By Roy Brindley

Bodog.com has announced a partnership to become Card Player Magazine’s poker odds provider and have announced their line on who will capture the 2004 Player of the Year honours.

Rob Gillespie, president of Bodog.com Sports Casino Poker said:  “We are extremely happy to make this announcement as Card Player Magazine is the most widely and respected publication in the poker market and Bodog is the most trusted name in online poker and sports wagering.

The new partnership means people can see Bodog’s odds for a number of WPT events and proposition wagers within Card Player as well as their site.

Currently in the book Daniel Negreanu is listed at 5/9 to take ‘Player of the Year’ ahead of John Juanda at 2/1.  David Pham and Barry Greenstein follow at 8/1 and 9/1 respectively.

Meanwhile, issue four of Card Player Europe, edited by Jessie May, goes on sale this week.  Circulation for the magazine, a direct relation of its US counterpart, is reported as ‘pleasing.’

Market leader, the established Poker Europa Magazine, seemingly continues to flourish despite the recent departure of its deputy editor Phil Shaw, who has joined another relative newcomer to the European gaming publication market, Inside Edge.