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You know that Bovada Poker is the best place to win a seat in the 2012 World Series of Poker* Main Event, so why don’t you get on board this weekend and play your way to Vegas? Bovada is hosting over 2,000 daily qualifiers starting as low as $1 that will let you win your way into weekly satellites for a prize package that guarantees you’ll have a fantastic time at the Rio.

If you win, you’ll live large with Bovada thanks to a $12,000 prize package that includes the $10,000 main event buy-in, along with money for airfare, accommodations and a healthy dose of their famous hospitality, and they’re making it easier than ever. With Bovada's aggressive tournament schedule, there's always a chance to win your way to the Main Event. You can choose from regular, turbo or Sit and Go tournaments to win a seat in the weekly satellite event.

On top of the events leading up to the satellites, there’s also a series of Last Chance qualifiers in the hours before the event that feature buy-ins ranging from $25 + 2.50 to $100 + 9. That means you can get the chance to play in the $470 + 30 Main Event Satellite for a fraction of the usual buy-in.

Visit Bovada's WSOP Main Event online qualifiers and satellite page and find out just how easy it can be to find yourself in Las Vegas for the big show. You’ve got the entire weekend to get ready for the next satellite on Monday, May 28 at 9:05PM, so start playing!

When you're working your way to the Main Event, you should take any free card that comes your way. How do you get one? A free card in poker is when you are able to see the next card in a hand without having to call a bet. This sort of play is very important in tournaments where every chip counts and can help you when it comes to post-flop play.

A free card play can prevent your opponent from betting to you on the turn, which will save you more money than if you were going to call a bet on the flop and another bet on the turn to see the river. These plays work best when you’re heads-up against an opponent and others aren’t going to interfere.

To do this properly, you should be the first to act and most importantly, you should have a strong drawing hand. Let's say you're holding As6s and the flop reads QsJc5s. You opt to check this flop to see if you can get the free card. If your opponent cheeks, great, it worked. If they bet, though, you should make it expensive for them and re-raise.

When you check-raise, it hides the true strength of your hand and gives you a chance to see that free card on the turn if your opponent calls the re-raise. When the turn card comes, and you check once again, your opponent is going to be less likely to place a bet because of your aggression on the flop. The more you do to disguise your hand strength, the more uncertainly you give the rest of the table about your play.

Of course, you should never give a free card to your opponent if you think they might have a better card than you. You'll have to practice this, but thankfully, Bovada has plenty of free and low-stakes cash games that let you play without much risk at all.

Asia’s online gaming market is rapidly growing, as revenue generated in this market is expected to more than double between 2011 and 2015. The growing Asian market has been progressively shifting from Las Vegas and Atlantic City to Macau in China.

For this reasoning is what has made significant changes as Bodog’s Poker Network has made its way over to Bodog88 care of CEO Patrik Selin. Selin is stepping down as CEO and handing the keys to the kingdom over to Bodog88’s Managing Director Robert Gustafsson.

Selin commentated about Gustafsson saying,

“he understands the importance of the recreational poker model which, again, is particularly strong for Asia, where trust is a much more important factor than concepts like rakeback that hold no meaning in the region.”

“It is obvious that the best fit for the Network is a company that understands the power of the brand – especially in a growth area such as Asia.

Gustafsson made his own remarks on Selin, saying,

“What Patrik has done for the Bodog brand, and I would argue poker as a whole, since he started the Bodog Poker Network has been phenomenal. His pedigree in the industry has grown further since he unveiled the recreational poker model and the fact that many companies have now adopted a similar focus highlights its success. We wish him well for the future in the knowledge that wherever and whatever he puts his mind to will be a huge success.” :dance:

You can win a seat in the 2012 World Series of Poker* Main Event this weekend at Bovada, and qualifiers start at just $1! That’s right, with over 2,000 daily qualifiers in Bovada’s schedule, there’s a tournament for every player with every sized bankroll! In fact, you can choose from regular, turbo or Sit and Go tournaments to win a seat in this week’s four-seat satellite, taking place on Sunday, June 10 at 4:35 PM (ET).

Can’t fit the cheap seats qualifiers into your schedule? On top of the regular series of tournaments leading up to the satellites, Bovada also hosts a series of Last Chance qualifiers in the hours before the weekly satellite that feature buy-ins ranging from $25 + 2.50 to $100 + 9. That means you can get the chance to play in the $470 + 30 Main Event Satellite for a fraction of the usual buy-in.

Bovada’s known for their awesome prize packages and if you win, you’ll live large in Sin City thanks to a $12,000 prize package that includes the $10,000 main event buy-in along with money for airfare, accommodations and a healthy dose of their famous hospitality.

Visit Bovada's WSOP Main Event online qualifiers and satellite page and find out just how easy it can be to find yourself in Las Vegas for the big show. You’ve got the next two days to get ready to play before this Sunday’s four-seat satellite, so get started now.

The World Series of Poker isn’t the only place where the game is making history this summer. On Wednesday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board agreed to allow Bally Technologies, Inc. to run intrastate online poker.

Attorney Ellen Whittemore said the company expected a “unique investigation” while regulators prepared to issue the first license of its kind in U.S. gaming history.

“Nevada is ready to go. Bally is ready to go,” said Mark Lerner, another attorney for the company.

Read More: Nevada Approves First Online Poker License

Louisiana is another State with hypocritical laws towards online poker sites. While there are many brick and mortal poker rooms in Louisiana, the State has taken an effort to protect those poker rooms by trying to make it a crime for poker rooms to operate online. This would, of course mean outside competition from larger states that have already begun the process of obtaining licenses to operate legal poker sites within state borders. Because there are no State run poker sites, this is the few that take Louisiana from abroad.