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08-11-05, 02:30 AM
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The sweetest looking email EVER...
Ok, maybe not ever, but this is right up there for me.
I still can't believe it. ----- Congratulations Rogue23! Youve won a trip to Aruba to play in our 2005 UltimateBet.com Aruba Poker Classic and are one step closer to being our next Millionaire! This prize package includes: Entry into the 2005 UltimateBet.com Poker Classic Tournament Championship event Entry into our Well Make you a Pro Tournament in Aruba on 9/25/05 (go to for details) Coach Airfare for 2 to Aruba from your hometown Hotel accommodations in Aruba for up to 8 nights between the dates of September 24 and October 2, 2005 Private welcome party with all online poker winners and TeamUB members Private awards ceremony with all Aruba winners and TeamUB members Welcome gifts Within 24 hours we will randomly assign you to a starting flight and will send you an email giving you your flight assignment. Due to the number of people we anticipate playing in this event in Aruba, all the players in the tournament will not start at the same time. Instead they will start in one of 3 flights (A flight is a day and time when the player will start the tournament). Day 1, Flight 1 Monday September 26, 2005 at noon Day 1, Flight 2 Tuesday September 27, 2005 at noon Day 1, Flight 3 Wednesday September 28, 2005 at noon Each flight will play until 12:15 a.m. and any person still in the tournament when the flight ends will move on to day 2. (Day 2 begins on September 29th at noon and is the day when all poker players still in the tournament play together, at the same time) Flights are randomly assigned and players cannot request specific flights or request their assigned flight be changed to a different one. Again, a separate email will be sent to you with your flight assignment within 24 hours. Within 72 hours you will be receiving an email invitation from Conferon, our selected travel company, inviting you to register for your travel plans. You will work directly with them to schedule your airfare and reserve your hotel room. For complete UltimateBet.com Poker Classic details, go to Important Prize Information: Prize packages for first time winners have NO CASH VALUE and are non-transferable. Multiple wins are transferable up until September 1st.. If you wish to transfer a multiple win, please contact us at Winners must use the travel agency authorized by UltimateBet.com for their travel arrangements. Airfare purchased outside of the authorized travel agency will be reimbursed up to $600 for each ticket (up to 2), or the cost of the ticket, whichever is less. UltimateBet.com will not reimburse non-Coach airfare. UltimateBet.com will not reimburse more than $600 for only one ticket purchased. Winner will need to provide proof of purchase for airfare before reimbursement will occur. UltimateBet.com will NOT reimburse players for hotel arrangements made outside of the available hotels accommodations provided by us to our winners. Travel dates will be between September 24th and October 2nd, 2004. Winners who deviate from this travel period will have a $600 cap placed on their airfare. Costs above this amount will be charged to the winner Again, congratulations on your win. Please let me know if you have any questions! Sincerely, Melvin. Member Services Please let us know if you need further assistance. Regards, UltimateBet Member Services. |
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08-11-05, 02:32 AM
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Followed by....
This one came next. Looks like Rogue23 is going to have some time for scuba diving while people are dropping like flies. I will have outlasted more than half the field before I sit down!
----- Congratulations again, Rogue23 on winning your seat in our World Poker Tour event, the 2005 UltimateBet.com Aruba Poker Classic. You have been assigned to start our tournament during the following flight: Day 1, Flight 3 Wednesday September 28, 2005 at noon Flights are randomly assigned and will not be changed. Once you have information from us regarding our travel agency, please plan your trip so that you are able to start during this flight. Players who miss their assigned flights cannot play in a different flight. For complete information about our event, please go to: Let us know if you have any questions. Sincerely, Melvin. Member Services |
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08-11-05, 04:52 AM
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Congratulations, VERY NICE!
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08-11-05, 06:25 AM
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Yea, I'm jealous too. There, I admit it. Is that a bad thing? I hope not. You're running absolutely red hot lately. GL staying in the "happy place!"
Conversation w/ my girlfriend tonight about you... (and normally I don't talk to her about "you people"): Me: You know that guy who sent me the hat for being a nerd and posting so much on his forum? Her: Yea I guess...? Me: He won a satellite tournament tonight. Her: What's that? Me: [explains what a satty is] The satellite sends him to Aruba where he'll play in a $9000 tournament for FREE. Free entry. PLUS, free airfare + accomodations for him and a guest! Her: Why don't you do that? Me: It's not easy. Besides, I don't have the money to play satellites. Maybe starting October. Then she follows up with... Her: Who's he taking? Me: I dunno - I don't think he has a girlfriend or a wife or anything... so who knows. Her: Think he'll ask you to go? Me: No. Then I just started laughing. She's cute. I think she's more impressed that you get a trip to Aruba than a free entry to a $9000 tournament which could be VERY lucrative if you place deep.
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08-11-05, 01:57 PM
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LOL
 The WPT event is actually a $5200 tournament. The other $3800, I guess, goes towards flights, accomodations (8 nights at the Hyatt or Radisson), and all the other stuff they have planned - parties, gift bags, some tourney for ONLY the 400 people who qualified online whre the winner becomes a UB sponsored Popker Pro for a year, etc... It's going to be an awesome time. And yes, I plan to cash. Even if I just squeak into the money, it won't really be like breaking even for me - it will be like putting $6000 (or whatever it is) in my pocket. Hello! What's funny is I had emptied out my UB account a while back, before the WSOP, and Tuesday night, I threw $500 back in there, with the intention of playing in five $100 satellites for this (I actually had talked to Chip about these Aruba tourneys just this past weekend, telling him I wanted to take a stab at this along with the WCOOP stuff I've been doing). When I saw they had a $20 rebuy last night, I jumped on it. First try. Wow. I played great, but I was lucky too.... Again, not lucky in the sense of sucking out (I can't think of a single one), but lucky in the sense of when I got to the final table as a short stack and pushed in with 99, I was called by JT and my hand held up (I made quads to beat his two pair). That's the only time that comes to mind where all my chips went in the middle as a coinflip or worse... regardless, I feel fortunate. The final hand, for example, we both got all in with top pair (K). My kicker was a T and his was a 2. HOW a 2 didn't hit the board on the turn or river, I will never know, but it didn't. And I'm going to Aruba! Oh, in case anyone is wondering... I did the math from the buy-ins, rebuys and add-ons.... it came to $8900. So thanks for the extra 100 bucks, UB! |
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08-11-05, 02:21 PM
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Geez that is awesome. Way to go. What does the prize pool to this thing look like? and are there alot of big name pros playing in this?
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08-11-05, 03:39 PM
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The prize pool will be BIG. Bigger than last year's I assume, just like every other event in the world. Last year's was $1 million for first:
My face will be on this page in a couple of months As for pros, I imagine all the big names will be here, just like all the other WPT events. |
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08-11-05, 03:40 PM
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What? Why not???
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08-11-05, 03:41 PM
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Buy in: $22
Immediate Rebuy: $20 One more Rebuy (I actualy dumped some chips to get under $1500 - well, not dumped, but risked on a bluff): $20 Add-On: $20 Total: $82. |
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08-11-05, 04:03 PM
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No kidding. Oh, and don't forget about the $5200 WPT entry they are throwing in with my trip
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08-11-05, 05:14 PM
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WHAT? I didn't know that. Why in the world would she quit? Her replacement had better be smoking hot, as I expect to have some camera time with her...
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08-12-05, 03:44 AM
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Somehow I missed this post. Sorry.
Yes, I'll get to play. Here are the details: It's basically a winner take all $100,000 freeroll for a max of 400 people. |
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08-12-05, 12:37 PM
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Yeah, I was looking at that. In theory, I could still make it up for the Borgata, but with all these WCOOP tourneys I'm playing in, I'm not sure I'll even do that. TBD.
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08-12-05, 01:04 PM
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It would have been fun if we were able to enter a tournament together, but the way things are shaping up, I won't be able to play any events in September. Seems like you have your work cut out for you, either way.
Lucky bastid.
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