News from Top online poker room, Bodog Poker announced that the third Bodog Poker Open will take place in the Spring of 2009.
The “12 Days of Poker” promotion, which will kick off on December 21st, doles out Bodog Poker Open III prize packages to the top three finishers in its Grand Finale.
The 12 Days of Poker begins with a $109 buy-in $3,000 added deep stack tournament. The event awards 3,000 starting chips and blind levels last 15 minutes each. The largest poker tournament to run as part of the promotion is a $20,000 added event with a $109 buy-in, the second of the series. It takes place on Sunday, December 21st at 4:00pm Eastern Time, two hours after the $3,000 added event. Bodog Poker will pump more than $100,000 into the 45 prize pools in total.
The 12 Days of Poker is actually a series of 45 tournaments. Its Grand Finale will take place on Thursday, January 15th. A leader board will log the top scorers throughout the 45 events, which run from December 21st until New Year’s Day. When the smoke clears, the top four will gain entry into the Grand Finale. The fifth through 100th place finishers will compete in a Semi-Final on Thursday, January 8th, with the top 18 players moving onto the Grand Finale. In addition, five players who competed in at least five BPO III events will be chosen at random to receive seats into the final tournament.
The Bodog Poker Open prize package includes entry into every single one of the BPO III events. How many tournaments BPO III will comprise has not yet been announced. According to officials of the online poker site, the information distributed about the 12 Days of Poker contained the very first mention of the third running of the Bodog Poker Open. The tournament series is slated to occur sometime during the Spring of 2009.
Bodog’s weekly guaranteed tournament boasts a $100,000 guarantee every Sunday. It routinely sees an overlay, which means that the guarantee exceeds the actual prize pool. The Sunday major comes with a $109 price tag and kicks off at 4:00pm Eastern Time. Last week, there were 702 entrants, meaning Bodog contributed $29,800 to the prize pool.
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