Dead money is the name of the game at Bodog, lately. While the Bodog $100,000-guaranteed tournament avoided an overlay for the first time ever this weekend, the $70,000-guaranteed tournaments on Tuesdays and Wednesdays still have huge overlays. Tuesday's tournament had 1,051 entrants pay the $50 buy-in to bring the player-generated prize pool up to $52,550, meaning Bodog came out of pocket for $17,650.
It seems the Internet pros have caught on to the value of the tournament, as online poker sensation Ari Engel (whose screen name is, simply, "ari") made the Tuesday $70,000-guaranteed tournament's final table. In fact, not only did ari make the final table, he came into the first full hand of the final table in second place with $479,000 in chips, compared to sportsmoney's $560,000 in first. Ari briefly took the chip lead before shrinking back down to second. Then, one huge pot changed his tournament's fortunes.
Sportsmoney raised to $60,000 from mid-position with the big blind at $20,000 and ari called from the small blind. The flop came Q
J
7
and ari checked. Sportsmoney bet $70,000 and ari raised to $210,000. Sportsmoney pushed all in, having ari covered by almost $34,000, and ari called and showed A
Q
for top pair, top kicker. However, sportsmoney flipped over pocket jacks for a flopped set and the lead. The turn was the K
, giving ari a straight draw with a 10, but the river was the 3
to give sportsmoney the hand and eliminate ari in seventh place ($2,310).
Sportsmoney now had a good chip lead with almost $1.3 million in chips, versus PSP_addict in second with $546,000. Sportsmoney went on to eliminate the next four players in a row. In the final elimination hand before heads-up play, sportsmoney busted two players at once when he called the two short-stacked players' preflop all-ins and showed pocket kings. He was up against pocket fives and A-8 and his kings held up. Sportsmoney now had $2.6 million in chips and was heads up against PSP_addict with just $530,000. PSP_addict managed to get his stack up to as much as $1.2 million before it slid back down to under $1 million for the final hand.
Sportsmoney raised to $90,000 preflop and PSP_addict called the extra $60,000 from the big blind. The flop came 6
4
2
, and PSP_addict checked. Sportsmoney bet $140,000 and PSP_addict raised to $500,000. Sportsmoney pushed all in and PSP_addict called all in and showed 7
6
for top pair. Sportsmoney turned over pocket eights for an overpair to the board and the lead. The turn was the A
and the river the 3
and sportsmoney raked in the pot to eliminate PSP_addict in second ($9,800) and win the tournament. Sportsmoney pocketed $17,500 for his first-place finish.
The final standings were as follows:
1) sportsmoney - $17,500
2) PSP_addict - $9,800
3) Mujahid - $6,300
4) bigcatfish - $4,550
5) Stride - $3,710
6) DWare94 - $3,010
7) ari - $2,310
8) pga26 - $1,610
9) SgtNicks - $1,050
Bodog hosts two $70,000-guaranteed tournaments each week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (today) at 8:30 p.m. EST, and both tournaments have been regularly spreading overlays, providing excellent value for players. Those interested in taking advantage of these overlay tournaments can do so by
clicking here.
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