Bodog Series Of Poker

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Bodog is bringing the excitement of the WSOP to your computer this summer in what is being billed as a "Mini-SOP." On the same day as the start of each 2008 World Series of Poker hold'em event, Bodog will conduct an identical tournament online, but with buy-ins of only 1% of the actual WSOP buy-in.

The Bodog series of tournaments will begin on May 30 and continue until July 3, and will ultimately mirror all 25 WSOP Hold'em events. After completion of the 25 events, Bodog will host a final tournament on July 10 that will award three seats to the 2009 WSOP Main Event, making Bodog the first online poker site to give away seats to next year's tournament.

The first event of the Bodog Poker Mini-SOP is the $100 $9 Pot-Limit Hold'em tournament on May 30, coinciding with the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em tournament. Subsequent online tournaments will have buy-ins from as low as $10 $1. A player who wants the full experience can enter all 25 events of the series for a total cost of $821.00. The Mini-SOP tournaments will award Tournament Leader Board points in addition to cash payouts; Bodog Mini-SOP TLB will track the points earned in each event and will be used to determine automatic qualifiers to the final tournament.

Still Time For This Year's Big One

Those who still want a chance to win a seat at this year's Main Event can participate in Bodog's "Main Event Semifinal" tournament, along with their "Player's Choice" promotion where Bodog is guaranteeing at least six $12,000 Main Event Prize Packages each week. Bodog offers players a variety of ways to win. Players can enter an online poker satellite for as little as $1 or 100 Bodog points or, for $8 or 1000 points, they can compete in one of the quarterfinal rounds. Qualifiers are running daily, and all lead to the four weekly Main Event semifinal tournaments and the weekly Player's Choice semifinal. Players can also skip the earlier rounds and buy in directly to the Main Event and Player's Choice semifinals for $250 $20. Winners of this year's $12,000 Main Event Prize Package receive the $10,000 buy-in to the main event, $2,000 for travel expenses, and Team Bodog gear.

Bodog Sponsors The Waterford Open 2008

In the live domain, Bodog is packing its bags and jumping on a plane for a long weekend in sunny Ireland as it announces exclusive sponsorship of The Waterford Open 2008. The Bodog Waterford Open will be the first of many Bodog sponsored events in Europe.

The No Limit Hold'em main event is a European ranking tournament being held at the Majestic Hotel in Tramore from June 12th-15th. A series of side events will also run with the prize pool an estimated €120,000. Buy in for the main event is €500 50.

If a trip to Ireland to join over 200 poker players in Waterford’s biggest poker tournament takes your fancy Bodog is running a Freeroll on June 8th at 6pm GMT and a series of qualifiers from June 8th-11th at 8pm GMT.

Qualifiers are also being run in the Bodog Poker room for €50 5 with one seat being offered for every €550 in the prize pool.