Bovada Poker Download

Bovada's download help still lists Flash Player 16 among the requirements, a plugin Adobe retired at the end of 2020. So we stopped trusting the help page, downloaded the client ourselves and went looking in the app stores.

Bovada has two real installers, for Windows and for Mac, on its poker download page. On a phone, though, there's nothing to install: neither the App Store nor Google Play carries a Bovada app, and the site runs in the browser as a web app with its own home-screen icon.

Mobile play has a lower tournament table limit: by Bovada's own figures, the mobile version runs up to four games at once, while a computer holds four cash tables plus 15 tournaments. Our Poker Catcher, which gets your hands into a tracker, works only with the Windows client, so pick Windows if you want it. Start by registering through our link, deposit with code BPWB500, then ask our manager for the rakeback deal.

How to create your Bovada account

Register through our link before you install anything: that ties our rakeback deal to your account, and code BPWB500 goes in with your first deposit. Bovada signs you up on its website, not in the installer. The Windows client we installed opens with just two buttons, Login with browser and Not a member? Join now. To open an account, follow these steps:

1. Clear your browser cookies so Bovada credits the sign-up to Worldpokerdeals.
2. Follow our link to Bovada.
3. Click Join and fill in your real details.
4. Make your first deposit with code BPWB500 (100% up to $500).
5. Write to our manager for the terms of your rakeback deal.
6. Get Bovada on your device: the client on a computer, the web app on a phone.

Since 2018, Bovada hasn't blocked a single account or left a single withdrawal unpaid for the players we've sent there. That record applies only to players referred by Worldpokerdeals and doesn't guarantee the outcome for any individual player; we assess the site itself in our Bovada Poker review.

Download Bovada Poker on Windows

The Windows installer, BovadaPoker.exe, comes from Bovada's poker download page, and on our Windows 11 machine it installed without security warnings or prompts to install additional components.

To install the client on Windows:

1. Open Bovada's poker download page and click Download for Windows.
2. Run BovadaPoker.exe (87.4 MB in our download).
3. Keep the default folder, C:\Program Files (x86)\Bovada Poker, or choose another: the installer needs 281.5 MB free.
4. Click Finish with Launch Bovada Poker ticked.
5. In the lobby, click Login with browser, or Not a member? Join now.

Bovada's official requirements for Windows:

• Windows 10 or later
• Intel Core Duo or later
• 1 GB RAM
• 1024×768 screen resolution

Those requirements put the disk space at 200 MB. The installer we ran asked for 281.5 MB and didn't ask for any extra components.

Download Bovada Poker on Mac

The Mac client sits on the same page behind Download for Mac, as a BovadaPoker.pkg file. Bovada lists Mac OS X 10.15 (64-bit) as the oldest system it supports. To install it:

1. Click Download for Mac on the same page.
2. Open BovadaPoker.pkg.
3. Follow the installer. In our test, Apple first blocked BovadaPoker.pkg because it couldn't verify the package. We allowed it to open in the Mac's privacy and security settings.
4. Log in with your Bovada account.

What Bovada requires on a Mac:

• Mac OS X 10.15 (64-bit) or later
• Intel Core Duo or later
• 1 GB RAM
• 250 MB of free disk space

That list names only Intel processors and says nothing about Apple Silicon. In our test on an M4 Pro Mac, BovadaPoker.pkg installed, and launching the client prompted us to install Rosetta 2. Poker Catcher doesn't support the Mac client — it works only with the Windows version.

Does Bovada have a poker app?

No. Our App Store search found no official Bovada poker, sportsbook or casino app. Poker on a phone lives in Safari or Chrome instead, and either browser can save the site as an icon.

According to Bovada, the browser version has cash games, Zone, tournaments and Jackpot Sit & Go, and you can run up to four games at once.

Add Bovada to an iPhone or iPad home screen

To add the web app in Safari:

1. Open Bovada in Safari.
2. Tap Share, then Add to Home Screen (if you don't see it, tap View More first).
3. Keep the name Bovada and leave Open as Web App switched on.
4. Tap Add.

The icon opens Bovada full screen, with no address bar, but on the site's main page rather than the poker lobby, so tap the Poker tab once it opens. Bovada lists iPad as supported, and the Safari steps there are the same.

Add Bovada to your Android home screen

To add the web app in Chrome:

1. Open Bovada in Chrome.
2. Tap the ⋮ menu.
3. Tap Add to Home screen.
4. Confirm adding in the dialog that opens.

When you're not logged in, Chrome makes a shortcut to the whole Bovada site, not to the poker lobby on its own.

Bovada doesn't publish an official APK. Don't enter your Bovada credentials into an unofficial app. We searched Google Play and found no fake Bovada apps. On a phone, the web app is the only official way in. If you'd rather play without installing anything at other sites too, we keep a list.

Hand tracking at Bovada's anonymous tables

Bovada's tables are anonymous, and its terms prohibit external player-assistance programs. Our Poker Catcher still gets your hands out of the Windows client and into PokerTracker 4, Holdem Manager 3 or Hand2Note, free for Worldpokerdeals players.

It won't read the Mac client, the browser version or a phone. At Zone tables you get hand histories but no HUD. You download it from the developer's official site, and our Poker Catcher page has the setup.

Bovada itself told us that converters haven't cost anyone an account, yet the terms don't approve outside software. That answer isn't permission, so make sure your intended use is allowed before running a converter or a live HUD.

If Bovada Poker won't download, open or log in

Before you write to support, check your free disk space, the bovada-lv-poker service folder and the state you play from. Our own Windows install threw no errors, so the fixes here come from Bovada's troubleshooting page.

Won't download or install? For the Windows installer we tested, allow at least 300 MB of free space; it requested more than the help page lists. That's our takeaway from the install, not a cause Bovada names.

Won't open or keeps freezing? Bovada's fix is to delete the client's service folder.

On Windows:

1. Close the client.
2. Type %appdata% in Windows search.
3. In AppData\Roaming, delete the folder whose name starts with bovada-lv-poker. Turn on Hidden items if you can't see AppData.
4. Reopen the client.

On Mac:

1. Close the client.
2. In Finder, choose Go → Go to Folder and enter ~/Library/Application Support.
3. Delete the bovada-lv-poker folder.
4. Reopen the client.

Leave the folder named Bovada alone; the help page warns against deleting it.

Won't log in? Check that Bovada serves your state; our US poker sites guide has the restrictions, and Ignition seats players at the same tables while blocking only five states to Bovada's 19 plus DC. For anything else, Bovada's live chat runs 24/7.

Responsible gambling

Poker is entertainment, and winnings aren't guaranteed, so play only with money you can afford to lose. Bovada accepts players aged 18 and over. If gambling stops feeling like a choice, these resources can help:

• 1-800-GAMBLER: call or text, 24/7
• NCPG
• Gamblers Anonymous

Final thoughts

Bovada offers Windows and Mac installers, while mobile play runs in the browser as a web app you can pin to the home screen. Neither the App Store nor Google Play has anything to install.

A computer holds four cash tables plus 15 tournaments, a phone runs four games at once by Bovada's own figures, and Poker Catcher works only with the Windows client. Pick Windows if you want your hands in a tracker; for a couple of tables away from the desk, the web app does the job.

Sign up through us, deposit with BPWB500 and message our manager for the terms of your rakeback deal. Poker Catcher costs Worldpokerdeals players nothing.

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