Online gaming company Bodog and its high-profile CEO/founder, Calvin Ayre, have, over time, helped make poker much more than just a game; Bodog has worked to create an entire lifestyle surrounding poker. Ayre is getting one step closer to his goal of putting poker on the main stage with a reality poker television series in the works. The poker show, which is slated to start production in about a month, will be set in Ayre's own Costa Rica mansion, unofficially dubbed the Bodog Compound. Seeing as the poker reality show will take place in Ayre's home, it's fit that the man himself should host the series.

The show will feature competition between 40 poker players, 10 of whom are celebrities, 10 of whom are poker pros, and the remainder of whom will be supplied by the Bodog.net online poker site. In each of the weekly episodes, eight contenders will participate in a sit-and-go No-Limit Texas Hold 'em tournament. The winner of each sit-and-go will win $50,000 plus a spot at the final table, where he or she will vie for the $500,000 top prize.

In addition to the standard tournament action, viewers will catch a glimpse into the life of Bodog's billionaire CEO. In line with its reality television status, the poker show will offer a behind-the-scenes look at life at the Bodog Compound.

Source:  Poker777 Staff

Monday, 13 February 2006