I was recently in Aruba for the Ultimatebet.com tournament as a dealer. I had a great time and enjoyed the trip a lot. Unfortunately another dealer did not have as good a trip. This is from the Ultimatebet website:

Tournament Details
Nicole Conolly, one of our dealers in Aruba, had an accident while on an ATV tour of the Island. After surgery in Aruba to reduce swelling in her brain, she was flown via Life Flight to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami where she underwent more surgery. We hope she is able to be flown to her home in Washington State where she will start a long rehabilitation phase.

We are holding these charity events to help Nicole?s family recover from the expense of the Life Flight, the medical bills to date and the expenses that will be incurred due to her rehabilitation. Our goal is to raise $25,000 for the family and we need your help to get there.

Simply play in any of our $25+$25 Nicole events. For every entry, we are donating the $25 fee to Nicole's family. We are also matching the donation, dollar for dollar up to $10,000.

We hope you will take the time to join us in helping Nicole and her family.

Thank you
UltimateBet Management

I had only met Nicole at Aruba as she is from Washington and most of the dealers I knew are from Vegas. She is one of the nicest people you could meet. I would still like to help but I do not play online and wouldn't be able to because of work. If anyone would like to help out by playing in one of the tournaments next weekend I would be willing to send them some chips to help offset the $25 donation.

There are 11 casinos on Aruba and ten use $1 chips. There are a total of 15 $1 chips currently in use. I brought back some extras and will send a set of the 15 chips to anyone that plays in a "Nicole" event. I have five sets available.

Please email me if you can help.

BriaN