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Poker blogger "Abby17″ collected the $100 bounty put on the head of Bodog poker pro Josh Arieh for the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament last night. (Bodog Beat Image)

Among the fifty-two poker bloggers who came out last night for the weekly Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament, there was only one that would be able to seize the chance to bust out poker pro Josh Arieh and collect the $100 bounty Bodog put on his head. "Abby17" was that blogger.

"Abby17″ found the chance to send Arieh to the rail early on in the tournament when the two-time WSOP bracelet winner tried to make a move with pocket sevens and "Abby17″ called him down with A-Q for a classic coin-flip situation. The blogger won the race with an ace on the river and received the $100 bounty, sending Arieh packing in 47th place.

With Arieh's chips, "Abby17″ would go on to finish in third place and add $62.40 and T$109 to the bounty for a total winnings of $162.40, plus the tournament credits. Not bad for an average Tuesday night's work.

Here are the full final table placings and payouts:

1. StinkyBritches – $156.00 + T$109
2. TripJax – $104.00 + T$109
3. Abby17 – $62.40 + T$109
4. RecessRampage2 – $52.00 + T$109
5. emptyman – $41.60 + T$109
6. Newinnov – $33.80
7. JL514 – $28.60
8. raisydaisy22 – $23.40
9. TheDutchster – $18.20

In addition to these winners, the five bubble players won their buy-ins to next week's tournament (T$11).

The Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series is composed of 18 qualifying tournaments that run every Tuesday at 9:05 pm ET. The first event of the series was held in early February and the last one is scheduled for Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008. The top 30% of finishers in each qualifying tournament earn points based on their finish, and these points are used to rank players over the four months of qualifying. At the end of the qualifying series, the top 18 players on the Tournament Leader Board will play in the Final Tournament on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 with the first-place finisher winning a $12,000 WSOP prize package.

For online poker players who want to be part of Team Bodog at the 2008 WSOP but don't have a blog, Bodog is currently running a number of online qualifiers for poker's biggest event this summer. A guaranteed four WSOP seats are up for grabs every week at the Bodog Poker tables this March and April, with that number jumping to five per week in May and June.

Each Main Event prize package includes the $10,000 buy-in to the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, $2,000 for travel expenses, loads of Team Bodog gear and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Las Vegas in total Bodog style, including meeting the Bodog Girls and much, much more.