UltimateBet Launches Celebrity Apprentice Tournament Series!

UB is proud to Congratulate our very own online poker icon Annie Duke for finishing second on Celebrity Apprentice! She lost to Joan Rivers in the Season Final. She exposed herself out there for charity and even personal attacks, yet never gave up.

The setting of the live three hour Celebrity Apprentice finale was the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The competition began on March 1st with 16 contestants, eight men and eight women. Ten weeks later, Annie comes out as the runner-up. Annie battled her way into the final two with strategy, initiative, and charitable friends. She consistently raised more money in the challenges on the show, thanks mainly to her poker pro friends. Annie Duke raised about $450,000 in comparison to Rivers’ $150,000 for charity.

The great exposure Annie gave poker to a whole new adudience is priceless.  Now UB is aiming to take full advantage of Duke’s performance and exposure,  each Sunday at 10 pm ET players will be able to qualify for the Apprentice Challenge Main Event by playing in the weekly qualifier. Qualifiers will run for the next 11 weeks until May 17.

Each Sunday’s satellite tournament has a 500 UltimatePoint buy-in with at least one seat guaranteed to the Apprentice Challenge Main Event on May 17. There are also a number of daily qualifiers that will award seats to the weekly Sunday night satellite.

The winner of the Main Event will be awarded a $8,500 prize package which includes a seat to the 2009 UB Aruba Poker Classic. The next four finishers will be awarded a $100,000 Deep Stack entry ($320 value) and sixth through tenth place will each receive an entry to the $40,000 Sniper Saturday ($130 value).

“I’m thrilled that UB has put together a promotion allowing their players to play along with me on my Apprentice journey,” said Duke. ”I’m looking forward to spending some one-on-one time with the winner in Aruba 2009.”

Diego M

Chipleader Affiliate Manager.

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