Bodog Beat

In 2007, Bodog Poker offered its best software upgrade ever to go along with its best sign-up bonus ever. (Bodog Beat Image)

Just to put an exclamation point on 2007 and to get 2008 started off in the right direction, Bodog Poker released a much-anticipated software upgrade and, to along with it, its best sign-up bonus ever.

Now, Bodog is offering online poker players who open a new account a 110% sign-up bonus, 10% of which is paid out instantly, with 100% matching bonus to follow. That's free money immediately, well within 48 hours, and then even more free money after only 30 days. Yeh, exactly, why wouldn't you take Bodog up on this?

Upon opening a new account and making a first deposit, you will get your 10% cash bonus. Then you can hit the tables and for every 10 poker points they earn they will receive an additional $1 bonus up to 100% match of their first deposit (up to a maximum of $500). Players can earn poker points from playing in cash games, tournaments and just by time spent playing.

When you open that new account, you'll also be playing on the newly-upgraded, sleeker, smoother Bodog Poker software. The enhancements, which are a result of two years of user testing and player feedback, include a redesigned table layout and a "player spotlight" feature that highlights where the action is at the table. Players also now have the option to convert their Bodog Poker Points to real cash every month. The new look and features are just the first in a series of software upgrades that will eventually include a lobby redesign, table resizing and multi-table tiling.

While cashing in your free money and taking the new software for a spin, play a couple of qualifiers for the Bodog "Player's Choice" package or the Bodog Sunday $100k Guaranteed online poker tournament. You never know, you could make this holiday season even better with a $12,000 package to a WPT, EPT or WSOP event or the $25,000 first-place prize in Sunday's $100k. Seriously, the qualifiers start for as little as $1, why not give it a shot?