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The Bodog Poker Open IV will award piles of cash and online poker stardom to the next Bodog Poker Open Main Event Champion. (Bodog Beat Image)

The search for the next online poker superstar is on with the announcement of the Bodog Poker Open IV online poker tournament series. Running from Nov. 1 – 8, 2009, the BPO IV features two different tournament series running at the same time: the lower-stakes "Contender Series" with several guaranteed prizepools and the "Championship Series" with higher buy-ins, $60,000 in added prize money and the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event, which guarantees piles of cash and a boat-load of media exposure to the winner.

"With the Bodog Poker Open IV, Bodog.com is giving online poker players of all levels a chance to strike it rich and gain major exposure as the next Bodog Poker Open Champion," says Bodog.com Poker Pro David Williams. "It takes a great deal of patience and skill to run deep in this tournament, and any poker player who can take down the Championship Event deserves not only the huge cash prize, but also the recognition that comes along with it."

The week-long Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Series gets under way on Nov. 1 and features seven events with buy-ins ranging from $50+$5 (rebuy) to the $470 buy-in Championship Event, which will feature $25,000 in added prize money and for the winner a feature in an international poker publication.

The Bodog Poker Open IV Contender Series is scheduled to run over the same time period and will feature lower buy-in events as well as the chance to win a seat into the Championship Series. Each winner of the Contender Series events will receive T$500 to buy into the BPO IV Championship Event while the rest of the final table participants in those events will receive a seat into the Contender Series Championship Event and its $2,500 in added prize money.

"With the chance to rise through the ranks, from contender to Bodog Poker Open IV Champion, the Bodog Poker Open IV promises to be one of the biggest and best tournament series in Bodog.com’s 15-year history," says Williams.

For more details, check out the Bodog Poker Open IV qualifying schedule and for the full rundown on the schedule and buy-ins, head over to the Bodog Poker Open IV page at Bodog.com.