Bodog Ruled Las Vegas
Team Bodog poker players took home just under $2 million in cash from Las Vegas and the 2007 World Series of Poker this summer. The majority of which was pocketed at the WSOP itself while the rest was won at tournaments conveniently coinciding with poker’s biggest and richest series of events. During the 2007 WSOP preliminary events, Team Bodog earned $1,121,843 for their combined finishes. Three of Team Bodog’s young Internet guns each had final table appearances with Michael Graves securing a WSOP bracelet in the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys event and Yuval Bronshtein and Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo finishing third and fourth in their respective events. Bodog poker pros David Williams, Josh Arieh and Evelyn Ng combined for five WSOP cashes in five separate preliminary events. The 2007 WSOP Main Event saw the Black and Red continue their success with eight players reaching the money for a total of $524,142. Included in that count were the last two women standing: Kelly Jo McGlothlin finished in 95th place and Maria Ho in 38th place. Showing that poker skills runs in the family, Shirley Williams, mother of David Williams, outlasted 5,893 other entrants on her way to cashing. Outside of the WSOP, Team Bodog racked up two Bellagio Cup III wins courtesy of David Williams and another Internet gun, Johnathan “UFPokerStar” Westra, who also added a second-place finish to his tally at the Bellagio. Smith “nevertilt22″ Collins added his own fourth place finish to these for an impressive combined total of $305,023. At the Binion’s Poker Classic and Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza, yet another young Internet gun, Jose “papadelpoker” de la Guardia, took home $13,782 for two deep runs, one in each tournament. All in all, the total Team Bodog tally from Las Vegas was an impressive $1,921,497. With the coming up and many more World Poker Tour events left in 2007, expect to see Team Bodog continue their success on the felt this year. Regards Team: Bodog Poker