Poker

The Bovada Black Diamond Poker Open is in full swing and the tournament series that gives online poker players more is waiting for you! Players with any size bankroll can compete for their share of prize pools totaling $750,000 thanks to satellites that start at just $1. On top of the huge cash prizes up for grabs, Bovada’s offering players a chance to get up to $20 a week in blackjack chips, just for participating! Through March 6th, if you play in one satellite tournament, you earn $10 in...

He's a professional online poker player and has earned a World Series of Poker bracelet, but but his greatest achievement may have happened earlier this week when Jason Somerville came out of the closet, making him perhaps the only openly gay male poker pro. In a blog post on the Bad Beats Crew site, Somerville wrote at length about the experience and decision. "One of the things that I think is universally liked about poker is that the game is open to anyone. If you’ve got the cash, we’ve...

Week #3 of Bovada's Cash PerSuit program continues to offer players more bang for their poker buck and getting in on the action is as easy as just playing poker like you normally would. Starting February 13th and running through February 19th, players that score a Hearts Flush (because Valentine's day, don't you know) get entry to into an exclusive $5,000 freeroll tournament, even if they don't win! In addition to the Cash PerSuit freerolls, Bovada's also giving players healthy cash bonuses and...

And that's Blair Thein's decided to name it: Pool, Poker & Pain (or, if multiple syllables aren't your thing, PPP.) It looks like it's trying to replace some of the programs that got canceled in 2011, including High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark and NBC’s National Heads-Up Championship with a…we'll call it unique blend of events inside of a single program. The concept of PPP is definitely different: contestants will compete in all three sports, but to be crowned the winner they will...