Poker Pro Justin Bonomo Joins Team Bodog; Josh Arieh Out

BLUFF Staff | May 5, 2008 at 3:23 pm

Bodog Poker will announce Monday the signing of Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo to their roster of Team Bodog pros that represent the online poker company at poker tournaments and in marketing campaigns.

Bonomo joins David Williams, Evelyn Ng and Jean-Robert Bellande on Team Bodog. Meanwhile two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Josh Arieh is no longer a member of Team Bodog having been informed last week that the company wished to go in a different direction. That direction appears have Bodog’s North American management expecting bigger and better things.

“Justin is one of the most feared and skilled players in poker today and we’re thrilled to officially have him join our team of world-class poker pros,” said Alwyn Morris, CEO of Morris Mohawk Gaming Group, who license and promote the Bodog brand in North America. “Justin lives and breathes the Bodog lifestyle and is a perfect fit for us. We expect him to make a lot of noise this year for Team Bodog, beginning with the WSOP this summer.”

Bonomo first represented the Bodog brand last summer at the WSOP when he made the final table of Event #10, $2,000 No Limit Hold’em. He finished 4th there and continued wearing the Bodog logo throughout the WSOP and other events late last year.

“I’m extremely excited about joining the select ranks of Team Bodog pros and becoming an ambassador for the Bodog brand alongside David, Evy and Jean-Robert. I know each of them personally and have tremendous respect for them,” Bonomo said. “I’m ready to start things off right by having a big WSOP this summer and hopefully bringing home a gold bracelet for Team Bodog. I’m also looking forward to meeting up with other poker players from around the world at Bodog’s online poker tables.”

Arieh first joined Team Bodog at the 2005 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Not long after that event both he and Williams signed long-term endorsement contracts with the online poker room. Arieh won a bracelet at the 2006 WSOP in Event #12, $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha (w/rebuys).

“We sincerely enjoyed our association with Josh and appreciate all that he brought to Team Bodog. We wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors, both at and away from the poker table,” a spokesperson for Morris Mohawk Gaming Group said.

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