"phatcat" Closes Bodog Poker Open with Main Event Win

With the close of Event #6, the Main Event, the first-ever Bodog Poker Open (BPO) is in the books. Nearly 2,000 players turned out for the series, generating nearly $600,000 in prize money.

Bodog chipped in a total of $75,000 to sweeten the deal. An additional $10,000 was added to the prize pools each of the first five events. Another $25,000 was pitched into the main event pool. Winners of each of the five preliminary events also received a seat in the BPO Main Event.

A total of 596 players showed up for the $500 main event alone, creating over $280,000 in prize money. Shawn "phatcat" Luman captured the title of Bodog Poker Open Champion, outlasting a final table that included Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby, one of the most feared young players in poker. "phatcat" also earned himself an engraved Omega Speed Master watch for his win.

Event #1 saw Bodog pros Evelyn Ng and Josh Arieh at the final table. Ng would come up short against "rusostreet" in heads-up play, while Arieh was eliminated in 3rd place.

"alcarmo", a regular deep finisher in Bodog MTTs, may have had the most impressive BPO, reaching the final table in Events 2-4. He followed up his 6th place finish in Event #2 with a 4th place finish in Event #3 and a 3rd place finish in event #4.

Here are the BPO's big winners:

Main Event - Event #6 - $500 NLHE

1 - Shawn "phatcat" Luman - $76,280

2 - Michael "-TheFinisher_" Berra - $45,768

3 - Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby - $29,138

Event #1 - $250 NLHE

1 - rusostreet - $26,062.50

2 - Evelyn Ng - $16,680.00

3 - Josh Arieh - $11,571.75

Event #2 - $300 NLHE 6-Handed

1 - PckAces - $28,270.00

2 - ibakitup - $17,990.00

3 - KGBluvsOrEoS - $11,924.80

Event #3 - $100 NLHE Rebuys

1 - 3pounder - $23,292.50

2 - pepsiontherocks - $14,822.49

3 - SheehanMatt - $9,825.20

Event #4 - $200 PLHE

1 - foldpreflop85 - $14,100

2 - shipthechezz - $9,400

3 - alcarmo - $5,593

Event #5 - $150 LHE

1 - bigcatfish - $10,830

2 - HB_HITMAN - $7,220

3 - jwerk - $4,295

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