Bodog Poker Open II Going Strong

Nine More Events Left to Go

by Kristy Arnett  |   Published: Sep 30, 2008  |  

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The Bodog Poker Open II is going strong and the first few events have attracted a ton of action.

The tournament series consists of bounty events and championship events, all of which offer extra value to the players by awarding $109 seats into the nightly main event satellites that run at 9:30 p.m. ET. The seats are awarded to players who knock out the designated players in the bounty tournaments, or who finish in one of the two bubble spots in the championship events. There have been five events so far.

The first event was the Kickoff Bounty tournament with $5,000 added to the prize pool. The buy-in was $109, and 242 players bought in, creating a prize pool of $24,000. Bstu24 took the first-place prize of $8,030 after busting the final bounty player, iLLNuGWichee, in second place.

  1. bstu24 — $8,030
  2. iLLNuGWichee — $5,110
  3. snarlcakes — $3,387
  4. Paz5050 — $2,336
  5. WillyNilly — $1,752
  6. THEBULL108 — $1,314
  7. BuschInCans — $1,022
  8. JanM — $759
  9. L Rocketz — $496

The first championship event was a $55 buy-in no-limit hold’em rebuy tournament with $10,000 added to the prize pool. Of the 246 players who started, it was nutzkrackr who took the lion’s share of the $42,750 prize pool. His piece was more than $14,000.

  1. nutzkrackr — $14,506
  2. wmdbaker — $9,231
  3. daisyxoxo — $6,119
  4. Lillian30 — $4,220
  5. StraightNutz — $3,165
  6. alcarmo — $2,374
  7. manderbutt — $1,846
  8. boondock11 — $1,371
  9. Volcheko — $897

The second championship event had a $30,000-guaranteed prize pool, but the 181 players who entered the $215 buy-in event created a prize pool of $36,000. The Hesse took the top prize, which paid just under $10,000. A Team Bodog regular, alcarmo, made the final table in the first two championship events, finishing in sixth and ninth, respectively.

  1. TheHesse — $9,955
  2. selachii777 — $6,335
  3. good82 — $4,199
  4. Bazeman — $2,896
  5. quietwinner — $2,172
  6. golferboy19 — $1,629
  7. PwnasaurusX — $1,267
  8. JohnnyGstaks — $941
  9. alcarmo — $615

StonecoldMS was the winner of championship event No. 3, a $270 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. He defeated a field of 188 players to win almost $21,000 for first.

  1. StonecoldMS — $20,625
  2. nepatriots711 — $13,125
  3. fullpackage1 — $8,700
  4. BeaverFever — $6,000
  5. greenhut — $4,500
  6. baseline21 — $3,375
  7. malaka2 — $2,625
  8. MOGREEN54 — $1,950
  9. Hokie15 — $1,275

The latest event to end was the $33 buy-in turbo bounty tournament. There were 316 entrants, but Bazeman outlasted them all for a payday of $3,750.

  1. Bazeman — $3,750
  2. kingb51 — $2,512
  3. nevertilt22 — $1,665
  4. KidGrind61 — $1,200
  5. nickdodoublegee — $870
  6. checkoutAJ — $675
  7. quietwinner — $525
  8. TheBratKid — $375
  9. LukeStarbucker — $255

There are still plenty of events to compete in. The following is the remaining BPO II schedule.

Date Event Type Buy-in* Guarantee or Additional Prize Money Starting Stack
Sept. 30 @ 8 p.m. ET

Event No. 4

no-limit hold'em six-max $325 $60,000 guaranteed 5,000
Sept 30 @ 9 p.m. ET Pot-Limit Hold'em Bounty no-limit hold'em bounty $22 $5,000 guaranteed 3,000
Oct. 1 @ 8 p.m. ET Event No. 5 pot-limit hold'em $215 $30,000 guaranteed 5,000
Oct. 1 @ 9 p.m. ET Fixed-Limit Turbo Bounty fixed limit $16.50 $4,000 guaranteed 3,000
Oct. 2 @ 8 p.m. ET Event No. 6 pot-limit hold'em $110 $75,000 guaranteed Starting/ Rebuy 2,000, Add-on 4,000
Oct. 2 @ 9 p.m. ET Six-Handed Bounty no-limit hold'em six-max $36 $15,000 guaranteed 3,000
Oct. 3 @ 8 p.m. ET Event No. 7 fixed limit hold'em $162 $20,000 guaranteed 5,000
Oct. 3 @ 9 p.m. ET No-limit hold'em Bounty no-limit hold'em $27.50 $10,000 guaranteed 3,000
Oct. 5 @ 4 p.m. ET Main Event no-limit hold'em $500 $300,000 guaranteed 10,000

*All buy-ins include entry fees.

BPO II satellites run around the clock, Card Player readers can take advantage of a special Bodog deposit  bonus to begin qualifying.

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