Online Poker Giant Bodog Plays Catch Up

The World Series of Poker Europe scrambled Bodog Poker's regular scheduling. Not only were their pros busy, so were a lot of of their top players as they tried to win in quite a few intensive poker events in Las Vegas. Now the poker site is playing catch up with all the heads-up matches involving players and pros.

Beginning with Jose Severino, these players showed why they're continually atop the tournament leader board at Bodog Poker. Severino went up against Josh Arieh earlier this week in two separate matches he was owed for being the weekly leader board winner on two separate occasions recently.

He lost the first match to Arieh, losing an accumulated $3,000 prize. His loss meant another $1,000 was added before they played the second match, this time with Severino the winner. That's $4,000 more he can add to the more than $39,000 he won after cashing in 345th place at the World Series of Poker Main Event last month. Severino also still holds the top spot on Bodog Poker's Yearly Tournament Leader board, even after slowing down his online activity while he played in Las Vegas.

Right under him in the leader board Smith Collins, who went up against Evelyn Ng heads-up. First Evelyn Ng had to take on Eddie "EddieOB" O'Brien. Because Severino won his second match, the prize pool was back down to $1,000. That was enough to keep O'Brien playing his best, as he took down the Bodog Poker pro.

Ng then took on Collins who had also found some success in Las Vegas this month after finishing fourth in a $1,000 Nightly No-Limit Hold'em tournament during the Bellagio Cup III, being filmed for the World Poker Tour. Ng had great success of her own, cashing in 25th in a WSOP event this year, but luck didn’t help her skill this night against Smith Collins. He defeated her to take home his $1,000 prize.

For your opportunity to take on the us poker site professionals at Bodog Poker, you have to play any of the regular weekly tournaments and accumulate more points than all other players during a given week. First prize is the $1,000 heads-up match that, like the local lotteries with out a winner, grows by $1,000 every week if the Bodog Poker Pro wins.