Bodog Beat

Online poker player  "addrock" took home the $25,000 first-place prize yesterday in Bodog's Sunday $100k Guaranteed online poker tournament. Battling through a field of more than 800 players, "addrock" made it to the final table in good position and took the chip lead with four players left after eliminating noted Internet poker pro Mario "PwnasaurusX" Silvestri, who received $5,400 for his 5th place finish.  

"addrock" was able to hold onto onto the top spot until just before heads-up play when "zabadguy" took the lead after sending "TheNogre" home in third-place ($9,000). The hand gave "zabadguy" an almost 2-to-1 chip advantage over "addrock", but that would not last long. During the 15 minutes of heads-up play the two traded the lead until "addrock" was able to get all of "zabadguy"'s poker chips in the middle pre-flop and hit a top pair to take the tournament.

The win will help "addrock" move up the TLB and a few more could give him the opportunity to have his face on the cover of the UK magazine Online Poker Pro. One of the top ten players on the yearly TLB will be selected by Bodog on May 15 for this opportunity to be featured in the July edition of the magazine.