March is a big time of year for college basketball fans. First comes the close of the regular season, followed by the conference tournaments and then the Big Dance – the NCAA Tournament. It is one of my favorite times of year, when I fill out my brackets and get most of them wrong, despite following the game all year and having a good idea of who should win. In honor of this exciting time of the year, Cherry Red Casino is now holding the Big Dance Blackjack tournament.

The qualifiers for this tournament are held every week, beginning on March 1 and the tournament itself is held on April 16. The weekly qualifiers have an entry fee of $16 and a guaranteed prize pool of $500. The top four players (out of 64) in each of the qualifiers gain free entry to the main tournament on April 16. For players who don’t play their way in, that tournament has a steep entry fee of $110 and a prize pool of $6,400. A total of 64 players from the qualifiers will make it to the tournament in addition to anyone who buys their way in.

Cherry Red’s blackjack tournaments for this promotion are mano a mano tournaments. In these games, you don’t play against the dealer. Instead, two players will compete head-to-head, with the winner taking all of the points. At the end of the qualifiers, the four players with the most points advance.

To take part in the Big Dance Blackjack tournament, visit Cherry Red Casino today.

This time of year is a bit of a letdown for most people. Christmas is over, with its spirit of giving, eggnog, mistletoe, sitting on old men’s laps and family visits. So too is New Year’s, with its drinking, fireworks, drinking, dropping balls, midnight kiss and drinking. And now it’s a while until the next holiday, which is Valentine’s Day, a holiday that happens to suck if you’re single.

I understand how you feel, as does Cherry Red Casino. The folks over there know you’re in a bit of a funk and are trying to cheer you up and get you excited about gaming again. And what are they doing to cheer you up? Well, giving out money. Doesn’t that sound good?

Right now Cherry Red Casino is welcoming new players with a $7,777 bonus. This is a 100% deposit match bonus spread out over your first 10 deposits, with a maximum of $777 each time. Not too shabby, but of course there’s more.

If you’re already a member you can still win bonuses on various games. The online casino offers special slot bonuses of up to $2400, blackjack bonuses worth up to $1200, video poker bonuses of up to $1200 and more. In addition, the casino also offers weekly bonuses and weekend bonuses. There are also secret bonuses, but I’m afraid I can’t tell you about those. If I did, they wouldn’t be secrets anymore.

To join Cherry Red Casino or take part in their wide variety of games and tournaments, visit their online casino today.

War, what is it good for? Making money, if we’re talking about the card game. War is a card game that has been played for centuries and it’s also one of the first card games I learned as a kid, right after Old Maid and Crazy Eights. Now Cherry Red Casino has released an online War card game that you can play for money – not for animal crackers like as a child, but for real money. Oh yeah…

The online War game is sure to be popular, because it’s both fun and simple. How simple, you ask? Well, for anyone not familiar with the game, you have two players competing against each other. Each turns over the top card in their stack and the player with the higher card wins. Yes, it’s that simple. That means that, like online slots, anybody can play the game and have reasonable odds of success. No strategy is needed. And it’s the perfect game to play on your lunch break or some other place where you’re killing time.

In Cherry Red’s online version of the game, there is a slight difference. Instead of two players competing head to head, it’s the player against a dealer, just like blackjack. The player places a bet before either card is revealed and then the dealer gives one card to the player, face up, and then turns one over for himself. The higher card wins and collects both cards. The one with the most cards at the end wins. In this online gambling version, each card also has a point value that leads to moolah.

Like in the traditional game, it gets most interesting when the two cards match. The player has the option of the hand ending in a tie, in which they will neither win nor lose money, or they can go to war, where the player and dealer get three cards face down and one card face up. The higher face-up card wins and the winner takes all four cards.

The game is sure to attract not only the usual online casino users but also those new to online gambling but with fond memories of playing War as a kid. Now, if only they can make an online Uno game… To play War, visit Cherry Red Casino today.

There some things in life that never fail to make me happy, whether it’s gift certificates to the Cheesecake Factory, watching the Yankees lose, a good rock concert, or spending a lazy night indoors with a loved one while storms rage outside (living in Florida, that one is pretty common). While all of those things make me happy, none of them are related to online casinos, so I will not write about them here. What does make me happy that does relate to online casinos is blackjack tournaments.

Blackjack tournaments are simply a lot of fun. Luckily, Cherry Red online casino agrees with me and are holding several blackjack tournaments this month. September 17 and 18 they held the Happy Hour tournament. The event had a $22 entry fee and featured a guaranteed pot of at least $200. Also on September 18 was $101 Dalmatians (there is no word yet on whether Disney is suing over this title). This tournament had an entry fee of only $1 and has a prize pool of – you guessed it – $101. The same day Cherry Red also held their 5 Dime Fridays tournament, which has a $55 entry fee and a $500 guaranteed prize pool.

At the end of the month, on September 30, Cherry Red is holding the $7,777 Summer Series Final. Though some qualifiers for the event have already taken place, some are still upcoming. On September 18 and 19, there were freeroll qualifiers with a prize pool of $77, with the winners moving on to the next level, the $777 Weekly Feeder, which takes place on September 21. Players can enter that event either by winning earlier qualifiers or by paying a $44 entry fee. Top players in this event earn a seat at the $7,777 Summer Series Final on September 30 with no entry fee needed.

At Cherry Red online casino, they known the necessity of variety in life and in blackjack tournaments. Not only do they offer different events, but they come with different types of games. Some are head-to-head tournaments, where two players compete against each other rather than several players competing against a dealer. Some are multi-player sit-and-go tournaments. The events are both single table and multi-table.

To participate in any of the online blackjack tournaments, visit Cherry Red casino.