Sunday, July 22, 2007

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Bodog qualifiers get VIP treatment at WSOPE

Bodog players at WSOP Europe breathe a bit of the Ayre waves

By Christopher Hunt

There will likely be no reappearance of the 2007 WSOP Bodog VIP bus, in traditional British double-decker form.

But players who qualify for the WSOP Europe via Bodog Poker are in for a serious taste of the big money VIP lifestyle personified by wildcard Bodog founder Calvin Ayre.

On the table for Bodog Poker qualifiers: at least six prize packages with a seriously high-rolling edge, including the hefty £10,000 WSOPE Main Event buy-in, travel expenses, an 11-night stay at a five-star luxury hotel and a car service at their beck and call for cruising around London.

Chances to win start this week, and with bargain basement buy-ins.

Step one is the cheap seat level, with events starting as low as $1 re-buy tournaments that run everyday from July 22- Aug. 1 at 4:15 p.m. (EDT).

Cheap seat $2 buy-ins run twice a day from July 22-27, at 5:30 a.m. and 10:55 p.m. (EDT).

Three hundred Bodog points or a $5.50 buy-in will get you in to another cheap seat qualifer, with those running four times a day from July 22-24.

Quarterfinals are the next step, with both $16 re-buy and $40 buy-in tournaments on offer to win your way into the semi-finals. The $16 re-buy tournaments run every day from July 22-Aug. 1 at 11:15 p.m. (EDT), and the $40 tournaments run three times a day from July 22-25. Times are 2:15 p.m., 5:15 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. (EDT)

The VIP prize packages are then on the table during two Main Event Europe Semifinals, set to go Sunday, August 19 at 3:05 p.m. (EDT) and 3:05 p.m. (GMT). If you haven't won your way up the chain yet, the direct buy-in for those is $540.

The two semi-final tournaments are capped at 150 players as well, giving players a very realistic shot at the big-league WSOPE packages.

The inaugural WSOP Europe starts Sept. 6 with a three-day, £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at The Casino at The Empire, which will also host the two-day, £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament starting Sept. 8.

The WSOP Europe Main Event - a six-day, £10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'Em Championship - then starts Sept. 10.

For all the details and a full qualifier schedule, visit Bodog Poker.

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