In March, PocketFiver Shawn phatcat Luman (pictured) took down the Main Event of the very first Bodog Poker Open, winning $76,280. The $500 buy-in event marked the conclusion of the wildly popular tournament series on the online poker site. Starting this Sunday, September 28th, the Bodog Poker Open is back. This time around, Bodog will host 14 events with more than $650,000 in guaranteed prize money. In fact, the $500 buy-in Main Event of the BPOII will offer up a $300,000 guarantee, the largest ever on Bodog.

The BPOII consists of 14 total events: Eight regular tournaments and six bounty tournaments. In the latter, every member of Team Bodog will have $109 in tournament credits on their heads. If a player knocks out one of them – Evelyn Ng, Jean-Robert Bellande, David Williams, or Justin ZeeJustin Bonomo – they’ll take home $109 worth of credits, which will buy them into a Main Event satellite. Here is the full schedule for the second Bodog Poker Open:

Sunday, September 28 at 2pm EST: BPO II Kickoff Bounty Tournament
No Limit Hold’em (Bounty Tournament), $100+$9 buy-in with $5,000 Added

Sunday, September 28 at 4pm EST: BPO II Event #1
No Limit Hold’em (Rebuy), $5 buy-in with rebuys with $10,000 Added

Sunday, September 28 at 8:30pm EST: BPO II Event #2
No Limit Hold’em, $200+$15 buy-in, $30,000 Guaranteed

Monday, September 29 at 8pm EST: BPO II Event #3
No Limit Hold’em, $250+$20 buy-in, $75,000 Guaranteed

Monday, September 29 at 9pm EST: BPO II Turbo Bounty
No Limit Hold’em (Turbo Bounty Tournament), $30+$3 buy-in, $15,000 Guaranteed

Tuesday, September 30 at 8pm EST: BPO II Event #4
No Limit Hold’em (6-handed), $300+$25 buy-in, $60,000 Guaranteed

Tuesday, September 30 at 9pm EST: BPO II Pot Limit Hold’em Bounty
Pot Limit Hold’em (Bounty Tournament), $20+$2 buy-in, $5,000 Guaranteed

Wednesday, October 1 at 8pm EST: BPO II Event #5
Pot Limit Hold’em, $200+$15 buy-in, $30,000 Guaranteed

Wednesday, October 1 at 9pm EST: BPO II Fixed Limit Turbo Bounty
Fixed Limit Hold’em (Turbo Bounty Tournament), $15+$1.50 buy-in, $4,000 Guaranteed

Thursday, October 2 at 8pm EST: BPO II Event #6
No Limit Hold’em (Rebuy), $100+$10 buy-in, $75,000 Guaranteed

Thursday, October 2 at 9pm EST: BPO II 6-Handed Bounty
No Limit Hold’em (6-Handed Bounty Tournament), $33+$3 buy-in, $15,000 Guaranteed

Friday, October 3 at 8pm EST: BPO II Event #7
Fixed Limit Hold’em, $150+$12 buy-in, $20,000 Guaranteed

Friday, October 3 at 9pm EST: BPO II No Limit Hold’em Bounty
No Limit Hold’em (Bounty Tournament), $25+$2.50 buy-in, $10,000 Guaranteed

Sunday, October 5 at 4pm EST: Bodog Poker Open II Main Event
No Limit Hold’em: $470+$30 buy-in, $300,000 Guaranteed

The winner of each event of the BPOII wins an entry into a Main Event satellite, which runs nightly at 9:20pm ET. Players in the Main Event will receive 10,000 starting chips. The number of starting chips for the rest of the events varies so check out the Bodog Poker lobby for more details.

The very first Bodog Poker Open was held in March. PocketFiver rusostreet took down Event #1, a $270 No Limit Hold’em tournament, defeating Ng and Josh Arieh, who finished second and third, respectively. Another member of the online poker community, Hoffs28 (who plays on Bodog under the name 3pounder), won Event #2, a $325 No Limit Six-Handed tournament. Event #3 was won by PckAces and PocketFiver foldpreflop85 took down Event #4, a $215 Pot Limit Hold’em tournament, for $14,100. HB_HITMAN finished second in Event #5, a $160 Limit Hold’em event, right before Luman took down the Main Event.

You can head over to Bodog right now to hop into a satellite for a BPOII event. Good luck to all PocketFivers this weekend on Bodog and any of the other major online poker sites.

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* There have been a lot of issues lately with the timeliness of payouts on Bodog. We've heard about people having to wait as long as 3 months for a check, so we cannot recommend depositing there if you are in a situation where you will need to cash out quickly. We are still confident that everyone who needs to cash out of Bodog is able to get their money, but the folks at Bodog acknowledge as much as we do that the timeframe is far from acceptable at this time.