Team Bodog Has A Great Irish Open

The Irish Poker Open was a big event for all players and teams from all over the world, but it was Team Bodog, including Norway player Kai Paulsen who finished fifth, that really caused a stir. With the efforts of Paulsen they brought home 175,000 Euros.

Team Bodog had seven qualifiers in order to make it to the Main Event at the City West Hotel in Dublin. Neil Channing was the overall winner of the Irish Poker Open taking home a total of 800,000 Euros.

For Team Bodog, Timothy Barany from Indiana was the second best players and came in 61st place with prize money of 5,500 Euros.Alwyn Morris, CEO of Morris Mohawk Gaming Group said that Team Bodog did well at the Irish Open and that for Team Bodog 2008 is starting off to be a great year. He said that the team is expected to get even better from here on in.

All seven Team Bodog members qualified in several online games held on Bodoglife.com during January and February to get into the Irish Poker Open. The qualifying players received a $ 9,000 prize which included all their travel expenses to Dublin, the buy in for the tournament and all the branded Team Bodog Gear.There is no stopping Bodog after this good run and the next big step and getting qualifiers for the World Series of Poker for 2008. There are 4 guaranteed seats up for grabs every week at the Bodog Poker tables for April, and then during May and June the number jumps to 5 seats. The prize package for each main event includes the $10,000 buy-in for the tournament, $2,000 for all the traveling expenses, and official Team Bodog gear.

For more details on Bodog’s online qualifiers for the 2008 WSOP Main Event, visit poker.bodoglife.com/tournaments/world-series-vegas.html.

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  1. John1189 August 21st, 2008 6:15 am

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