LONDON, April 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new first for an EPT event Patrik Selin, the only CEO ofa major poker company to play regularly in the world's biggest pokertournaments, will be offering a personal EUR1,000 cash to whoever knocks himout of the EPT Grand Final in Monaco (April 25th-30th).

London-based Swede, Selin, has an impressive poker CV both ona business level and as a player, including the EUR 500,000,000 sale of theOnGame poker network to BWin in 2006 whilst OnGame's CEO. At the felts hewon the Ritz Club Live Tournament in 2006 and was 2nd to Peter Gould in the2007 UK Open Main Event.

Bodog Poker Network's CEO Patrik Selin commented: "I thinkit's a shame more senior management of poker rooms do not play at theseevents as it is the best way to find out what players want. Everybody at alive event is passionate about the game and happy to talk about their likesand dislikes which is invaluable to anybody running a poker room.

"Now I have raised the stakes and will be putting EUR1,000straight into to the hand of the person who knocks me out which should makethe banter even more fun in Monaco."

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