BPOpen Event #1 – Bodog Life Tournament Series
The first event of the Bodog Poker Open was played today. Event #1 of the BPOpen hosted at Bodog Life Poker was a No Limit Hold-em $250+$20 buy in with $10k added. There were 377 players that registered for the event which averages out to be $26 dollars added for every player in the event.
Players from team bodog poker played in the tournament including David Williams, Josh Arieh and Evelyn Ng. They weren't there for show as they all went very deep in the tournament. Evelyn Ng was runner up in the tournament taking second place and getting $16,680. Josh Arieh took third place and took home $11,571. David Williams went out in 39th place missing a payday by 3 players.
The winner of the inaugural event was rusostreet who became the first winner of a Bodog Poker Open event and took home $26,062. The tournament lasted a little over 6 hours and had a great final table with some all-in's and a couple bad beats. Overall the first Bodog Poker Open event was a huge success with bodog pro's almost taking the tournament down.
