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PRESS RELEASES
For Immediate
Release -- May 14th, 2006
In
another step aimed towards according poker players
an opportunity to play alongside some of the
best in the world and compete for the $10 million
first prize at the World
Series of Poker, Bodog.com is now guaranteeing
40 seats to the main WSOP event every single
weekend.
"With a record 700
Bodog.com players being qualified to the WSOP,
the reaction from our players and the poker
industry as a whole has been nothing short of
spectacular," says Calvin Ayre, Founder
and CEO of Bodog.com, and host of the Calvin
Ayre Wild Card Poker weekly television series.
"We want to ensure that our players are
given every single opportunity to compete against
the poker greats, and by having a new qualifier
every 20 minutes during the weekends, we are
well on our way to achieving this."
Bodog.com poker players
will be able to qualify via any of the 30 tournaments
on Saturdays, or 10 tournaments on Sundays,
with the buy-ins ranging from $67.50 to $270.
There are a number of other ways for WSOP hopefuls
to qualify for the big show with Bodog.com.
Players can compete in Bodog.com's WSOP Stages
tournaments for as little as $1.10. Each Stage
tournament awards the winner with entry to the
next Stage until Stage 5 when a WSOP seat is
awarded.
Bodog.com players who qualify
for the Main Event this year will be accorded
a prize package that includes a $10,000 tournament
buy-in, $2,500 in travel expenses, access to
the WSOP VIP Lounge and $1,000 worth of Bodog
gear.
Last year, Bodog.com guaranteed
its online poker players over 70 seats at the
WSOP, a Las Vegas-based series of tournaments
held over the course of six weeks. This year,
Bodog.com is qualifying over 10 times that amount
of players for preliminary and main WSOP events.
With aggressive tournament
schedules and an array of bonus programs, Bodog.com
Poker continues to lead the industry with its
multitude of products. Bodog.com Poker offers
US $2.5 million in guarantees each month, including
a weekly US $100,000 tournament, held each Sunday.
Looking for a mix of lifestyle
and poker entertainment? The Calvin Ayre Wild
Card Poker six-part television series has begun
airing on a major US cable network each Saturday
at 11 pm (Check your local listings for further
details). Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker features
20 Bodog.com poker players, 10 poker pros and
10 celebrity poker stars competing for a $500,000
grand prize. Each week, Bodog.com is giving
away a Harley Davidson motorbike to a lucky
viewer. Log on to CalvinAyre.com
and correctly answer the skill-testing question
from each episode to be entered to win. Missed
the latest episode of the popular television
series? Log on to CalvinAyre.com for all the
episode recaps, highlights and previews.
Check out https://www.bodog.com/poker/
for the complete Bodog.com Poker experience.
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