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Bodog Crowns Bodog Poker Open IV Champion
"MrElPaso" Wins a Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event.
Bodog Poker Open IV champion takes home top prize of $36,447.50, lands feature
in international poker publication.
The online poker world crowned its newest superstar Sunday night when
"MrElPaso" outlasted a field of 257 players, including a number of top online
poker pros, to capture the Championship Event of the Bodog Poker Open IV. Along
with his first place winnings of $36,447.50, "MrElPaso" will also be featured
in a multi-page spread in an international poker magazine and receive extensive
coverage on Bodog.com and the Bodog Beat.
"With the Bodog Poker Open IV, Bodog.com has given online
poker players of all stripes the chance to win big while garnering the exposure
they deserve," says Bodog Poker Pro David Williams. "I'd like to personally
congratulate 'MrElPaso' for his impressive victory in the Bodog Poker Open IV
. His win cements his status as one of online poker's newest stars, and I'm
confident we'll be seeing him at plenty of final tables to come.
" The $500 buy-in Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event capped off a weeklong
series of tournaments at Bodog.com that drew a total of 2,646 online poker
players competing for more than $368,000 in cash prizes, with $65,000 in
additional prize money added by Bodog.com. The Championship Event itself
featured a total cash purse of $145,790, including $25,000 added by Bodog.com.
Quickly establishing itself as online poker's most popular new tournament
series, the fourth installment of the Bodog Poker Open drew a number of notable
pros to the Bodog.com poker tables on Sunday, including Bodog Poker Pros David
Williams and Evelyn Ng, and online poker pros "nevertilt22," "UFpokerStar" and
"ari." Despite the formidable field, "MrElPaso" was able to emerge victorious
to take down his biggest cash to date. Finishing in second was dvbronco, who
pocketed $24,419.82, and in third place was ari, who earned $16,182.69.
The Bodog Poker Open IV kicked off on Sunday, Nov. 1, and featured two parallel
tournament series: the Championship Series and the Contender Series. The
Championship Series featured higher-stakes buy-ins along with $62,500 in added
prize money courtesy of Bodog.com. Each event also awarded a T$500 seat into
the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Main Event to the winner.
Featuring lower buy-ins, the Contender Series also awarded a T$500 seat into
the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Main Event to each event winner, while the
remaining final table players earned entry to the Contender series finale
(T$50) held on Sunday, Nov. 8. With $2,500 added to the prize pool, the
Contender Series finale gave players incredible value for their buy-in, and it
was "hitchchops" who took full advantage of that, walking away with the
first-place prize of $3,268.10.
With another successful Bodog Poker Open in the books, the action at Bodog.com
continues with a full slate of online poker tournaments catering to every level
of player, including Bodog.com's Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed online poker
tournament. Qualifiers for the $100,000 Guaranteed event start for as low as $1
and run daily.
For more details on the Bodog Poker $100k Guaranteed
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