Full Tilt has recently launched a new informative site containing all the details of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an amazing online heads up tourney featuring some of the best big money online players challenging the poker sensation Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The innovative new site gives poker players and fanatics the chance to follow this amazing Full Tilt Poker Challenge and receive timely challenge details. With this brand new “durrrr Challenge” website poker players can view all the poker action and look at each poker hand played during the challenge, and get tons of statistics, including how many hands were played, time of session, amount won, average won during each hand and tons more.

Around six months ago, the 23 year old online poker star issued a heads-up poker challenge for any player with the cash, time and capability to accept it. Any poker player entering the poker challenge has to wager $500,000 against Dwan’s $1.5 million. Dwan’s challenge states that a minimum 50,000 online poker hands need to be played simultaneously at four or more poker tables of no-limit Hold’em or pot-limit Omaha. At the end of the challenge, the player who has more money will take home the pool. Basically if you enter the durrrr challenge and win $1 after the 50,000 hands, then you will secure Tom’s $1.5 Million, but if he wins by $1 then he will win your $500,000.

Up to now, a number of poker pros have consented to play the “durrrr challenge”, including Full Tilt Poker Star Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, though, only Patrick Antonius has accepted the Full Tilt Poker Challenge. Until now, both poker stars have taken part in a total of 20,647 hands out of 50,000, with Dwan up by $726,546 total.

If you would like to see more details on the durrrr poker challenge and durrrr vs. Antonius, please stop by http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

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The most popular online poker website FullTiltPoker.com is taking the coverage to the next level with the 2009 WSOP in Vegas with their 2009 WSOP News Page, a new platform created to give players on everything related to the WSOP 2009, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, round the clock news, poker players’ blogs and more.

FullTilt.com’s new World Series of Poker Coverage Page is not the run of the mill news portal provided by tons of other sites. The website is broken down into three areas, and includes a daily highlights piece in where fans can get access to the WSOP 2009 events info, results, players and more in an articles series written by the FullTilt.com staff members Roy Winston and AlCantHang. Aside from the usual daily updates and results on each and every poker event, FullTilt.com’s WSOP Coverage Page also features two poker blogs, Poker from the Rail Blog, which features commentary, covering news, insider info from Full Tilt star players, comments from Full Tilt’s fans and writers and guest posts from other poker bloggers, and the Pro Blog, which features posts from members of Team Full Tilt playing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.

Also, FullTilt.com’s new 2009 WSOP Coverage Page has a Twitter section that supplies live updates and commentary from different poker professionals. Poker players involved in the Twitter portion include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter area allows players to create short messages permitting people from around the world to listen to them. These comments known as “tweets”, can be sent from anywhere through a mobile phone or other portable device.

To view more info on  Full Tilt Poker’s new 2009 WSOP Coverage Page please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/series-coverage.

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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 hit nearly all of the most popular online Texas Hold’em Poker rooms this year, and they have become quite kind with their bonuses. Whatever style of online No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker site promotion you are looking for; there is a perfect one for you. After looking at the most well-known internet Texas Hold’em rooms, we discovered these promotions.

Beginning with the very famous online No-Limit Poker room FullTiltPoker, they are promoting “The Holiday $100k”. The online poker room is giving all their poker players an opportunity to take home $100k, by buying-in with just 2000 points. This poker game will begin on Dec. 27th and then a 2nd chance on December the 28th. Full Tilt is also giving members an opportunity to gain entry into one of the tournaments by competing in a Freeroll on the website.

The second poker room we looked at was Ultimate Bet poker, they are having promotions every day all through this month. They have already given away IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th you have the chance to take home a flat screen TV. The popular website has their “Days of Deals” promotion running during the month of December.

Last but not least, Party Poker is promoting “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way it works is by working your way up various levels and the more points you collect, the higher the rewards you will be able to take home. There are lots of prizes offered to win such as entrances into prize tournaments or cash payments. Also if you play on the Texas Hold’em Poker room on Christmas Day, PartyPoker.com will double up the points you gain on their real money No-Limit Texas Hold’em tables.

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One of the most despicable individuals at the Texas Hold’em table time and time again will constantly be the attention-seeker. You are familiar with the player I’m speaking of. He’s the poker player that finds a seat at the poker table and makes evident you’re conscious that he wants all of your Texas Hold’em chips; parting the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table with the very same posture that he came with. Even if the guy gets killed, he has the thought that he is the best no limit Texas Hold’em poker player on the globe.

Though the majority of Texas Hold’em Poker players would preferably avoid poker opponents of this type, there are other poker players who may say that bragging may have its positive side. So, the big doubt is: Is there really a clever no limit Texas Hold’em poker boaster or a bad Texas Hold’em bragger? Bragging about how skilled you are in no-limit Texas Hold’em is mostly just like stating: “I am the most skilled no-limit Texas Hold’em player on the globe, make sure to play the best you can while you’re playing a Texas Hold’em Poker tournament against me!” That’s about the nastiest vibe to send out playing poker. Plus, giving away too much information about your no limit Texas Hold’em poker playing manner can be quite harmful to your Texas Hold’em Poker game. You positively do not want these people to find out how you bet on certain Texas Hold’em Poker hands.

Furthermore there are those Texas Hold’em competitors who may use bragging as a sort of no-limit Texas Hold’em strategy, or bluff. Show-boating when you get a specific no limit Texas Hold’em poker hand could bewilder your opponents and baffle them about your Texas Hold’em playing technique. You will come across people who may deem this approach somewhat tricky, but it is vital to keep in mind that there aren’t tons of rules against it in no-limit Texas Hold’em. No limit Texas Hold’em poker is all about working with what you got and utilizing it to the end.

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This Sunday evening the CBS network will premiere their special investigation show “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This special was shot after a 16-week investigation into the online Texas Hold’em industry and in particular a scandal concerning the online poker site Absolute Poker.

This poker page was probed after a few of the Texas Hold’em players on the webpage stated that someone was illegally winning a great amount of cash. Todd Witteles was a key witness in this research, according to him; he was losing large amounts of cash to the very same poker player. Witteles claimed that this poker player was raising against awfully good cards, anyone would have guessed he was simply handing over his money, but he was in reality earning tons of chips.

Witteles was correct with his theories, following this it was discovered that someone with knowledge of the site was able to watch any player’s hole cards. At first look, Absolute Poker said that there were no problems with the page or the Texas Hold’em poker competitor. After several players showed up with allegations, the Texas Hold’em poker webpage explored further into the issue and found the problem.

Around January of this year, the gaming commission revealed what the poker competitors and the Texas Hold’em poker site had suspected all the time. It turned out that, there was a member of the staff who had broken through the poker room’s security and was playing poker unlawfully for around a month and a half. The research established that the Texas Hold’em page had not benefited from the unlawful activities in any way, and was definitely not involved.

These issues are further proof that there should be more laws regarding online Texas hold’em websites. The United States government should license and control the internet poker business to defend these decent customers. These control measures would also control the access to these pages by young children, which is turning into another problem these days.

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Imagine if you were to talk to any normal guy or girl off the street about online Texas Hold’em poker, they in all probability wouldn’t deem Texas Hold’em poker to be a game of strategy, planning, or observation. Probably when you point out online Texas Hold’em poker with them, they would perhaps imagine some friends lounging around their living room table chatting and smoking cigars. They also might consider online poker to be a game of pure luck as opposed to talent, more similar to a game of craps rather than a skill game, for example.

So the big question mark there is: “Can I become rich by playing Texas Hold’em?”. You might not believe it but, people actually do earn a living by playing poker. Several individuals not just win money by playing Texas Hold’em poker, but also become millionaires by playing poker. The key point you shouldn’t forget about Texas Hold’em is that while you can play in a Las Vegas casino, close to roulette tables and casino slots; in Texas Hold’em poker you are not working against the house but against other Texas Hold’em players. Therefore, in all reality, you are betting your hard cash against other competitors in a match of ability as opposed to a game of fate.

You may be saying to yourself: “Doesn’t chance play a part?” Obviously in online Texas Hold’em poker, no one has any idea which hands will be dealt. That doesn’t mean that you cannot play Texas Hold’em poker with a certain amount of pre-tournament data. One key point to keep in mind in poker is that numbers can be your best friend. Mathematics plays a rather significant role in the game of online Texas Hold’em. So much so, that even if you become somewhat fortunate frequently the statistics always have a way of bringing you back to reality.

Remember that LV casino games comparable to online Texas Hold’em poker where you are truly contending vs. other real-life poker players CAN be won. One will find that the more you play the game of online Texas Hold’em, you will realize that it is more of game of ability as opposed to just pure chance.

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Two of the most popular Texas Hold’em companies out there are becoming partners before long in what is predicted to be a very popular merger. The very famous online Texas Hold’em site Full Tilt Poker has recently publicized that they are going to be joining with W.P.T.E. for the following World Poker Tour Enterprises season. FullTiltPoker.net is going to be the prime promoter of the World World Poker Tour Enterprises’ television season, and the online poker website is scheduled to be highlighted in every single one of the shows which can be seen on Fox Sports Net channel. Fulltiltpoker will gain all the rights to the instructive pieces of the installments.

Facts of this merger have not been revealed as of yet, but the contract is certain be a sensation. This accord will unite two particularly prominent Texas Hold’em poker names. World Poker Tour which is a renowned force on TV by means of Fox Sports Net and Fulltiltpoker which has a massive Texas Hold’em set of fans, not to mention a Texas Hold’em lineup including players who have collected a total of ten W.P.T. awards and thirty-five W.S.O.P. bracelets. Full Tilt also sponsors many other Texas Hold’em poker players and now the Texas Hold’em poker site has started presenting Texas Hold’em lessons also.

This partnership is sure to pull in a new following and is certain to meet with the new recognition which Texas Hold’em poker is generating. This agreement indicates World Poker Tour’s surrender of the Texas Hold’em room business as W.P.T.E. will soon end their Texas Hold’em poker site W.P.T.E. online. The pay website ClubWPT.com will more than likely remain open.

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The advantages of online poker compared to actual poker rooms are endless, but besides these advantages there are also a number of inconveniences. Internet poker lets recreational poker players the opportunity to compete in prize poker tournaments with pro Texas Hold em players, but these regular amateur players need to avoid any disturbances that might harm their opportunities to win big money.

Many online Texas Holdem players become sidetracked by their surroundings, or probably by the online Texas Holdem poker website they are competing on. These distractions can in truth cost them great poker hands and even their hard-earned Texas Hold em chips. The game of poker is a game of expertise and also entire attention, no matter if you are playing online poker, or in a real poker room.

Possibly, the principal blunder that internet poker players commit is by competing in more than one poker table at once. The greater part of amateur internet poker players will assume that this is a good plan, but at the end of the day it may prove to be a shortcoming. This system of playing a number of online poker tables at the same time will hurt your awareness and finally cost you big. Keep in mind that even the best Texas Holdem players in the world can commit costly blunders when focusing their attention on different internet poker tables at the same time.

Any particular online Texas Holdem player, may at any moment, find themselves playing various internet poker tables at once, at the same time as they are watching their favorite TV show, reading their preferred website, calling their friends etc. This is a state which must be avoided if you long to win satellite games and succeed for big online Texas Holdem poker tournaments. Always remember to concentrate your attention on the other online Texas Holdem player’s bets, their aim, and your own internet poker hands if you really wish to beat your poker competitors.

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The well-known online poker website FullTiltPoker.com, just let everyone know that once again they will feature the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” in the first week of November. This poker championship will start out with a $216 Texas Hold em buy-in tournament. The Texas Hold em tournament will have a guaranteed prize pool of $15 million. The Texas Hold Em championship has a total of 25 events leading up to the main event on Sunday, November 16th which will award a $2.5 million prize pool.

There is an opportunity for any Texas Hold em poker player to show their skills in the Texas Hold em Poker tournament, by succeeding in as many satellite games as they are able to do. Taking into account how many satellite games you come first in, the more FTOPS chips you will receive. If you happen to win more satellite events than the rest of the players, you will win the tournament equivalent of two more buy-ins. The satellite poker games are taking place at the moment, and are open to any fulltiltpoker.com member.

The FullTiltPoker.com tournament launched in 2006 with eight events and gave away one million dollars in prize money. Since then, the FullTiltPoker.com tournament has become tremendously well-known, with 2006’s FTOPS Tournament hosting 25 poker events and prizes of over $15 million. FTOPS X will include a Two-Day Event which has buy-ins from $2500 up to $5000. The original Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that tournament had a prize pool of $400,000. This year’s Two-Day event has a assured pool of a minimum $2 million. This poker event will launch on Sat., Nov. 15th.

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