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Team Bodog poker player Johnathan "UFPokerStar" Westra wins Event No. 8 at the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza. (Bodog Beat Image)

The 2008 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza (!! wild! crazy! extravaganza!!!) has now wrapped up eight events, which included (obviously) Event No. 6 – $540 buy-in No Limit Holdem.

That event was taken down by Team Bodog's own Johnathan "UFPokerStar" Westra.Westra faced down a pretty big field for a preliminary event at the Venetian, 398, to walk away with the $59,537 first-place prize.

Added to his WSOP Circuit preliminary event win last month and Westra is starting 2008 off with a bang. The online poker pro will no doubt find his way back to the top of more tournaments in the months to come and will look to make a splash for the Black and Red at the 2008 WSOP.

If you want to join Team Bodog at a major international poker tournament, check the Bodog Poker Tournament schedule to see when the daily qualifiers run (some for as little as $1) and get in on your chance to qualify online for an EPT or WPT event or the 2008 WSOP.