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Shooting guns, racing cars and taking a helicopter tour: The three VIP options Bodog WSOP qualifiers are getting this year.

As you may already know, poker players who qualify for the WSOP through Bodog will get to experience Las Vegas and the World Series of Poker in VIP style. That means that along with all the other perks that come with wearing the red and black at the WSOP (see Bodog Party, best swag in Vegas, Bodog Girls, etc., etc.) players get to choose from one of three VIP Days!

The specifics of the VIP Days have recently been announced and here they are.

VIP Day 1(July 4) - Celebrate Independence Day with the thrill of driving race cars at the Racetrack Club House of Spring Mountain Motorsports.

• Auto-x with team challenge - Each participant will drive automatic Corvettes in this competition. A mini race course is set up and marked out with traffic cones. Each participant, one at a time, will get at least three runs and maybe more.
• Hot Laps with a pro-driver - A professional driver in a 505 horsepower ZO-6 Corvette will give three laps on a 2.2 mile road racing circuit. A real thrill ride.
• Go- karts. These karts are high performance racing karts, automatics capable of speeds of 80MPH! They are driven on a 1.2 mile road racing circuit.
• Light lunch in the Members Clubhouse - A real first class facility with pool, poker table and pool table.

VIP Day 2 (July 5) - Letting it all out at the Las Vegas Gun Range and the Paintball Range!

• Nothing lets off steam quite like squeezing off a few rounds and VIP Day 2 is all about guns, guns and guns as WSOP qualifiers will get to test out a veritable arsenal of firepower.
• Shoot four different machine guns with one magazine each, five rounds with a 12ga shotgun and 15 rounds with a 9mm handgun,
• Shoot up a Las Vegas Gun Range shirt and keep it.
• Compete with other Bodog WSOP qualifiers in a shooting competition with two rounds from a Desert Eagle with the winner receiving a Vegas Gun Range hat.
• Once qualifiers have gotten a taste for shooting it’s time to turn the guns on each other at an indoor paintball range!

VIP Day 3 (July 6) - Check out the Grand Canyon on a VIP Helicopter tour!

• Fly over the Mojave desert with viewings of Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon.
• The chopper will land on the canyon floor for half-an-hour for a light snack and drink.
• On the way back WSOP qualifiers will get to buzz the Las Vegas Strip.

The folks at Bodog Poker are truly outdoing themselves this year. Not content with the tired and typical Vegas activities like a visiting Lake Mead or sky diving, they've set up options for their players sure to make this the finest WSOP experience possible.

There is still time to get your WSOP seat through Bodog with their WSOP online satellites.