Bodog Signs Poker Pro Justin Bonomo to Team Bodog

Today is a good day for Bodog Poker, for today 22-year-old poker pro Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo joins the roster of Team Bodog pros. The Los Angeles resident will join fellow Team Bodog pros David Williams, Evelyn Ng and Jean-Robert Bellande as a donner of the black and red at the Bodog online poker tables and at major televised tournaments, including this summer's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

"Justin is one of the most feared and skilled players in poker today and we're thrilled to officially have him join our team of world-class poker pros," says Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris. "Justin lives and breathes the Bodog lifestyle and is a perfect fit for us. We expect him to make a lot of noise this year for Team Bodog, beginning with the WSOP this summer."

Bonomo has already passed the $1 million mark for career earnings and it all started back in 2005 at the EPT French Open in Deauville, France, where he became the youngest player to ever make a televised final table at 19 years, 5 months and 20 days. Once he turned 21, he wasted no time finding success in the US, making four final tables at the 2006 Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas, including a seventh place finish in the WPT championship event.

In his first World Series of Poker last summer, Bonomo earned a total of three cashes, including a run to the final table of Event No. 10, the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Holdem event, finally finishing fourth out of a huge field of 1,531 players. Most recently, Bonomo made the final tables of the 2007 Caesars Palace Classic Main Event in October, the 2008 WPT Borgata Winter Open this past January and the 2008 WSOP Circuit event at Caesars Palace just this past week.

Bonomo is no one-trick pony though and proved that at last year's WSOP by becoming the youngest player left standing in the prestigious $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2007 World Series of Poker. He also finished second in the $3,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2007 WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars Palace.

"I'm extremely excited about joining the select ranks of Team Bodog pros and becoming an ambassador for the Bodog brand alongside David, Evy and Jean-Robert. I know each of them personally and have tremendous respect for them," Bonomo said. "I'm ready to start things off right by having a big WSOP this summer and hopefully bringing home a gold bracelet for Team Bodog. I'm also looking forward to meeting up with other poker players from around the world at Bodog's online poker tables."

Online poker players can join Bonomo and the rest of Team Bodog at the 2008 WSOP Main Event by winning one of the five $12,000 Main Event Prize Packages that Bodog is guaranteeing weekly through the "Main Event Semifinal" tournaments. Players can get in on the action for as little as $1 or 100 PTS. Qualifiers are running daily, and all lead to the five weekly Main Event Semifinal tournaments. Players can also buy-in directly to the Main Event Semifinals for $250 + $20.

Each Main Event Semifinal will award at least one $12,000 Main Event Prize Package, which includes the $10,000 buy-in to the main event, $2,000 for travel expenses, loads of Team Bodog gear and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Las Vegas in total Bodog style, including meeting the Bodog Girls and much, much more.