The Bodog Poker Open V
The final events in the Bodog Poker Open V went down on Sunday, October 3, 2010, finishing a week of spectacular online poker action where hundreds of players from around the world sat down to play. Each one vied for their share of hundreds of thousands of dollars in two series of tournaments, The Championship Series and the Contender Series.
The Championship Series
360 players came out to compete in the BPO V Championship Series Main Event, a $200,000 guaranteed tournament. The total pool for this event was almost $55,000 more than the previous year's purse and it showed, with over 40% more players hitting the virtual felt, including Bodog pro
Amanda Musumeci along with familiar names from the online poker world. After hours of hyper-competitive play,
Whitey03 came out on top of the stack. He walked away with an additional $50,000 in his bankroll, a place in the Bodog Poker Open Hall of Fame, and as a special bonus, an engraved Corum Romulus Chronograph with a retail value of over $5,000.
Here are the full final table results and payouts for the Championship Series main event:
| 1. Whitey03 | $50,000.00 |
| 2. hebs | $32,000.00 |
| 3. how8life | $20,200.00 |
| 4. Bravehart | $16,000.00 |
| 5. EstyzBalln | $11,200.00 |
| 6. fishy23 | $9,000.00 |
| 7. t2g | $7,000.00 |
| 8. kingb51 | $4,400.00 |
| 9. aimtj | $3,400.00 |
The Contender Series
The lower-stakes Contender Series Main Event saw 376 players competing for their share of a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool that grew to almost $17,300. Bodog player
palcemvglaz took the top spot and earned $4,324 for their first-place finish in the tournament event.
Here's the list of players that made it to the final table and their results:
| 1. palcemvglaz | $4,324.00 |
| 2. I M A King | $2,767.36 |
| 3. bornwinner86 | $1,746.89 |
| 4. Nope 1124 | $1,383.68 |
| 5. johnpavlon | $968.57 |
| 6. Evil_E | $778.32 |
| 7. armstrizal21 | $605.36 |
| 8. B Pars | $380.51 |
| 9. Dimeboy | $294.03 |
Thousands of players competed in the Bodog Poker Open V this year and over $300,000 in money and prizes were distributed to the players.
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