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Online poker bloggers will be facing a surprise Bodog poker pro when they sit down for the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament tonight. (Bodog Beat Image)

Don't forget that tonight at 9:05 p.m. EST poker bloggers will have the chance to face a surprise Team Bodog poker pro as part of the weekly Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series and earn points for a shot at a $12,000 2008 WSOP prize package.

A few weeks ago, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Josh Arieh played in the tournament, but this time around players won't know which pro may be seated directly to their left. It could be Arieh again, David Williams, Evelyn Ng or Team Bodog newcomer Jean-Robert Bellande.

There will once again be a bounty on the Bodog pro's head, giving players a chance to walk away with a little extra something on top of the normal cash payouts, just as "Abby17" did when she knocked out Arieh in that previous tournament. However, if the Team Bodog pro wins the tournament, they will walk with the $100.

There is still plenty of time to accumulate enough points to climb the leader board and be one of the 18 poker bloggers who qualify for the final tournament on Tuesday, June 10, where the winner will walk away with a $12,000 WSOP prize package. For example, the blogger currently in 18th place on the leader board has 194.1 points, and just a couple of top five finishes by a single player would award them enough points to be above that mark and solidly in the top 18 on the leader board.

There are seven tournaments left in the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series and they run every Tuesday at 9:05 p.m. EST. The top 30 percent of finishers in each qualifying tournament earn points based on their finish, and these points are used to rank players over the four months of qualifying. At the end of the qualifying series, the top 18 players on the Tournament Leader Board will play in the Final Tournament on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 with the first-place finisher winning a $12,000 WSOP prize package.

For online poker players who want to be part of Team Bodog at the 2008 WSOP but don't have a blog, Bodog is currently running a number of online qualifiers for poker's biggest event this summer. A guaranteed four WSOP seats are up for grabs every week at the Bodog Poker tables for the rest of April, with that number jumping to five per week in May and June.

Each Main Event prize package includes the $10,000 buy-in to the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, $2,000 for travel expenses, loads of Team Bodog gear and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Las Vegas in total Bodog style, including meeting the Bodog Girls and much, much more.