Bodog Poker's Billionth Hand Grand Prize Winner Announced

Bodog Poker's Billionth Hand promotion concluded with the announcement that Jeff N. of FL is the grand prize winner. (Bodog Beat Image)

Congratulations to thirty-seven-year-old Jeff N. of FL who is the lucky winner Bodog Poker’s Billionth Hand promotion’s grand prize of $1,000 per month for a year!

Married with two kids and living the life of playing golf and online poker (screen name: Neuge), Jeff leads an enviable existence.

The Beat had a chance to talk to Jeff and ask him about himself and what it’s like to suddenly find himself the Billionth Hand grand prize winner.

Bodog Beat: So you won the $12K Grand Prize, that must’ve been pretty exciting.

Jeff N.: Yeah, I got the phone call last night and was pretty shocked.

BB: Did you even know that Bodog’s Billionth Hand promotion was going on?

JN: No, actually I wasn’t. All my buddies that play there were telling me about it and I was telling them that I won and they had all been following it.

BB: Those are the best wins though, the ones you aren’t even expecting.

JN: (Laughs) Yeah, well I play a lot on Bodog so…

BB: How long have you been playing on Bodog?

JN: I want to say about five years.

BB: What do you mostly play?

JN: Mostly Holdem. A little Stud and a little Omaha to. I usually play $3/$6 or $5-$10.

BB: And do you play in the casino or sportsbook at all?

JN: Sportsbook. I like to bet on NFL. I’m a big Bucks fan but I’m not dumb enough to put money on them. I look into the games and do some research before I bet.

BB: You bet with your mind instead of your heart.

JN: Exactly.

BB: So you’re getting $1,000 a month for the next year. What are you going to do with it?

JN: I’ll use some of it in the sportsbook but primarily I’m going to just keep it in the poker room for playing some of the bigger tournaments like the Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed. I’ll just keep playing large tournaments like that hopefully this will launch my poker career.

BB: Do you play much live poker?

JN: Not really right now I’m mostly on the golf course. I play a lot of golf – about 4 days a week. I live in Florida and we play year-round and so when I’m not playing online poker I’m on the golf course.

BB: Sounds like you’ve got the perfect life.

JN: I’ve got a pretty good life. I can’t complain.