Freddie Deeb Wins The Aruba Classic 2005!

Freddie Deeb (sitting) is our Aruba 2005 Champion! Here he is with his $1 million prize and runner-up Josh Schlein, who fought a great heads-up battle to end in second.

Freddie Deeb is our new Aruba Classic Champion! After a great week of poker at the Ultimate Poker Classic in Aruba, Freddie Deeb, who went into Final Table play with an impressive chip stack, managed to hold on against the five other contenders to win the $1 Million first place prize, which includes the $25,500 buy-in to the Poker Championship Event.

Congratulations to all our other Final Table contenders, Josh Schlein, Johan Storakers, Devin Porter, Robbie Border, and Stacy Matuson, all of whom played extremely well and provided some exciting poker action in the final round.

Read John Vorhaus' Aruba Blog for full play by play coverage and analysis!

Congratulations to ShowingTheNut who is the winner of the $200 draw for filling out the Aruba questionnaire.