UltimateBet.com isn’t resting on its laurels. Just two months after wrapping up the 2007 Aruba Poker Classic and garnering nonstop praise from the international poker community, the popular online poker site today announced plans for its 7th annual land-based poker tournament on the Caribbean island.

“We’re heading back to Aruba for the biggest poker celebration of the decade,” stated UltimateBet.com spokesperson George MacLean. “And we’re bringing the largest first place prize in our history with us.”

The 2008 Aruba Poker Classic will kick off on 27 September, 2008 and run through 4 October. For the 7th year in a row, the poker tournament will be held at the luxurious Radisson Aruba Resort and Casino.

UltimateBet is guaranteeing a first place prize of $1-million, a startling $200,000 more than what was won by Travis Rice, the poker player from Fort Worth, Texas who finished first in the 2006 Texas Hold’em tournament.