Ultimate Bet is one of the largest individual sites in the world for online poker and as part of the CEREUS Network, it is even larger. Ultimate Bet on its own represents about 50% of the traffic going through the CEREUS Network on a daily basis and this is largely because of professional endorsements by players like Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth. One thing that Ultimate Bet is known for is the Aruba Poker Classic and with the dates recently announced for the 2009 iteration of the tournament, everyone is getting ready to go to the tropical paradise this year.

According to Phil Hellmuth, only the possibility of winning his 12th World Series of Poker bracelet is more appealing to him than going to Aruba for the 2009 classic and for that reason, players heading to Aruba can expect to see him there participating in many of the six events that will take place from October 5th through October 10th this year.

The headline event is of course the championship tournament, which carries a buy-in of $5000 + $500 and takes place from October 3rd to October 10th. There are many other events available however, such as the $2000 + $100 No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament which is slated to take place over October 7th and October 8th. Another No Limit Hold ‘Em Tournament with a $1000 + $60 buy-in will go on October 8th and a six-handed iteration with the same poker variant will start on October 9th with the $2000 + $100 buy-in scheme. There will be daily No Limit Hold ‘Em Tournaments going on from October 3rd to October 9th with smaller $500 + $40 buy-ins and of course the Aruba charity poker tournament will end things off on October 8th.

In the end, the Aruba tournament is always one at which people can hope to have a good time. With Phil Hellmuth, one of poker’s most recognizable characters, and Ultimate Bet functioning as the main sponsors of the tournament, it will definitely be a wild and wacky week in Aruba as some of the world’s best players start taking pot shots at each other in October’s tropical paradise.