Poker Pro Ken Einiger Wins St. Kitts UBT Classic

Last year's Five-Diamond World Poker Classic runner-up Ken Einiger proved that poker skills and tournament experience translate well into blackjack. Einiger took down a field of pros and novices at the St. Kitts UBT Elimination Blackjack Classic last Friday to add another notch to his belt.

Einiger took home $64,000 in prize money and his second gold UBT champion's necklace. He also won a $10,000 seat to the yearend $1 million guaranteed UBT championship at California's Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino.

"I've played in hundreds of blackjack tournaments," said Einiger, "and with the exception of my World Blackjack championship in 2005, none were as exciting as this."

Einiger is a member of the 14-player Team UBT, which includes well-known poker pros Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Freddy Deeb, and Antonio Esfandiari.

The St. Kitts tournament was the second of several stops along Ultimate Blackjack Tour's inaugural world tour currently headed to major casinos in Las Vegas, California, Paris, and the Caribbean.

The 10-episode first season of UBT, currently airing on CBS, features the world's top poker and blackjack pros in cutthroat action against the dealer, and one another. Chock full of forced eliminations, secret bets, and trash talking, the season also includes two special episodes: The Ladies of Blackjack, which showcases top female gamblers Annie Duke, Jennifer Tilly, Monica Reeves and Erica Schoenburg; and The Legends of Blackjack, featuring Einiger against pro blackjack cohorts Anthony Curtis, Sanford Wong, and others.

CBS will air Einiger's performance during the 2007 season of the Ultimate Blackjack Tour.

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