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Bodog Sponsors The Waterford Open 2008
LONDON, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - European Ranking and a EUR120,000 + Prize Pool up for Grabs - http://www.bodoglife.net/poker Bodog is packing its bags and jumping on a plane for a long weekend in sunny Ireland as it announces exclusive sponsorship of The Waterford Open 2008. The Bodog Waterford Open marks the first of many Bodog sponsored events in Europe. The No Limit Hold'em main event is a European ranking tournament being held at the Majestic Hotel in Tramore from June 12th-15th. A series of side events will also run with the prize pool an estimated EUR120,000. Buy in for the main event is EUR500+50. Keith McDonnell, managing director of Bodog Europe said, "This is the first Bodog sponsored poker tournament in Europe and we're excited about giving our European online players a tournament where they can meet face to face and compete for some serious money and bragging rights! There will be many more Bodog tournaments across Europe to look forward to, and with our full range of services launching soon, Bodog is set to take the European scene by storm." Players will be able to dip their toes into the Bodog lifestyle by chilling out in the Bodog Lounge and admiring the scenery in the form of the famous Bodog Girls. If a trip to Ireland to join over 200 poker players in Waterford's biggest poker tournament takes your fancy Bodog is running a freeroll on June 8th at 6pm GMT and a series of qualifiers from June 8th-11th at 8pm GMT at http://www.bodoglife.net. Buy-In for the qualifiers are also being run in the Bodog Poker room for EUR50+5 with one seat being offered for every EUR550 in the prize pool. For a chance to win a seat at the Waterford Open, players should register at http://www.bodoglife.net/poker and play in the Bodog Waterford Open Freeroll or the Waterford Open Qualifiers. Players can pre-register at Bodog from today. About Bodog Bodog has its head office, and is licensed in, the Caribbean nation of Antigua. The Bodog group of companies http://www.bodoglife.net offer a host of entertainment services, including online gaming, which includes Poker, Casino and a suite of other world-class gaming products. Bodog does not offer 'for money' gaming services within North America. For more information, contact the PR team at pr@bodoglife.co.uk.
