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Bodog unveils huge new tournament

February 26, 2008

If you are interested in making a splash in the online poker series, along with a whole lot of cash, you need to check out the new tournament announced by Bodog. The Bodog Poker Open will begin Monday, March 3 on Bodog’s web site, bodoglife.com.

The Bodog Poker Open (BPO) will begin for players with five preliminary events, which all feed into the series’ championship. The Championship is the $500 buy-in BPO Main Event, which will cap things off on Sunday, March 9.

What will the winner get? The top cash prize, an engraved Omega Speedmaster watch and some series online poker bragging rights. Bodog wants to make sure it has one of the best prize pools available, too. So, in order to sweeten the pot for some of its best players, Bodog will add $75,000 to the BPO prize pools. This gives the entire tournament a larger prize pool and allows players to have more bang for their buck through their buy-ins.

In the announcement of the tournament, Bodog North American CEO Alwyn Morris talked about how special this tournament will be, because it’s the first.

“We’re excited to finally give our online players a tournament series where they can battle it out for some major bragging rights and serious money,” said Morris said. “While there will be more Bodog Poker Opens, there will only be one ‘first’ Bodog Poker Champion, and he or she will have the cash and champion’s Omega Speedmaster watch to show for it.”

The Bodog Poker Open’s preliminary tournament will be varied. Each will have its own buy-in among and Texas Hold ‘Em format. Some of the tournaments will be No Limit, some pot limit, limit and six-handed no limit. If you want to play, you can buy in directly into any of the preliminary events with cash or your Bodog Tournament Credits. There will also be many low-cost satellites, which have already begun. Winners of the preliminary tournaments will get intro the Bodog Poker Open Main event.

Here are some important dates for the Bodog Poker Open.

Monday, March 3: No Limit Tournament, $250 buy-in + 20, $10,000 added

Tuesday, March 4: No Limit 6-handed Tournament, $300 buy-in + 25, $10,000 added

Wednesday, March 5: Rebuy Tournament, $100 buy-in + 10, $10,000 added

Thursday, March 6: Pot Limit Tournament, $200 buy-in + 15, $10,000 added

Friday, March 7: Limit Tournament, $150 buy-in + 10, $10,000 added

Saturday, March 8: Satellite day.

Sunday, March 9: No Limit Main Event, $470 buy-in + 30, $25,000 added

Bodog already has one of the top online poker sites around, with this new tournament, the site will be able to give online players a shot at not only just another big payday, but a pretty prestigious title for someone to win. Being the winner of the inaugural Bodog Poker Open would be quite a boost to someones poker-playing resume.

Bodoglife.com offers a variety of other online poker games, including Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7-card stud, 7-card stud Hi/Lo and 5-card stud. The site also gives players a shot at many other big-time tournaments, including earning a qualifying spot in the World Series of Poker.