Bodog Poker Sunday $100k GTD Goes To “woodhawk”
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Though times have been rough for BodogLive Poker recently, the online poker room continues to host its weekly $100k Guarantee, awarding a minimum of $23,600 to the 1st place finisher. Last Sunday, that lucky and talented online poker player turned out to be “woodhawk”, who outlasted the field to take down the $100k GTD tournament.
I would have to go a very long way back into the record books to find out the last time BodogLife.com actually attracted enough players to its biggest weekly event to cover the prize pool. This week, a field of 603 participants created a nearly 40% overlay – excellent news for the tournament’s participants, but not so appreciated by management of Bodog Poker, who had to toss another $39,700 into the purse.
The top 90 finishers would each see a piece of the money bubble, but none more so than the final tablists, which included 22 year old “Minesony” of Australia – 1st place winner of nearly $6.4k a few weeks ago at Full Tilt Poker’s $28k GTD (not bad for a $24 buy-in).
The aforementioned talents of “Minesony” took a 3rd place ($9,100) exit from the Bodog Poker tournament tables, leaving “woodhawk” and “tkids” to battle it out in heads-up. It was a decent fight, but “woodhawk” eventually overcame his opponent to claim the 1st place prize of $23,600. The 2nd place finish earned “tkids” a respectable $13,600.
BodogPoker Sunday $100k GTD final Table Results
1st – woodhawk ($23,600)
2nd – tkids ($13,600)
3rd – Minesony ($9,100)
4th – Beer and Poker ($7,000)
5th – JanM ($5,700)
6th – the_sickness ($4,500)
7th – UFPokerStar ($3,300)
8th – JACKOFHOGS ($2,200)
9th – RooterGuy13 ($1,300)
Bodog Poker Offers Satellite Tournament Advice
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BodogLife Poker offered advice to online poker fans recently regarding how to choose, play and, with a bit of luck, win online poker satellite tournaments. With numerous Satellites on the BodogPoker tournament schedule, awarding prize packages to major live poker tournaments, online poker enthusiasts would do well to heed the enlightening counsel.
Ever since Chris Moneymaker earned a seat in the 2003 World Series of Poker through an online poker Satellite competition at PokerStars.com, then went on to win the WSOP Main Event that year, the popularity of Satellites has skyrocketed.
In the article, BodogLife.com started off by differentiating between the two types of satellite tournaments – winner-takes-all, where the 1st place winner is the only player rewarded, and prize pool based competitions, where the top finishers, based on the size of the field, are each rewarded.
Winner-takes-all tournaments generally have a smaller field, but can be difficult to overcome, for obvious reasons. Bodog Poker suggests players “come out fast and be aggressive from the start”, combining a fearless attitude with strong mental play in order to win.
Prize pool tournaments require a different strategy. You don’t have to win; you simply have to place high enough to earn a piece of the prize. This means the first thing you need to know is how many places are awarded. If it’s the top 50 finishers, your goal is to come in 50th position. Closer to 1st is fine, but 50 is the mission. You must also realize that everyone else is implementing the same strategy. To achieve this, Bodog Poker recommends “keep your stack growing at all times and avoid becoming a small stack at all costs.”
BodogPoker.com states that having a low stack is drawing a bulls-eye on your back. The fastest way to finish within the prize pool is to wipe out players on tilt. A higher stacked player is willing to take risks against a low stack with the hopes of eliminating them from the tournament, thereby getting closer to the goal. The big-stack player has little to lose, while the low stack is risking everything. When you are the low stack, taking on a big stack, make sure your cards are good enough to back it up.
The advice from Bodog Poker couldn’t have come at a better time for their members as the online pocker room is currently offering a multitude of Satellite competitions with prize packages to the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) and Asian Poker Tour (APT).
“docbox3” Wins Bodog Poker’s Final $100k GTD; Now Worth $250k
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BodogPoker.com hosted its last Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament last weekend, with ‘docbox3’ outlasting the field to take the 1st place prize. Next Sunday, the BodogPoker $100k GTD will be permanently replaced by the new $250k guaranteed on Sunday, August 10.
After skillfully whittling his way through a field of 720 competitors, ‘docbox3’ was awarded the 1st place prize of $23,600. ‘SirStevie89’ put up a great fight in heads-up action, but came up short to earn $13,600 for the second place victory.
BodogPoker insists that, regardless of how many players enter, the $250,000 GTD prize pool will remain. It’s interesting that Bodog has chosen to up its largest prize pool by so much, when there’s hardly a field to cover the original $100,000. Last Sunday, 720 players turned out to compete for the prize, causing an overlay – great for the online poker players, but not so great for Bodog Poker, who must shell out the extra cash to cover the purse.
The online poker community as a whole will be keeping an eye on Bodog Poker next Sunday, whether directly or via online poker news headlines, to see if the spiked prize pool will be alluring enough to draw significantly more players into the field.
Bodog Poker has found itself in the media spotlight lately, having just seen members of Team Bodog do famously well at 2008 WSOP events. The online poker room also made headlines by awarding the first seats in the 2009 WSOP.
Perhaps it is the hopes of Bodog Poker big-wigs that this exceptional coverage will produce a much higher rate of traffic at the tournament tables. It hasn’t happened yet, but the dangling carrot of $250,000 up for grabs should be doubly enticing.
Bodog Poker Announces $250,000 Guaranteed Tournament
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Bodog.com has just announced the installment of its most lucrative tournament to date – a $25,000 Guaranteed scheduled for Sunday, August 10 at 4:00 p.m. ET. No matter how many players enter the tournament, the full $250,000 is guaranteed to be paid out to the top finishers.
It is apparent in this new tournament announcement that Bodog Poker is trying diligently to increase its tournament entries. Just last Sunday, the weekly Bodog Poker Sunday $100,000 GP drew a field of 783, not enough to boost the prize pool over its guaranteed amount. It must be somewhat disconcerting to the online poker room to watch the number one online poker room, PokerStars.com, attract enough participants every week to its famous Sunday Million to increase the prize pool by at least several hundred thousand on a regular basis.
Only time will tell, but this reporter has high hopes for the new Bodog Poker $250k GP, and I expect there will certainly be enough entries to cover the prize pool, and then some. The buy-in to this extravagant poker tournament is only $250+$20, but Bodog Poker is already boasting satellites and qualifiers for as little as $1. The online poker room is hoping to give all players, of all bankroll sizes, a chance to get in on the largest event in Bodog Poker history.
Bodog Poker will be running in excess of 200 qualifiers, starting July 14th up until the start of the $250k GP on August 10. As of now, this monumental tournament for Bodog Poker is cited as a one-time event, but should it be as successful as the online poker room is intending, perhaps we’ll begin to see more tournaments like this one on a regular basis.
If you want to start out with playing for free, you can play at Bodog Poker’s play for fun site, Bodog.net and practice for the real thing!
“NATCH” Takes Down Bodog Poker’s Sunday $100k Guaranteed
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BodogLife (formerly Bodog.com) Poker’s most lucrative weekly tournament, the Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed, went to the skilled endowments of “NATCH” this weekend, earning the top prize for whittling their way through a field of 711 participants.
“NATCH” ousted the other competitors one after another until finally going heads-up against “gfunkera” at the final table. In the end, “NATCH” was able to seal the victory for an inspiring payday of $23,600 – not a bad overture for an investment of $109. “gfunkera” was awarded the 2nd place prize of $13,600.
While the prize pool is not as overwhelming as that of PokerStars.com Sunday Million, or FullTiltPoker.com’s Poker’s Sunday $750k GP, the uphill struggle to emerge victorious at the weekly Bodog Poker $100k GP remains the same. It is only through immense talent and a little luck that “NATCH” was able to claim the ultimate victory this past weekend.
www.BodogPoker.com Sunday $100k Guaranteed Final Table Results:
1st – NATCH ($23,600)
2nd – gfunkera ($13,600)
3rd – SpauldingSmails ($9,100)
4th – CobaltBlue ($7,000)
5th – ChicagoBulls ($5,700)
6th – looooool ($4,500)
7th – party sucks ($3,300)
8th – northwest888 ($2,200)
9th – ychen0311 ($1,300)
2008 WSOP Slow Going For Team Bodog Poker
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Team BodogPoker, a small group of elite professional poker players, had high hopes for this year’s World Series of Poker, but thus far, has seen little success through the first 11 events of the world’s most prestigious live poker tournament.
Team Bodog Poker currently consists of four influential poker pros, the lovely chip-trick queen Evelyn Ng, the unbreakable poise of David Williams, the psychological warrior Jean-Robert, and the newest member of Team Bodog, Justin Bonomo.
Through the first 12 events of the 2008 WSOP, two of these skilled poker pros have managed to cash within the top 20th spot, only once each. Both occurred in the 2008 WSOP Event #4, a mixed game of Limit and No Limit Hold’em.
Team Bodog Poker’s most recent addition, Justin Bonomo, snagged a 2nd place finish after losing heads-up to Full Tilt Pro Erick Lindgren. Bonomo earned $230,159 for his skilled efforts. Rounding out the 7th place position was David Williams, pocketing $58,515.
Though Bonomo found himself extremely close to earning the gold, the WSOP Bracelet has eluded Team Bodog Poker thus far.
The eyes of Team Bodog are all on Event #15 right now, the Ladies No Limit Hold’em tournament, as Evelyn Ng remains among the field, whittling its way to the final table. Evelyn has played amazingly well throughout the event, but it remains yet t be seen if she can bring home the coveted gold WSOP Bracelet for Bodog.com this year.
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WSOP Main Event Seats Easily Won At Bodog Poker
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BodogPoker has guaranteed 5 WSOP Main Event Prize Packages every week, two awarded on each Sunday. Due to a considerable decline in tournament entries, it has become especially easy to win a seat in the 2008 WSOP Main Event via the online poker room.
In the past two weeks, BodogLife.com (formerly Bodog.com) has seen an average of 66 players competing in the Sunday tournament. Even with such low entry rates, Bodog Poker continues to dole out the two promised WSOP Main Event Prize Packages each weekend.
It costs $250 to buy-in to the tournament directly, but more affordable satellite tournaments are held throughout the weekend, awarding a seat in Sunday’s WSOP Main Event Semifinal tournament. As to why participation levels have been so low, we can only speculate; but the fact that the Sunday Main Event Semifinals are held at 3:15 a.m. ET might have something to do with it.
Each 2008 WSOP Main Event Prize Package awarded by Bodog Poker is worth $12,000. The first $10,000 goes to cover the buy-in costs at the World Series of Poker Main Event. The remaining $2,000 is awarded to cover travel costs and accommodations throughout the tournament, plus spending cash.
The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event is scheduled to kick off July 3rd in the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bodog Poker will be hosting WSOP Main Event Semifinals every Sunday through the end of June, up until the start of the poker world’s most prestigious event; the World Series of Poker.
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