Seven Players to Represent Bodog Poker at Irish Open

The annual Irish Poker Open at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin

, Ireland

, starts tomorrow, and included in the field will be seven Team Bodog members from the U.S. and Scandinavia who won special prize packages through qualifiers at BodogLife.com.

A package worth $9,000 was awarded to the winners of the qualifiers, and those packages include the tournament buy-in, travel expenses, and Team Bodog gear. In addition, package winners will get the attention of a personal Team Bodog handler to see what living the Bodog life is all about.

The following are the winners:

• Joseph “Dyzalot” Morneau (Deerfield, New Hampshire)


• Danilo “kingkai” Paulsen (Trondheim, Norway)


• Timothy “timmo1122” Barany (Crownpoint, Indiana)


• Mike “X____X” Stecker (Granite Bay, California)


• Cory “Ozone23” Albertson (Houston, Texas)


• Andreas “sjah75” Heldman (Stockholm, Sweden)


• Magnus “EQLIZER” Hulden (Helsinki, Finland)

Last year, the Irish Poker Open featured a prize pool of €2 million (approximately $3.1 million) and boasted a field of 708 players. It was Marty Smyth who took home the $867,546 first-place prize.

Because of such impressive numbers, the guaranteed prize pool for this year’s event has been increased by  €1 million, making the grand total €3 million (approximately $4.7 million). Tournament officials anticipate this year’s attendance to reach the 1,000-player cap.

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