After three months where she demonstrated some of the best gameplay ever seen on the show – and was recognized by her fellow competitors for it – poker pro Vanessa Rousso (pictured) finished in third place on the CBS reality series “Big Brother.” The finale aired on Wednesday night.

Ending a few years’ span in which no prominent poker player was a part of any of television’s most-watched reality shows, Vanessa Rousso (pictured) announced on Tuesday that she will be taking part in the upcoming season of the CBS program “Big Brother.”

After being admitted to Calvary Hospice Care in the Bronx, New York, last week, poker pro Chad Brown (pictured) passed away in his sleep early on Wednesday morning. Brown, who had battled a rare form of cancer for the past few years, was 52.