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Online Poker Blogger Tournament at Bodog Continues!

Bodog is pleased to invite poker bloggers to play in it’s first ever Poker Blogger Tournament with added prize money courtesy of Bodog.

Bodog is adding a total of $125 in bonus money and if you are one of the last 5 players to be eliminated prior to being paid out by the standard payout structure, you will get your buy-in returned by way of a $10 bonus. If you finish 2nd in the tournament, you will receive a $25 bonus. And if you finish first, you will be rewarded a $50 bonus.


Details of Tournament:

* Dates: September 25 and Oct 2, 2007
* Tournament Name: “Online Poker Blogger Tournament” at Bodog
* Entry Password: bodogblogger
* Buy-in + fee: $10 + $1
* Starting Chips: 3000 (Double Stack)
* Payout: Standard Bodog payout structure
* Bonuses:
o T$50 bonus paid to 1st place finisher.
o T$25 bonus paid to 2nd place finisher.
o T$10 bonus paid to the 5 players that are eliminated prior to payouts.
+ These bonuses will be awarded within 24hrs of the tournament completion.
+ T$ = Tournament Credits. These can be used as a buy in to almost all scheduled tournaments at Bodog and have a ratio to cash of 1:1.
+ T$ can also be combined with cash to buy in to tournaments.
* Day of week: Tuesdays
* Start time: 8:35pm ET

So go play and don't forget to say hi to Chasta for me

Poker Players Alliance Launches Poker Initiative in Kentucky

Nice little bit of news from BOB PAJICH over at Cardplayer

Poker Players Alliance Launches Poker Initiative in Kentucky
Campaign Encourages Members to Contact Elected Officials

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has launched a statewide advocacy campaign in Kentucky in the name of poker.

The hope is to rally PPA members and poker fans in Kentucky to contact their elected officials to tell them they want cardrooms to be allowed in their state and warn them that they will make their votes count for the poker cause there. The campaign is being run by PPA Kentucky State Director Rich Muny.

PPA directors have said that the PPA will put the pressure on at local state levels, with the help of state representatives, in order to convince states’ elected officials at that poker is an American pastime that should be protected.

The current Governor of Kentucky, Republican Ernie Fletcher, is a Baptist minister who is against the casino industry. His opponent, Democrat Steve Beshear, is running his campaign on the promise of allowing voters to decide if casinos should be allowed to open there.

Fletcher has made this year’s election for Governor more like a gambling referendum. Earlier this month, he went campaigning throughout the state on a “No Casinos” tour, while Beshear wants to put the decision in the hands of Kentucky’s citizens.

Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 6.