Three Bodog online poker players have already been dealt seats to the 2009 WSOP Main Event. The three seats are the first to be awarded by any online poker site and were won in the final tournament of the Bodog Poker Mini Series, a 25-tournament series mirroring the Holdem events at the World Series in Las Vegas but with buy-ins equal to just one percent of the actual buy-in of the WSOP* Main Event.

The three players named «pokerfanx789", "dudix" and "Boswan" accordingly , were each awarded US 12,000 VIP Prize Packages to the 2009 Main Event and the chance to compete for millions as a member of Team Bodog.

The 27-player final tournament of the Bodog Mini Series consisted of the top four players on the series' Tournament Leader Board, 18 players from the Semifinal qualifier and five selected from a random "wild card" drawing of players who had entered at least three Mini Series events. The Final Table took place on Thursday, July 10, and the top three finishers were awarded US 12,000 Main Event Prize Packages with the rest of the final nine players receiving US 109. Over the course of the series, Bodog played host to 3,376 online poker players and paid out a total of US 107,000 in prize money.

Next summer's Main Event is just one of a number of tournaments held around the world that poker players can qualify for through Bodog.