Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament to Feature Surprise Bodog Pro Next Tuesday

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With seven tournaments still remaining in the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series, there is plenty of time for poker bloggers to earn their way towards a shot at the $12,000 WSOP Main Event prize package. And to keep things interesting along the way, there will be another Team Bodog pro seated at the virtual tables when the action gets underway next Tuesday, April 22, at 9:05 pm ET.

Unlike the previous blogger tournament, however, in which everyone knew in advance that two-time WSOP bracelet winner Josh Arieh would be playing, this time players won't know which pro may be seated directly to their left. It could be Arieh again or tournament ace David Williams. Or perhaps poker pro Evelyn Ng or Team Bodog newcomer Jean-Robert Bellande.

There will once again be a bounty on the Bodog pro's head, giving players a chance to walk away with a little extra something, just as poker blogger "Abby17" did when she knocked out Arieh a few weeks ago. However, if the Team Bodog pro wins the tournament, they will walk with the $100.

For bloggers who have yet to play in the series, there is still plenty of time to accumulate enough points to climb the leader board and be one of the 18 who qualify for the final tournament on Tuesday, June 10, where the winner will walk away with a $12,000 WSOP prize package. For example, the blogger currently in 18th place on the leader board has 194.1 points, but that coveted spot is still well within reach. Depending on the number of entrants in each tournament, which has been as high as 56 players, just a couple of top five finishes by a single player would award them enough points to be solidly in the top 18 on the leader board.

The Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series is composed of 18 qualifying tournaments that run every Tuesday at 9:05 pm ET. The top 30% of finishers in each qualifying tournament earn points based on their finish, and these points are used to rank players over the four months of qualifying. At the end of the qualifying series, the top 18 players on the Tournament Leader Board will play in the Final Tournament on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 with the first-place finisher winning a $12,000 WSOP prize package.

For online poker players who want to be part of Team Bodog at the 2008 WSOP but don't have a blog, Bodog is currently running a number of online qualifiers for poker's biggest event this summer. A guaranteed four WSOP seats are up for grabs every week at the Bodog Poker tables for the rest of April, with that number jumping to five per week in May and June.

Each Main Event prize package includes the $10,000 buy-in to the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, $2,000 for travel expenses, loads of Team Bodog gear and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Las Vegas in total Bodog style, including meeting the Bodog Girls and much, much more.

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[Canuck Kid]

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