"TRAVIS RICE TAKES THIS YEAR'S ARUBA POKER CLASSIC
Top international pros and some promising young guns in starting field
After braving wind, sun, insects and a tension filled heads up that lasted only a few hands, Travis Rice emerged as the winner of the Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic over the weekend when he saw off second placed James Mordue to collect the winner's cheque of $800 000 and the respect due to the top dog in a starter field of 546 players, many of them top international professionals.
Rice, famous as an Internet poker ace playing as 'Travesty Fund' said he was delighted by the major land tournament win which took just over eight hours in all to finalise.
Mordue, equally tormented throughout the al fresco tournament by hot, windy conditions and flying insects, had to be content with the second place prize of $478 405.
There were several young guns taking advantage of the 18 years age limit on the event, including rising Internet poker star and WSOP sensation Annette Obrestad, but this time around they were not really to feature among a field that included the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, Freddy Deeb, Annie Duke and Joe Sebok."
Sunday, October 07, 2007
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