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Bodog Poker Open Winner Announced

March 21, 2008

The first Bodog Poker Open now has its first champion. Shawn “Phatcat” Luman won the tournament, along with a $76,280, earlier this month.

The Bodog Poker Open feature 5965 online players going after more than $300,000 in prize money at the Bodog Poker Open Main Event. It was the richest tournament in Bodog’s history.

“By all accounts the inaugural Bodog Poker Open was a resounding success,” Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris said in a press release following the tournament. “The number of players that competed for the $305,120 prize pool was astounding and Bodog is looking forward to hosting even more exciting poker events in the future.”

Luman also won an engraved Omega Speedmaster watch, valued at $4,400, but it wasn’t easy. Luman had to overcome Jared “The Waco Kidd” Hamby, who won three live tournaments in 2007 and Michael “The Finisher” Berra at the final table. Berra finished second, banking $45,768, while Hamby, who finished second at the 2007 WPT Mandalay Bay Poker Championship, was third with $29,138.96.

In an interview at Cardplayer.com, Luman said: “But I did play every one of the BPO events, just because it was something new and cool, and it had higher buy-ins. I had zero success in any of the events; I don’t think I cashed in any of them until that last one. But I thought it was great; I was impressed with the turnout, I think it’s a good series, and I hope they continue it. And yeah, that was my biggest online score ever, so that was pretty cool.”

The six-event Bodog Poker Open drew more than 1,800 players over a week of play and had more than $675,000 in prize money.

The rest of the players at the final table of the main event were Stuart “Zpaceman” Taylor in fourth, CK3 in fifth, Anbessa in sixth followed by Brian “PSP addict” Bauer and Eric “Eeman 2004″ Revak.

The series’ five preliminary events awarded each player a seat in the Main Event along with the cash prize. An all-star cast turned out for the first tournament and “Rusostreet” won. “3Pounder” finished first in the second event. In the third event, “PckAces” was the winner. In event four, “Foldpreflop85” won first, while in the last of the preliminary events, which drew 174 competitors and a prize pool of $36,100 “Bigcatfish” was first.

Bodog added $75,000 to the pots over the course of the week.

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