maryland Live!

Ft. Pierce Jai-Alai and Poker

Aruba Tourism Authority & Aruba.com

PokerNews

Hendon Mob

Canadian Poker Player Magazine

Event 1 Champion

Amir Baron won $15,500 when he defeated Robin K heads up in the PPC Aruba Event 1!

Full listing of all the results of Event 1 shortly.

Event 1 Champion Amir Baron

Amir Baron, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is the winner of the first event of the PPC Aruba World Championship, the $550 buy-in $40,000 guarantee prize pool. With 94 entrants, he took down $15,500 of the $45,590 total prize pool.

The winner had won his way here in South Florida bar poker league All In Free Poker, which awarded him with a $2,500 prize package. For more information on this league, go to http://allinfreepoker.com.

Congrats to Amir!

Event 1 Final Table & Event 2 Underway

The Final Table is set and we’re one player from the money in the PPC Aruba World Championship Event #1 $550 buy-in $40,000 guarantee prize pool.  There were 94 total entries and a prize pool of $45,590.

The Final Table participants are:

Seat 1 – Haley Taylor; Tampa, Florida; 56,000 chips

Seat 2 – Charles Pearson; Jessup, Maryland; 35,000 chips

Seat 3 – Ryan Franklin; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 36,000 chips

Seat 4 – Robin K; Hamburg, Germany; 230,000 chips

Seat 5 – Jeff Tomlinson; Vero Beach, Florida; 135,000 chips

Seat 6 – John McCann; Garnett Valley, Pennsylvania; 63,500 Chips

Seat 7 – Amir Baron; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; 68,000 Chips

Seat 8 – Lisa Hawkes; Swindon, England; 110,000 Chips

Seat 9 – Riangelo De Cuba; Curacao; 42,000 Chips

Seat 10 – Ronald Prieto; Venezuala; 160,000 Chips

Riangelo started the day as chip leader with 128,800 chips.  However, he was called away prior the start of the day and has been blinded down to the edge of the money.

Also, the $220 buy-in Event #2 PLO tourney is underway with 22 entries so far and registration remaining open until 9:30pm.

At 9pm, the 3rd of four Main Event Satellites will run.  It is a $270 buy-in and a seat to Day 1A of the PPC Aruba World Championship Main Event will be awarded for every 10 entries.

Tons of great action here, so come on down!

Super Satellite Seats

The second of four nights of satellites produced 2 more seats to the PPC Aruba World Championship $2,500 buy-in $200,000 guarantee Main Event.  The two players to win there seats are: Vincenti Cham and Tim Shortell

The ending was insane.  The gentleman who finished in third place called Vincenti’s small blind all-in raise and was covered.  The 3rd place finisher called with two red Queens and was a favorite over Vincenti’s Ks Jc.  The flop rolled out Ace King Ten all of clubs pushing VIncenti into a massive favorite.  The turn brought hope to the other gentlemen with the Ace of Spades.  Needing the Queen of Spades, instead, the Queen of Clubs was the river and his full house was annihilated by Vincenti’s Royal Flush!  

Tim and Vincenti celebrated their Main Event satellites while many pictures were taken of the exotic board.

That’s it for tonight.  

Friday’s schedule:

3pm – Event 1 Day 2

6pm – Event 2 – $220 PLO

9pm – Main Event Super Satellite

Remaining Event 1 Players by Chip Count

Below is the list of players remaining for Day 2 of PPC Aruba Event #1 sorted by chip count.

Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
Riangelo De Cuba	128,800	1	1
John McCann	95,500	1	8
Robin Kazemieh	88,500	2	6
Joe Ebanks	86,300	2	5
Haley Taylor	59,300	2	7
Jeff Tomlinson	56,800	1	3
Ronald Prieto	54,900	3	6
Lewis Gallo	47,800	1	2
Lisa Hawkes	45,300	1	5
Igor Merda	41,600	2	3
Michael Iacullo	41,300	2	8
Wayne Griffin	40,800	3	7
Amir Baron	39,900	3	9
Charles Pearson	22,900	1	4
David Graham	18,700	2	1
Monique Uidree	18,000	3	4
Bruce Browman	15,100	3	8
Edie Norman	14,300	3	3
Chris Durgin	10,000	1	7
Michael Scott	10,000	2	2
Abdul Kocer	10,000	3	5

Event 1 Day 1A cruising along

With 34 entrants to this point, we’ll stop play at 7 players or after level 16.  Players are getting ready to go on a dinner break in another 10 minutes.  The blinds are at 250/500/50.  More updates shortly.