Bodog Beat

Along with Day 1A of the 2009 WSOP Main Event, the Bodog Mini Poker Series has also kicked off. (Bodog Beat Image)

The 2009 WSOP Main Event is underway, which means that the Bodog Mini Poker Series is also underway. If you are not in Vegas to be part of the WSOP, don't miss out next year. This 13-event online poker tournament series is one of the first events to award a prize package for the 2010 WSOP Main Event.

All of the Bodog Poker Mini Series events have a $10 + $1 buy-in and will award points to the top 30% of finishers in each tournament along with the regular tournament cash payout. The points will accumulate on a Tournament Leader Board throughout the series with the top 10 finishers receiving automatic entry into the Final Tournament on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009, and finishers 11 – 50 on the TLB will play in the Semifinal on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009, for a spot in the Final.

Players can also earn an invite into the Final Tournament by playing in all 13 Bodog Poker Mini Series events or an automatic invite to the Semifinal by playing in seven of the events. Play in seven of the 13 events and players will receive an invite for the Semifinal. The top 18 finishers in the Semifinal move onto the Final Tournament.

The grand prize for the winner of the Final Tournament is a 2010 WSOP Main Event prize package worth $12,000. Second and third-place finishers will receive a buy-in to every event in the Bodog Poker Open IV. Fourth and Fifth-place finishers win a seat to any Bodog Flight Club Semifinal and those placing sixth through ninth get a seat to the $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament held each Sunday at 4pm ET.

For more details, check out how to win a seat to the 2010 WSOP Main Event through the Bodog Mini Poker Series.