‘TheTrooper97’ Joins Intertops and Juicy Stakes Players this Weekend at $500K PPC Aruba

Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes Poker have sent another four online satellite tournament winners to a big money live tournament!  This weekend, Tim O'Keefe, John Curcuru, Joan Sandoval and Ashley Hine are at the $500K GTD PPC Aruba tournament.  Poker vlogger TheTrooper97 is with them this time.  He'll be covering the event and players with YouTube videos featuring live play, behind the scenes footage, player hangouts, interviews and hands of the days.

The Main Event of the PPC Aruba begins today and continues until November 7th. News updates and TheTrooper97’s videos will be published in Intertops poker news.

Video: Vlogger Follows Online Tournament Winners to PPC Aruba

Poker vlogger TheTrooper97 will post videos from the $500K GTDF PPC Aruba featuring winners from Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes Poker

I've been to several tournaments with Tim O’Keefe, who flew in from Texas. Poker mom Ashley Hine also came from the Lone Star State, bringing her family with here to enjoy the great beaches of Aruba.  John Curcuru, a Las Vegas poker pro who I just hung out with at the Punta Cana Poker Classic, joined the Intertops group in St Maarten this spring. He placed 5th in Punta Cana last week winning $34K.  Joan Sandoval couldn’t get time off her day job until yesterday but dove right in when she got there today.

All four online satellite tournament champions won $4,000 prize packages that include $2,400 buy-in to the Main Event and accommodation on Palm. Their prize packages also include travel expenses, one $200 tournament buy-in and one $300 buy-in, as well as Intertops or Juicy Stakes gear and dinner and a night out with the Intertops/Juicy Stakes team.

The PPC Aruba World Championship is one of the most exotic stops on the Poker Players Championships circuit, now in its fourth season, which includes high stakes events all over America.

Win Your Way to Aruba Poker Tournament

Hungarian Daniel Lukacs, who won a recent online satellite tournament at Intertops Poker, will be playing in the $500K GTD PPC Aruba World Poker Championship in November -- and so will three more online poker tournament champions. Intertops Poker and Juicy StakesPoker are hosting three satellite tournament series this summer, each awarding a $5000 prize package. 

Daily satellites begin July 25th, culminating in the next Final Table July 31^st.  Next month there will be two more series, August 8 – 14 and August 22 – 28, and two more winners.

Intertops tournament details
Juicy Stakestournament details

PPC Aruba satellite champions receive $5000 prize packages that include $2400 buy-in to the Main Event (November 4^th – 7^th) and accommodation on Palm Beach at the Hilton or Hyatt Resort. Both packages also include travel expenses, one $200 tournament buy-in and one $300 buy-in, as well as Intertops or Juicy Stakes gear and dinner and a night out with the Intertops or Juicy Stakes team.

“There will be lots of tournaments and lots of opportunities to win some cash in Aruba,” said Intertops’ Poker Manager.  “But there will also be plenty of time for fun in the sun on a beautiful tropical island!”

Vincent Fiorenza won the 2015 PPC Aruba Main Event taking home $106,047 of the $500,000 GTD prize pool. The tournament organisers also gave him a $5000 prize package for this year so he'll be returning to Aruba to defend his title.

Video: Satellite Tournaments Will Send 3 More Winners to $500,000 GTD in Aruba

Daily online satellites continue until August 28th.

$500,000 PPC Aruba World Championship Online Satellite Tournament Schedule

These are three-tier tournament series.  Players can buy in at any stage or try to win their way to the Finals.

Step 1 ($2+$0.20)
1 Step 2 ticket awarded

July 25-30, August 8 – 13 and August 22-28

2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm, 8 pm and midnight EDT

Step 2 ($10+$1)

1 ticket to Final awarded

July 26-31, August 9 -14 and August 23-28

10 pm EDT

Last Chance Tournament ($1 + $0.10 )
1 ticket to Final awarded

Sunday, July 31, August 14 and August 28
7 pm EDT

Final ($100+$10)

1 $4,000 prize package awarded

Sunday, July 31, August 14 and August 28

9 pm EDT

Register via the Tournaments tab in either poker room.

Winners of previous online satellite tournaments have shared their poker adventures abroad on my Living the Dream poker blog. 

Win Your Way to One of Two $500K GTD Poker Tournament in the Caribbean

Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes Poker, the two busiest poker rooms on the Horizon Poker Network, are teaming up to give online poker players another chance to win their way to a big-money, live poker tournament in a truly exotic location.  Two online satellite series in July will send winners to the $500K Punta Cana Poker Classic and the $500K PPC Aruba World Championship.

An online poker tournament that begins July 4th, Independence Day, will send the winner to the $500K Punta Cana Poker Classic, October 25th to 31st. You can win your way to the online satellite final in daily Step 1 and Step 2 tournaments that begin on Monday, July 4th. PPC Aruba satellites begin the following week, July 11.

The $5000 prize package for the Punta Cana Poker Classic Satellites Final on July 11th includes $1650 buy-in to the Main Event and six nights at the luxurious five-star Meliá ‘The Level’ Resort. The Punta Cana Poker Classic gives players lots of time for fun in the sun and, with a full schedule of tournaments, plenty of opportunities to win some cash.

The $4000 PPC Aruba World Championship package includes $2400 buy-in to that Main Event and accommodation at one of the island’s top resorts. Both packages include accommodation, travel expenses and Intertops or Juicy Stakes gear as well as dinner and a night out with the Intertops or Juicy Stakes team.

Video: Online Satellites for 2 $500K Caribbean Poker Tournaments

Online poker players can win their way to the Punta Cana Poker Classic and PPC Aruba World Championships

Online Satellite Tournament Schedules

$500,000 Punta Cana Poker Classic

Step 1 ($2+$0.20)
1 Step 2 ticket awarded
July 4 - 9, 3 pm, 6 pm, 8 pm, 10 pm and midnight GMT

Step 2 ($10+$1)
1 ticket to Final awarded
July 5-10, 2 pm GMT

Last Chance Tournament ($1 + $0.10)
1 ticket to Final awarded
Sunday, July 10, 11 pm GMT

Final ($100+$10)
1 $5000 prize package awarded
July 11, 1 pm GMT

$500,000 PPC Aruba World Championship

Step 1 ($2+$0.20)
1 Step 2 ticket awarded
July 11 - 16, 2 pm, 4 pm, 68 pm, 8 pm and midnight EDT

Step 2 ($10+$1)
1 ticket to Final awarded
July 11-16, 10 pm EDT

Last Chance Tournament ($1 + $0.10 )
1 ticket to Final awarded
Sunday, July 17, 7 pm EDT

Final ($100+$10)
1 $4500 prize package awarded
July 17, 9 pm EDT

“There’s a bunch of guys that play a lot of our satellites,” said Intertops’ poker manager.  “Lots of rivalries. We’ve taken Tim O’Keefe out of the mix though – he’s a sponsored player now so he’ll be with us in Austria this summer and in the Caribbean this fall, but this time someone else can win the prize packages!”

Tim and other winners of previous online satellite tournaments have shared their poker adventures abroad on the Living the Dream poker blog (http://www.live-dream-poker.com)

Intertops tournament details:  Punta Cana | Aruba

satellites are available at  and Aruba satellites info is at: .

Juicy Stakes tournament details: Punta Cana | Aruba

Register is via the Tournaments tab in either poker room.

Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes welcome players from all over the world.