Open to ALL WDIAV Forum Members

This is your LAST BEST CHANCE to win one of SIX $1,500 2009 World Series of Poker event tickets in Las Vegas!

May 17th, 9 pm EST - Put it on your calendar! $500 Freeroll PLUS a chance to win a ticket to our WSOP Step 4 final where we are giving away 6 WSOP seats. Top 18 placers in the event will win a Step 4 ticket.

Terms and conditions:

1. You MUST be a registered WDIAV Forum member. This Freeroll will be by pre-registration ONLY. No password.

2. You MUST have a minimum of 50 valid (i.e. non-spam or redundant) posts to the forum threads.

3. You must have a minimum of 50 forum points available to enter. You can still earn points under the CURRENT point system (more about that below) by making posts to the forum and by posting your avatar. When you enter this final freeroll tournament, you will be redeeming ALL of your current forum points for this last chance to win.

4. All Step 4 Tickets are transferable to another forum member or WDIAV Player. Anyone found selling tickets will be immediately disqualified and their forum account will be cancelled. All tickets have no cash value.

5. WSOP seat(s) are non-transferable and have no cash value. You must be present at the RIO with your Harrah’s players card to obtain your WSOP seat.

6. You MUST be 21 years old at the time you present your ticket in Las Vegas for your $1,500 event #7 seat. This event will be played on June 2nd, 2009 at 12 noon.

7. Winners are responsible for any and all taxes, travel, expenses and any other costs incurred in this promotion. Winners of WSOP seats agree to wear the shirt and hat of our choice while playing in the event. Winners agree to hold WDIAV harmless for any occurrence as a result of this promotion. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

8. The final date to earn forum points and to make 50 posts to the forum is May 15th, 2009. After that date, forum members who try to enter this tournament by completing their posts and points will not be allowed to play in this tournament!

If you haven’t had time to earn points and post into the forum or you’re a new forum member, here’s your chance to get into a really GREAT DEAL! Get your points and posts into the WDIAV forum by NO LATER than May 12th, 2009.

ANNOUNCEMENT - WDIAV POINTS WILL BE CHANGING

We’ve been working hard to try to create a point system that rewards forum members who contribute to our forum and who make it a fun and interesting place to visit. The DAY AFTER this special tournament, we will be announcing our new forum point system. At that time, all old WDIAV points will be come invalid.

Some of the new features:

* Automatic point calculation

* Automatic point redemption for passwords to tournaments

* Point rewards for all parts of the forum - threads, posts, photos, videos, referrals, blogs, comments, adding events to the calendar and much more.

* Redeem points for cash and gift certificates

Once again, we want to say thanks to all our members who have made our forum the success it is. Now we want to take it to the next step in enjoyment.

Regards, WDIAV Team

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The holiday spirit has come to nearly all of the most popular internet poker sites this Christmas season, and they are extremely kind with their bonuses. Taking into account what kind of online No-Limit Poker website bonus you are hunting for; there is one out there for you. Visiting the best online poker sites, here is what we found.

Beginning with the always popular online Texas Hold’em Poker website Full Tilt, they are promoting “The Holiday $100k”. The site is granting all their Texas Hold’em members a chance to win $100,000, by buying-in with just 2000 points. This Texas Hold’em game will start on December 27th and there will be a 2nd chance on December the 28th. Full Tilt Poker is also allowing players an opportunity to win their way into one of the tournaments by playing in a Freeroll on the website.

The next Texas Hold’em Poker website we took a look at was Ultimatebet.com poker, they are having promotions each day during the month of December. They have already given away IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th you have an opportunity to take home a flat screen TV. Ultimate Bet has the their “Days of Deals” special going on throughout the month of December.

To finish things off, PartyPoker.com is presenting “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way to win is by climbing your way up the ladder and the more points you accumulate, the higher the gifts you will be able to take home. There are countless prizes available to win for example admissions into prize tournaments or cash prizes. Plus if you happen to play on the No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker site on Christmas Day, PartyPoker.com will double up your points on the cash poker tables.

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No doubt the most detested characters at the Texas Hold’em Poker table the majority of times will continually be the boaster. You are familiar with the person I’m telling you about. He’s the guy that pulls up a chair at the no-limit Texas Hold’em table and makes sure you’re mindful that he wants to win all of your no-limit Texas Hold’em chips; parting the Texas Hold’em table with the very same position that he rolled up with. Even if this guy loses, he has in his mind that he is the top poker player in the world.

Though the majority of Texas Hold’em Poker players would sooner escape from opponents of this sort, there exist others who may say that boasting might have its rewards. So, the big question is: Is there honestly a skillful no-limit Texas Hold’em show-off or a deceitful no limit Texas Hold’em poker boaster? Showing-off about how skilled you are in poker is basically just like asserting: “I am the greatest no limit Texas Hold’em poker player on earth, make sure to play the best you can while you’re sitting in a Texas Hold’em tournament against me!” That’s pretty much the most terrible vibe you are going to want to give off playing Texas Hold’em. Also, spilling too much info. about your Texas Hold’em playing approach can be very damaging to your no limit Texas Hold’em poker game. You undeniably do not want these individuals to find out how you play specified poker hands.

In addition there are those no-limit Texas Hold’em competitors who may make use of shooting off their mouths as a style of Texas Hold’em technique, or bluff. Boasting when you are dealt a certain poker hand might throw your opponents for a loop and stump them about your Texas Hold’em Poker playing method. Some may believe that this strategy a bit deceitful, but it is vital to bear in mind that there aren’t any regulations against it in Texas Hold’em Poker. Poker is all about making good use of what’s given to you and taking advantage of it to the end.

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If you were to have a conversation with any random person off the street about online Texas Hold’em, they most likely wouldn’t believe Texas Hold’em to be a game of strategy, preparation, or study. More than likely when you mention online Texas Hold’em poker with them, they would almost certainly visualize some guys sitting around their living room talking and drinking alcohol. They also could believe poker to be a game of fate rather than skill, more similar to a game of blackjack rather than a game of skill, for example.

So the big question mark there is: “Can I become rich playing poker?”. It may seem strange but, it is possible to make a profit from poker. Quite a few folks not only make some money by playing poker, but also become millionaires by competing in poker. The key point you have to remember about online Texas Hold’em poker is that even if you can play in a LV casino, close to roulette tables and slot machines; in Texas Hold’em poker you are not contending against the house but against other poker competitors. So, in truth, you are risking your cash against other rivals in a match of aptitude unlike a game of chance.

You may be thinking to yourself: “Isn’t the game of poker about chance as well?” Naturally in online poker, not a soul knows which poker cards will be dealt out. That doesn’t automatically mean that one cannot play poker with a dependable quantity of pre-game information. One thing that is important to keep in mind in online poker is that numbers will be your best friend. Math performs a vital role in the game of Texas Hold’em poker. Not forgetting, that even if you become somewhat fortunate every once in while the figures always seem to humble you.

Always remember that LV casino table games similar to online poker where you are essentially competing vs. other real-life players CAN be won. The more you play the game of online Texas Hold’em poker, you will notice that it is more of game of knack rather than genuine chance.

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The biggest online Texas Hold’em industries around are merging in a TV deal soon in what is anticipated to be an extraordinarily profitable gamble. The extremely well-liked online poker room FullTiltPoker.com has recently stated that they are going to be joining with W.P.T. for the upcoming W.P.T.E. season. FullTiltPoker.net will be the principal backer of the WPT’s 7th, and the Texas Hold’em website is going to be highlighted in each and every one of the episodes which are shown on Fox Sports Net channel. Fulltiltpoker will acquire all the rights to the learning bits of the shows.

Facts of this contract have not been given away as of yet, but the union is guaranteed to be a winner. This pact will join two enormously powerful Texas Hold’em brands. W.P.T. which is a well-known name on TV by way of Fox Sports Net channel and FullTiltPoker.com which has an enormous Texas Hold’em fan base, not to mention a poker team containing players who have accumulated a total of 10 W.P.T.E. awards and 35 World Series of Poker bracelets. FullTiltPoker.net also sponsors many other Texas Hold’em poker stars and now the Texas Hold’em webpage has begun giving Texas Hold’em lessons as well.

This agreement is certain to gain a new fan base and is certain to fit the latest recognition which Texas Hold’em poker is breeding. This partnership signifies World Poker Tour Enterprises’ yield of the Texas Hold’em poker room industry as World Poker Tour Enterprises will before long shut their Texas Hold’em poker page World Poker Tour Enterprises online. The pay to play site ClubWPT.com will in all probability remain open.

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The benefits of Full Tilt Poker compared to actual poker rooms are endless, but besides these advantages there are also a number of troubles. Internet poker allows recreational poker players the opportunity to play in pro Texas Hold em Tournaments with pro Texas Hold em players, but these non-professional Texas Hold em players ought to avoid any disruptions that could hurt their chances to win big money.

Many online Texas Holdem players become sidetracked by their environment, or probably by the internet poker webpage they are playing on. These interruptions can in truth cost them great hands and quite possibly their well-deserved Texas Holdem Poker chips. The game of poker is a game of expertise as well as absolute attentiveness, no matter if you are playing at home, or in a brick and mortar poker room.

Most likely, the biggest blunder that online Texas Holdem poker players commit is by competing in more than one table at once. The better part of amateur Full Tilt Poker players will assume that this is a good scheme, but at the end of the day it could prove to be a harm. This scheme of playing different Texas Hold em tables simultaneously will damage your concentration and at the end of the day cost you big. Don’t forget that even the best Texas Holdem players in the world can commit damaging blunders while concentrating their attention on a number of internet poker tables simultaneously.

Any given online Texas Holdem poker player, may at some point, find themselves playing several Full Tilt Poker tables at the same time, while watching a movie, reading their favorite poker blogs, talking on the phone to friends etc. This is a scenario that should be avoided if you desire to win online Texas Holdem games and make the grade for big internet poker tournaments. Remember to concentrate your attention on the other internet poker player’s wagers, their intentions, and your own online Texas Holdem hands if you desire to be the best Texas Hold em player.

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An important facet in poker tournaments is misleading your competitors by making them think you actually have a good hand, when in reality it is possible your hand is much worse than theirs. This is called “Poker face”, a straight expression for fooling your competitors into trusting in something that could be a lie.

Having a good hand is most likely going make you feel more anxious, could possibly cause your hands to shake, and your pulse race. The previous symptoms are signs that your opponents may notice very fast, especially if they are old friends. Try not to glimpse at the pot if you are holding a strong hand. This is a tell-tale sign to the other players that you are, in your mind, counting how much you will possibly win.

In the condition where you have a dreadful poker hand, try not to avoid looking your opponents in the eyes, keep your head high, and don’t be indecisive about your bet. When you can prove to yourself that your set of cards is equal, or better than your competitors; you will have a better chance of making them think this as well. Try not to forget to make this seem as natural as possible. Your signals and motions may be saying one idea, while what you are saying are making them believe something else.

Another significant aspect of Texas Hold Em is to be attentive to your opponent’s “poker tells”. A “tell” is any kind of expression, physical gesture, or habit that may give away information about their hand. One basic rule to keep in mind is when your poker buddy gives the appearance that he has a great Texas Hold Em hand; he, in all likelihood, is holding a weak hand. On the other side of the coin, if he is acting as if he’s holding a weak hand, he most likely has a very good hand.

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The largest prize pool ever was announced by Bodog Poker site, with the main tournament giving away $300,000. Total cash for the eight day poker tournament will be higher than $650,000, throughout the weeklong poker tournament. The Bodog Texas Hold em tournament will begin Sunday, September 28th and continues until Sunday, October 5th. The popular poker website will also feature six “Bounty” events, where the competitors can win $109 in tournament credits for each Team Bodog poker competitor they knock out of the poker tournament. The biggest poker celebs will be playing all participators in the poker contest.

Team Bodog pro, Justin Bonomo, is indisputably excited about the event. Throughout his poker career, the 23 year old has made over $1.4 million. He says that if you thought the first Texas Hold em tournament was huge, you will definitely be stunned with this year’s poker open and the grand prize money involved. He also challenges anyone that dares to knock him out of the Bounty Tournament to step forward.

The opening Bounty Tournament will be the first poker game in the contest on Sunday. Any poker player is able to buy-In straight, and any of the other poker events with cash. Or another alternative is to win their way into the poker events through the satellites which are presented every night during the poker championship week. Bodog will have six bounty events and seven “Championship Events”, which have higher buy-ins and deeper stacks.

Bodog’s event will have thirteen contests which will lead up to the main tournament on Sunday, October 5 at 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. This is the poker championship with a guaranteed $300,000 in hard cash, despite the amount of Texas Hold em players in the Bodog Open. All the poker challengers who wish to enter the main tournament will have to pay $500 for the buy-in and in exchange will collect 10,000 in poker chips

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