Bodog Poker Room Added $20,000 Special Tournament

Friday May 15, 2009

Over the weekend, the Bodog Poker hosted its $20,000 Added Easter Sunday Special tournament and saw 387 players pay the $109 buy-in in order to take part.

Bodog Poker stated that the $20,000 it added to the tournament increased each player's buy-in by 51 percent to $151 and saw the prize pool go from $38,700 to $58,700.

First place and its prize of $14,675 were won by online poker player and Bodog Poker regular 'zurswierding'. The poker room revealed that the champion's career earnings now exceed $80,000 with this latest win 'just barely his largest single cash'.

Online competitor 'bunkesty' finished in second to take home $9,392 followed by 'fin2win' in third for $5,928. Rounding out the top five were 'KrayZeeZ' for $4,696 and 'cardsharkk13' for $3,287 while 'polaris769' bowed out in sixth for $2,641.

Bodog Poker is currently offering players the chance to qualify for a seat at the upcoming World Series Of Poker 2009 in Las Vegas through its Flight Club promotion and stated that 'MosMom' finished in seventh place for $2,054 followed by 'kid_poker5' in eighth for $1,291 and 'Nauti Sea Dog' in ninth for $997.