A total of three BodogLife online poker players were already being awarded with seats to the 2009 WSOP Main Event, the seats are the first to be awarded by any online poker site and were won during the final tournament of the Bodog Poker Mini Series, a 25-tournament series running parallel the Hold’em events at the WSOP..

The three players were each awarded $12,000 VIP Prize Packages to the 2009 Main Event and the opportunity to play side to side with other Team Bodog players.

The 27-player final tournament of the BodogLife.com Mini Series featured the top four players on the BodogLife Poker Mini Series Tournament Leader Board, 18 players from the Semifinal qualifier and five selected from a random "wild card" drawing of players who had entered at least three Mini Series events. The Final Table took place on Thursday, July 10th, and the top three finishers were awarded $12,000 Main Event Prize Packages with the rest of the final nine players getting $109 tournament dollars.

With buy-ins ranging from as low as $10+$1 up to $100+$9, the Bodog Poker Mini Series was an exceptional value for players of all skill levels and is just the latest offering from Bodog that guarantees online poker players the absolute best value for their tournament dollars. Over the course of the series, Bodog played host to 3,376 online poker players and paid out a total of $107,000 in guaranteed prize money.

Next summer's Main Event is just one of a number of tournaments in where poker players can take part thanks to Bodog. From the WSOP Europe in London to events in Europe, Asia and North America, Bodog's Player's Choice packages give players the chance to play in some of the most electrifying and interesting locations in the world.