Bodog Poker Open II Schedule and Bounty Details

by Ace Rothstein  |  September 24th, 2008
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The Bodog Poker Open II kicks off on September 28 and will guarantee $650,000 in prize money. (Bodog Beat Image)

Qualifiers are up and running for the Bodog Poker II and its series of eight championship events with buy-ins ranging from $100 - $500.

The first tournament goes down on September 28th with a major tourney happening each day after that and culminating with the Main Event on October 5th. The Main Event’s $300,000 guaranteed prize pool will make for the biggest in Bodog history.

Series Highlights:

Adding a little spice to the mix, there will also be six bounty tournaments during the week where Main Event Semifinal seats (T$109) will be awarded to anyone that knocks out one of the 20 players with a bounty on their head. The bounty tourney buy-ins range from $20 - $100.

Special prizes will also be awarded to BPO II event winners and players who bubble. All first place finishers will win an entry in any BPO II Main Event Satellite (T$109) hosted nightly at 9:20 PM ET. While the two bubble players from the ‘Championship’ events (No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) will also win the same entry fee (T$109).

  • Championship Event Winners:  All winners of a numbered ‘Championship’ event will win an entry in any BPOII Main Event Satellite hosted nightly at 9:20pm ET (T$109).
  • Championship Event Bubble Insurance:  The 2 Bubble players in each ‘Championship’ event will win an entry in any BPOII Main Event Satellite hosted nightly at 9:20pm ET (T$109).
  • Bounty Tournaments:  Every player that wins a bounty gets entry in any BPOII Main Event Satellite hosted nightly at 9:20pm ET (T$109).
  • Bounty Players:  win a bounty by eliminating any of the following players in one of the ‘bounty’ designated tournaments

  1. Evelyn Ng - Team Bodog Pro
  2. Jean-Robert Bellande - Team Bodog Pro
  3. David Williams - Team Bodog Pro
  4. Justin Bonomo - Team Bodog Pro
  5. Rusostreet - BPO I  Event #1 Champion
  6. 3pounder - BPO I  Event #2 Champion
  7. PckAces - BPO I  Event #3 Champion
  8. foldpreflop85 - BPO I  Event #4 Champion
  9. bigcatfish - BPO I  Event #5 Champion
  10. phatcat - BPO I  Main Event Champion
  11. ari - Team Bodog Featured Player
  12. nevertilt22 - Team Bodog Featured Player
  13. magpe - Team Bodog Featured Player
  14. head2782 - Team Bodog Featured Player
  15. mattboom - Team Bodog WSOPE 2007 (3rd place finisher)
  16. drossxyu - Team Bodog WSOP 2008 (bracelet winner)
  17. illNuGWichee - Team Bodog Alumni
  18. papadelpoker - Team Bodog Alumni
  19. UFPokerStar - Team Bodog Alumni

Here are the schedules for the BPO II championship events and those bounty events:

BPO II Championship Events
Date Event Type Buy-In Guaranteed Starting Stack
Sun, Sept. 28 @ 4pm BPO II Event #1 No Limit Hold’em - Rebuy $50 + $5 with rebuys $10,000 added Starting/Rebuy 2,000
Add-on 4,000
Sun, Sept. 28 @ 8:30pm BPO II Event #2 No Limit Hold’em $200 + $15 $30,000 Guaranteed 5,000
Mon, Sept. 29 @ 8pm BPO II Event #3 No Limit Hold’em $250 + $20 $75,000 Guaranteed 5,000
Tue, Sept. 30 @ 8pm BPO II Event #4 No Limit Hold’em - 6-handed $300 + $25 $60,000 Guaranteed 5,000
Wed, Oct. 1 @ 8pm BPO II Event #5 Pot Limit Hold’em $200 + $15 $30,000 Guaranteed 5,000
Thu, Oct. 2 @ 8pm BPO II Event #6 No Limit Hold’em - Rebuy $100 + $10 $75,000 Guaranteed Starting/Rebuy 2,000
Addon 4,000
Fri, Oct. 3 @ 8pm BPO II Event #7 Fixed Limit Hold’em $150 + $12 $20,000 Guaranteed 5,000
Sun, Oct. 5 @ 4pm Bodog Poker Open II – Main Event No Limit Hold’em $470 + $30 $300,000 Guaranteed 10,000
BPO II Bounty Events
Date Event Type Buy-In Guaranteed Starting Stack
Sun, Sept. 28 @ 2pm BPO II Kickoff Bounty Tournament No Limit Hold’em - Bounty Tournament $100 + $9 $5,000 added 3,000
Mon, Sept. 29 @ 9pm BPO II Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em - Turbo Bounty Tournament $30 + $3 $15,000 Guaranteed 3,000
Tue, Sept. 30 @ 9pm BPO II Pot Limit Hold’em Bounty Pot Limit Hold’em $20 + $2 $5,000 Guaranteed 3,000
Wed, Oct. 1 @ 9pm BPO II Fixed Limit Turbo Bounty Fixed Limit Hold’em $15 + $1.50 $4,000 Guaranteed 3,000
Thu, Oct. 2 @ 9pm ET BPO II 6-handed Bounty No Limit Hold’em - 6-Handed $33 + $3 $15,000 Guaranteed 3,000
Fri, Oct. 3 @ 9pm BPO II No Limit Hold’em Bounty No Limit Hold’em $25 + $2.50 $10,000 Guaranteed 3,000

Check out the Bodog Poker room for more details on the Bodog Poker Open II.

 

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