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BodogPoker.com is pushing to become a premiere us poker site and one of the most important aspects is software that is fast, responsive and allows players to easily multi-table. Bodog is currently a mid sized poker room that offers good action at any limit.
Though they haven’t established themselves as a market leader but are always striving to change that. They are currently in beta testing of new poker software that allows players to re-size tables which is a very important aspect that poker players look for when playing at an online poker room. This allows them to fit multiple tables in their browser to play at various tables at the same time.
If you would like to play with the new bodog poker software then follow this link to Bodog and find where it says: Bodog Poker Beta Download and that will take you to the beta download page.
*Also you can have the beta version and the old bodog software installed at the same time.
Other features that Bodog Poker currently allows players to test who are currently running the Beta software:
- Full Screen Mode
- Resizable game play windows
- Embedded chat and game details
- On demand player tools (like ‘em? hate ‘em? do what you want with them, it’s all up to you)
- Chat
- Game Details
- Stats
- Notes
- Profiles
- Tournament Details
We have a new promotion with Bodog Poker that will allow players from Poker Splendor to play in two poker tournaments worth $500 dollars.
The first tournament is a freeroll with $230 dollars in the prize pool. Top 5 places will pay. The details for the tournament is: Poker Splendor Tournament (id=11552). The tournament will be played on March 28, 2008 at 20:05:00.
The second tournament is a 2008 WSOP qualifier with a buy-in of just $2 dollars! The winner of the tournament will receive $270 dollar entry into a Bodog Semifinal WSOP Qualifier. The buy-ins for the tournament will be paid out 1st 40%, 2nd 24%, 3rd 16%, 4th 12%, 5th 8%. The details for the tournament is: Poker Splendor WSOP qualifier (id=11551). The tournament will be played the next day on March 29, 2008 at 20:05:00.
Both poker tournaments are password protected. You will need to sign up for our newsletter (The form can be found on the side of each page on the site) and one hour before the tournament starts I will be emailing out the password.
Update 5/27 - I have suspended the tournament sign up process. Thanks for your interest.
This tournament is for players that have never created an account with Bodog or have gone through our links in the past.
If you have not played at Bodog Poker there is not better time then now. Read our BodogPoker Review and if you sign up using our links new players get 10% instant bonus and 100% deposit bonus automatically.
Bodog Life will be giving away a free seat to the 2008 WSOP. They will be running free poker satellite tournaments in May with four tournaments a day (3:00am, 9:00am, 3:00pm and 9:00pm ET). Players can buy-in to the event with 5 bodog points (each new account gets 10 entries!) The top 25 finishers will receive a ticket into the WSOP Final tournament and also T$27 to play in a Bodog Main Event Quarterfinal. 26-50 will receive T$1.50 to play in a cheap seat WSOP qualifier.
The final tournament will be played at BodogPoker on Saturday, June 7th at 5:05pm ET. The tournament will award first place with a seat to the 2008 WSOP Main Event as a part of team Bodog. 2nd-5th will get T$270 and 6th to 10th will get T$109.
There are also Bodog 2008 WSOP Satellites running daily with buy-in’s from as little as $1.50.
Calvin Ayre has announced that he will no longer be running Bodog Life. Bodog is one of the largest online gambling companies with a poker room, casino and online sportsbook.
Calvin Ayre started Bodog in 1994 and has run the company ever since. There have been reports that in 2006 when they started the transferring the company to the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group, Calvin Ayre began to take a smaller role in the company. There is currently a board set up that will run the company and has been for the past two years and has recently expanded of the bodog brand into Europe and Asia.
There are rumblings online that Calvin Ayre will still have a large stake in the company and is taking a back seat so he will be able to travel and live his life without risking legal trouble in other countries outside of his current residence in Costa Rica. This is just rumors but on the official Calvin Ayre blog he talks about being able to live his life without having to focus all his attention on the Bodog brand.
Bodog Poker.com is a popular us poker site that offers poker players an online poker room with large tournament overlays and slick poker software.
The conclusion of the Bodog Poker Open was played today. The first poker series by bodog poker was played with 6 events and over $75k added by Bodog Life. The main event had 596 players who paid the buy-in fee of $470+$30 with $25k added by Bodog. That averages to $42 dollars per player added by Bodog.
The pros from team bodog played with David Williams going out early in 402nd place. Josh Arieh got 288th and Evelyn NG did the best of the bodog pros and placed 144th.
The winner of the tournament was phatcat who took home $76,280. Second place was _theFinisher_ and he received $45768 and finally third place was TheWacoKid who got $29,138.
Now that the Bodog Poker Open has finished Bodog will be pushing their 2008 WSOP Satellites where they hope to send the next winner of the main event at world series of poker this summer.
The BPOpen Event #4 was a pot limit texas hold-em tournament. The buy-in for the event was $200+$15 and there were 185 entrants into the tournament. This meant that bodog life poker added an additional $54 dollars per person with the tournament guaranteeing $10k added.
Evelyn NG from team Bodog did not play in the tournament but David Williams and Josh Arieh did. Williams placed in 63rd while Arieh got out first getting 162nd place.
The tournament winner was foldpreflop85 and won $14,100, second place went to shipthechezz who received $94,000 and finally third place was alcarmo who took home $5593. The prize pool of the tournament was $37k the lowest prize pool of the Bodog Poker Open so far.
The Bodog Poker Open event #3 was played today. It was a Texas Hold-em No Limit tournament that cost a $100+$10 and was a re-buy tournament. The tournament had 270 players and had a prize pool of $92,800. Bodog Poker added an additional $37 dollars per player because of their $10k added bonus.
Evelyn NG played the tournament and got 123rd. David Williams and Josh Arieh also from team bodog did not play the tournament. It will be interesting to see if the team bodog players will play in the next events coming up tomorrow and later this week.
The winner of the tournament was PckAces who took home $28,270. Second place was ibakitup who received $17990 and finally third place was KGBluvsOrEos who won $11924.
We also added a Bodog Poker WSOP Satellites page where you can find out how to qualify for the 2008 WSOP at top online poker sites.
The second event of the Bodog Poker Open was played today. The tournament was a Texas Hold’em (6-handed) No Limit and had a buy-in of $300+25. There were 249 registered players with $74,700 in the prize pool. Bodog added an average of $40 dollars per player because of it’s $10k added in the event.
Bodog Poker pro’s played in the tournament but didn’t do very well considering the excellent run yesterday. None of them made the money with David Williams out first in 239th place. Josh Arieh who got 3rd place in the Bodog BPOevent #1 finished in 183rd. And Evelyn NG who did the best out of the pros (not by much) got in 179th place after being the runner up yesterday in event #1.
The winner of the tournament was 3pounder who received $23,292.50. Second place was perpsiontherocks who received $14,822.49. The tournament was about 6 hours long (about the same as the first event).
The first event of the Bodog Poker Open was played today. Event #1 of the BPOpen hosted at Bodog Life Poker was a No Limit Hold-em $250+$20 buy in with $10k added. There were 377 players that registered for the event which averages out to be $26 dollars added for every player in the event.
Players from team bodog poker played in the tournament including David Williams, Josh Arieh and Evelyn Ng. They weren’t there for show as they all went very deep in the tournament. Evelyn Ng was runner up in the tournament taking second place and getting $16,680. Josh Arieh took third place and took home $11,571. David Williams went out in 39th place missing a payday by 3 players.
The winner of the inaugural event was rusostreet who became the first winner of a Bodog Poker Open event and took home $26,062. The tournament lasted a little over 6 hours and had a great final table with some all-in’s and a couple bad beats. Overall the first Bodog Poker Open event was a huge success with bodog pro’s almost taking the tournament down.
Bodog Life Poker has just recently announced their first poker tournament series called the Bodog Poker Open. There will be 6 events in the tournament series with the main event on March 9th and will have a $470+$30 buy-in with $25k added and the winner of the tournament receiving a omega speed master watch worth $4,400.
The Bodog Poker Open is a week long tournament with the first event played on Monday, March 3rd with a No Limit tournament with a $250+$20 buy-in and $10k added. Everyday after will have a tournament played with $10k added until the 7th when there is a two day break before the main event on Sunday. Winners of the first five events will get free entry to the main event.
Bodog Life is currently running satellites to qualify for all the tournament events with buy-in’s for as little as $5 dollars in re-buy satellite tournaments. They are running satellites for each event twice a day starting one month before the start of the tournament, so basically all of the bodog poker open events currently have satellites running.
Poker tournament series have become staples of large online poker rooms with Full Tilt Poker offering the FTOPS and Poker Stars with the WCOOP.
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