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Bodog.com Poker continues to offer online poker players the cheapest and easiest way to win a seat to the 2009 World Series of Poker* Main Event. This Sunday, regardless of how many players enter, Bodog.com will award four Main Event prize packages worth $12,000 in its Main Event Semifinal. The online poker powerhouse has also just added another qualifying event, held on Monday, May 25, guaranteeing at least two more $12,000 Main Event prize packages.

“Bodog.com is making it super easy for online poker players to qualify for this year’s Main Event in Las Vegas with qualifiers for as little as a buck,” says Bodog Poker Pro Evelyn Ng. “Winning a Main Event seat at Bodog is not only a shot at poker immortality but much, much more. It’s a chance to live the VIP Bodog lifestyle and all that accompanies that experience: the best gear in the industry, gadgets, a dedicated team of handlers, and access to exclusive events.”

Players have plenty of options – from Cheap Seat qualifiers to low stakes Sit & Gos – to win their way to Las Vegas and compete for the biggest prize in poker. For just $1, or 100 Bodog Poker Points (PTS), players can start down their path towards winning one of Bodog’s $12,000 Main Event prize packages awarded every Sunday in the Main Event Semifinal.

This Sunday, May 17, at 4:35pm EST, four players are guaranteed to walk away with a $12,000 Main Event prize package. They will join the winners of the May 3 Semifinal: “Tsmizzle26,” “RJules12,” “rmobley65,” and “SirSands.”

Then, on Monday, May 25, at 9:05pm EST, two more guaranteed prize packages are up for grabs, and even more seats to the Poker World Series Main Event in Las Vegas will be awarded throughout June.

Walking away from a Semifinal with one of Bodog’s coveted World Series Main Event prize packages means more than just earning a seat to the $10,000 buy-in Main Event. Winners will instantly become members of the tight-knit group of poker players that make up Team Bodog. On top of the $10,000 buy-in, those donning the black and red of Team Bodog will also receive $2,000 for travel to and accommodation in Las Vegas, a stylish Bodog gear bag worth $400+, and access to VIP events and player’s club evenings. Players that qualifying through Bodog.com will also be given the pro treatment as a dedicated team of handlers will be on-site to take care of their needs, allowing them to focus on what truly matters, their poker game.

Turning a few dollars into a few million is the dream of every online poker player that qualifies for the World Series Main Event. What caught fire in 2003 with Chris Moneymaker and his $2.5 million win continued last year with the excitement surrounding the November Nine final table and Peter Eastgate’s incredible $9 million payday. Members of Team Bodog took home more than $1.8 million at last year’s World Series, and with this year’s field expected to equal or exceed that of the previous year, Bodog.com Poker is the cheapest and easiest way to find yourself competing for a coveted gold bracelet.

Norway might be the red hot favourite at 11/8 to win this year’s Eurovision song contest but it’s the UK who are proving very popular with punters this year, forcing bookies Paddy Power to tighten the odds on a UK victory to 14/1 from 20/1.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber ballad sung by stunning songstress Jade is not only a big hit with patriotic punters but is going down a storm with Irish fans too.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power explains: “The Irish are turning their attention to the UK because it looks like our entry won’t even make it out of the starting blocks! With a strong song and a sexy singer, the UK have a fantastic chance this year and they could very well defy the odds and the Balkan countries and win the title for the first time since 1997.”

It remains to be seen just how much support the UK will receive from their neighbours but Paddy Power are quoting 9/4 that Ireland will give the UK a maximum twelve points.

In recent years the UK have failed to rank high in the voting, and continuous block voting from the Balkan countries saw Terry Wogan throw in the towel as the BBC’s long standing commentator. With funny-man Graham Norton now taking over in the hot seat there could be a few surprises in store! Paddy Power are betting on what cliché/phrase Norton will say first. ‘Fabulous’ is the 6/1 favourite followed with ‘Is she naked?’ at 66/1 and ‘It’s not Terry’s, it’s mine!’ at 100/1!

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NEW YORK, NY – The NBA playoffs are officially at full capacity ramming speed and the past few nights have seen veterans and newcomers alike mixing it up with each other. From Derek Fischer putting Scola on his back, to Ron Artest and Kobe Bryant getting into it, to Rafer Alston smacking Eddie House upside the head – these playoffs are turning into an all out war. With the frenzy reaching a boiling point fans across the country are wondering what will happen next – who’s most likely to get a tech, and who’ll get ejected. This being the case the largest most successful sportsbook on the web posted odds on all things NBA Playoff fury!

Oddsmakers at BetUS.com posted the following odds on the NBA Playoff boiling point:

Next Coach to get ejected during the playoffs:
• Mike Woodson ATL 7/1
• Mike Brown CLE 6/1
• Phil Jackson LAL 7/1
• Rick Adelman HOU 6/1
• Doc Rivers BOS 3/1
• Stan Van Gundy ORL 4/1
• George Karl DEN 5/1
• Rick Carlisle DAL 5/1
Next Player to get ejected during the playoffs:
• Joe Johnson 15/1
• Josh Smith 15/1
• LeBron James 20/1
• Mo Williams 15/1
• Zydrunas Ilgauskas 20/1
• Kobe Bryant 6/1
• Pau Gasol 8/1
• Andrew Bynum 7/1
• Yao Ming 20/1
• Ron Artest 4/1
• Luis Scola 8/1
• Carl Landry 7/1
• Shane Battier 12/1
• Paul Pierce 12/1
• Ray Allen 15/1
• Rajon Rondo 8/1
• Eddie House 8/1
• Dwight Howard 15/1
• Rashard Lewis 15/1
• Dirk Nowitzki 20/1
• Carmelo Anthony 18/1
• Kenyon Martin 6/1
• Chris Andersen 7/1

The Bodog Poker Open III wrapped up a hugely successful week of tournaments on Sunday night with the Bodog Poker Open III Main Event. The $500 buy-in championship event drew 279 online poker players and featured a prize pool of $161,130, which included $30,000 in added prize money courtesy of Bodog.com. In the end it was “Biffsworld” who bested the tough field to become Bodog.com’s next poker champion, winning the $40,282.50 first-place prize.

The 23-year-old Pennsylvania resident has been playing on the virtual felt of the Bodog.com Online Poker room since Oct. 2007 and has taken down several smaller tournaments over the past two years, but this is by far his biggest cash. Much like the last two Bodog Poker Open Main Events, Biffsworld did not have an easy road to victory. The field featured many well-known online poker aces, including Bodog.com Poker Pros Jean-Robert Bellande and Justin Bonomo, who played alongside regular Bodog.com leaderboard fixtures “ImTheJackal,” “IGotAPair,” “Bevos_Nuts,” “daisyxoxo,” “vinnyb9,” “3pounder,” and the inaugural BPO Main Event winner “phatcat.”

“With around 25 people left I realized I had a shot at winning the event,” says Biffsworld. “I started really building up a good size stack and was able to pad my lead by putting a lot of pressure on my opponents. I was also fortunate to win a lot of coin flips.”
The Bodog Poker Open III Main Event final table results are as follows:
1. biffsworld – $40,283
2. ShuMoneyTonite – $26,989
3. Mr Walcott – $17,885
4. Seanpoker1 – $12,890
5. Sebby10 – $9,346
6. ImTheJackal – $7,251
7. RJules12 – $5,640
8. Mazelucky – $4,028
9. SKeeeter – $2,739
The Bodog Poker Open III Main Event was one of three Main Events that took place on Sunday, representing the three tiers of tournaments that have been running all week long: the Championship Tournament Series, Mid-Stakes Tournament Series, and Mini-Bounty Tournament Series.

The $150 buy-in Bodog Poker Open III Mid-Main Event pulled in 217 players, generating a prize pool of $32,550. Online poker player “scarface0928″ outlasted 2008 Bodog Tournament Leaderboard Champion “alienface” in a heads-up duel to capture the title and its $8,951.24 first-place prize.

The $15,000 Guaranteed Bodog Poker Open III Mini-Main Event gave the 321 entrants incredible value for their $50 buy-in. When all was said and done, Bodog regular “winjack” walked away with the top prize of $3,750.

“The Bodog Poker Open III was the most diverse and accessible tournament series Bodog.com has ever hosted, giving online poker players of every experience and bankroll level the chance to get in on the action,” said Bodog.com Poker Pro Justin Bonomo. “Now that the Bodog Poker Open III is behind us, players can look ahead to the 2009 World Series of Poker* and joining me and the rest of Team Bodog in Las Vegas by qualifying through one Bodog’s cheap and easy qualifying tournaments.”

Over the past eight days, the Bodog Poker Open III paid out an incredible $606,741 in prize money and drew 4,861 online poker players who participated in the unique combination of high-stake, mid-stake and low-stake events. In the Mini-Bounty Tournament Series an incredible T$12,150 in bounties was paid to 243 players.

With another successful Bodog Poker Open in the books and the summer quickly approaching, attention in the Bodog Poker room turns to qualifying online poker players for the 2009 World Series of Poker*. Bodog’s simple and easy online qualifiers for $12,000 Main Event VIP packages start for as little as $1+$0 and offer online poker players a surefire shot at poker immortality.

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NEW YORK, NY – As the NHL as a whole is still in the midst of steadying itself as a viable professional sports league, some individual teams and owners are finding the turbulence caused by events of a few years ago too much to take. The most recent evidence of this came in the form of an offer by RIM CEO Jim Balsillie to buy the Phoenix Coyotes. With this news came rampant speculation as to what city an NHL team would pop in next. With fans looking for answers, the largest, most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on that very question.
Oddsmakers at BetUS.com posted the following odds on potential new NHL cities:
Coyotes to Canada? Which city most is likely?
• Hamilton 3/1
• Winnipeg 7/2
• Victoria 4/1
• Quebec City 6/1
• Halifax 8/1
• Sherbrooke 10/1
• Regina 10/1
• Charlottetown 25/1

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