Full Tilt has just unveiled an innovative informative site involving all the excitement of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an incredible online heads up tournament presenting some of the finest big money online players competing against the online poker star Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The brand new section presents poker players and fanatics the opportunity to follow this incredible internet poker challenge and get timely statistical updates. With this innovative “durrrr Challenge” site players can track all the action and look at each poker hand played during the poker challenge, and get lots of statistics, including how many hands were played, session time, amount won, average won during each hand and lots more.

Around six months ago, the 23 year old internet poker professional issued a heads-up poker challenge open to any poker player with the money, time and ability to accept it. Any poker player entering the durrrr challenge has to put up $500,000 against Tom’s $1.5 million. Dwan’s challenge states that at least 50,000 hands need to be played simultaneously at 4 or more poker tables of no-limit Hold’em or pot-limit Omaha. At the end of the poker challenge, the player who has more money will secure the pool. Essentially if you enter the FullTilt.com durrrr challenge and win a dollar after the 50,000 poker hands, then you will take home durrrr’s $1.5 Million, but if he wins by a dollar then he will take home your $500,000.

So far, a number of poker players have agreed to to play the Full Tilt “durrrr challenge”, including WSOP Champ Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, yet, only Patrick Antonius has agreed to the challenge. Thus far, both poker stars have engaged in a total of 20,647 hands out of 50,000, with durrrr up by $726,546 total.

If you would like more information on the Full Tilt Poker durrrr Challenge and durrrr vs. Antonius, please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

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FullTiltPoker.com is giving the 2009 WSOP coverage a new twist thanks to the new WSOP Coverage Page added on the site a few days ago, which is set to provide readers and players from all over world with all the excitement and coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker. Besides the usual events’ results and other info offered by hundreds of another sites on the net, the new section includes players’ insights, minute to minute updates, players’ blogs and more.

Full Tilt’s new WSOP Coverage Page offers three different sections, including a daily highlights section in where poker fans can get access to the WSOP events info, results, players and more in a series of articles written by the Full Tilt blogging staff members Roy Winston and AlCantHang. In addition to the regular updates and results on each event, Full Tilt’s WSOP Coverage Page also offers two inhouse blogs, the first is the Poker from the Rail blog, which features comments, covering news, inside info from Full Tilt Pros, general comments, notes and opinions from FullTilt’s readers and writers, and guest posts from other poker bloggers. The second is the Pro blog, which features posts and comments from members of the coveted Team Full Tilt playing on the 2009 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.

In addition to the blogs, the site features a twitter segment that provides live updates and comments from several Full Tilt pros, including Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Lederer, Mike Matusow, Howard and Rafe Furst. The twitter feed allows players to send short messages informing the rest of the world about what’s going on, these messages, known as “tweets”, can be send any time from any place in the world though a cell phone or other portable devices.

For more information on the new Full Tilt’s 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 Christmas spirit has come to most of the top online Texas Hold’em sites this year, and they are super charitable with their bonuses. Whatever sort of internet poker site special you are searching for; there is one out there for you. Looking at the biggest internet No-Limit Poker websites, we discovered these promotions.

Beginning with the very well-known internet Texas Hold’em Poker site Full Tilt Poker, they are offering “The Holiday $100k”. The site is giving all their poker members a break to take home $100,000, by investing just 2000 points. This No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker tournament will commence on Dec. 27th and a second tournament on December the 28th. Full Tilt Poker is also allowing members an opportunity to gain entry into one of the promotions by competing in a Freeroll.

The next poker website we visited was Ultimatebet.com poker, they are holding bonuses every day throughout this month. Already they have awarded IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th it is possible to take home a flat screen TV. They have their their “Days of Deals” special running throughout this month.

Finally, Party Poker is presenting “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way you can win is by working your way up levels and the more points you collect, the better the prizes you will be able to take home. There are many prizes available to win for example access into prize tournaments or cash prizes. Additionally if you play on the No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker website on December 25th, PartyPoker.com will double the points you gain on the real money Texas Hold’em Poker tables.

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Certainly the most despised personalities at the Texas Hold’em Poker table most every time will continually be the attention-seeker. You recognize the poker player I’m talking of. He’s the poker player that sits down at the no-limit Texas Hold’em table and makes clear you’re mindful that he wants all of your no-limit Texas Hold’em chips; exiting the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table with the exact same outlook that he arrived with. Even if this guy gets killed, he has in his mind that he is the best no-limit Texas Hold’em player in the world.

While the majority of poker players would prefer to dodge rivals of this class, there are other players who could say that bragging may have its advantages. So, the big question is: Is there really a skillful Texas Hold’em bragger or a bad no-limit Texas Hold’em boaster? Bragging about how skilled you are in poker is basically just like asserting: “I am the finest Texas Hold’em Poker player on the planet, always remember to stay on your A-game while you’re sitting in a poker game against me!” No doubt, that is the most awful vibe to give out playing poker. Furthermore, spilling too much info. about your poker playing manner can be harmful to your no-limit Texas Hold’em game. You undeniably do not want these players to find out how you play particular Texas Hold’em Poker hands.

Additionally there are those poker players who could exploit bragging as a kind of no-limit Texas Hold’em tactic, or bluff. Shooting off your mouth when you get a certain Texas Hold’em hand might probably fool your opponents and confuse them about your Texas Hold’em playing style. Some could think that this technique a bit devious, but it is key to keep in mind that there are not too many rules against it in no-limit Texas Hold’em. Texas Hold’em Poker is all about making use of what you have and taking advantage of it to the max.

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On Sunday, November 30th the CBS network will present their documentary “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This documentary was shot after a sixteen week research into the online Texas Hold’em industry and specifically a cheating scandal concerning the online poker webpage Absolute Poker.

This Texas Hold’em poker site was examined after some of the Texas Hold’em poker players on the website alleged that someone was unfairly winning an incredible amount of money. Todd Witteles was a vital witness in this research, according to Witteles; he was losing great amounts of money to the very same Texas Hold’em poker player. Witteles alleges that this player was raising against extremely good poker hands, most people would have thought he was basically giving his money to the other players, but he was in reality winning quite often.

Witteles was in the right with his suppositions, it was later exposed that a person on the inside was able to watch anyone’s poker hole cards. At first, Absolute Poker claimed that there was no wrongdoing with the website or the Texas Hold’em poker player. After numerous players stepped up with allegations, the Texas Hold’em site examined deeper into the problem and uncovered the mystery.

By January of 2008, the Kahnawake Gaming Commision came across what the Texas Hold’em competitors and the Texas Hold’em poker website had supposed all along. As it turns out, there was an employee who had invaded the Texas Hold’em page’s security system and was competing unlawfully for more or less six weeks. The investigation verified that the poker room had not gained from the dishonest behavior at all, and was definitely not implicated.

These scams are further proof that there should be more rules in regards to online Texas hold’em pages. The U.S. government ought to authorize and control the internet gambling industry to look after these upright consumers. These regulations would also police the access to these sites by kids, which tends to be another concern recently.

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Take a minute to imagine if you were to have a chat with any ordinary person off the street about Texas Hold’em poker, they in all probability wouldn’t deem online poker to be a game of practice, planning, or study. Chances are when you talk about Texas Hold’em with them, they would more than likely picture some guys sitting around their kitchen table having conversations and smoking cigarettes. They also might consider online Texas Hold’em to be a game of chance and not expertise, more like a game of roulette compared to chess, for instance.

So the big question is: “Could I become a millionaire playing poker?”. Believe it or not, you can actually make money this way. Quite a few people not only win money by playing Texas Hold’em poker, but also make a living by competing in Texas Hold’em tournaments. The first thing you have to remember about Texas Hold’em poker is that while you can play in a Las Vegas, Nevada casino, close to roulette tables and casino slots; in Texas Hold’em poker you are not contending against the house but against other Texas Hold’em poker contestants. So, in all reality, you are putting up your poker chips against other competitors in a match of aptitude as opposed to a game of luck.

You could be saying to yourself: “Doesn’t it pay to be lucky?” Certainly in online Texas Hold’em poker, nobody has any idea which poker cards will be dealt. That doesn’t indicate that you cannot play poker with a reliable amount of pre-game knowledge. One major thing to remember in Texas Hold’em is that numbers are always truthful. Mathematics has a rather essential role in the game of online poker. Not to forget, that even if you become somewhat lucky regularly the figures always have a way of bringing you back down to earth.

Keep in mind that Las Vegas, Nevada casino games comparable to online poker where you are in fact playing versus other actual players CAN be won. One will find that the more you play the game of Texas Hold’em, you will notice that it is more of game of aptitude and not only pure chance.

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The most prominent Texas Hold’em businesses out there are becoming partners soon in what is predicted to be an extremely successful project. The incredibly successful poker site FullTiltPoker.net has just announced that they are going to be partnering with World Poker Tour for the following W.P.T. season. Full Tilt Poker is going to be the primary promoter of the World World Poker Tour Enterprises’ seventh season, and the poker website is scheduled to be presented in every single one of the episodes which can be enjoyed on Fox Sports Net channel. Fulltiltpoker will gain all the control of the educational pieces of the episodes.

Details of this accord have not been revealed yet, but the agreement will definitely be a great achievement. This contract will unite two exceptionally prominent poker businesses. World Poker Tour which is an important force on TV by way of F.S.N. and Full Tilt Poker which has an enormous online fan base, and a Texas Hold’em poker lineup including players who have amassed a total of 10 W.P.T.E. awards and 35 W.S.O.P. bracelets. Full Tilt Poker also supports many other Texas Hold’em players and now the online poker website has started presenting Texas Hold’em teaching also.

This merger is certain to draw in a brand new set of fans and is guaranteed to suit the fresh fame which Texas Hold’em poker is causing. This accord denotes W.P.T.E.’s forfeit of the online poker room industry as World Poker Tour Enterprises will most likely close their Texas Hold’em site WPT online. The pay to play page ClubWPT.com will more than likely stay open.

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The rewards of online Texas Holdem versus real poker rooms are infinite, but with these rewards there are also a few troubles. Online Texas Holdem allows regular amateur players the possibility to try their luck in real poker tournaments with pro Texas Hold em players, but these beginner players must avoid any disturbances that could harm their opportunities to win lots of poker chips.

The majority of online Texas Holdem players become preoccupied by their surroundings, or possibly by the internet poker webpage they are playing on. These disturbances can actually cost them great hands and probably their well-deserved Texas Hold em chips. The game of Texas Holdem is a game of talent as well as total attention, no matter if you are playing at home, or in an actual brick and mortar casino.

Perhaps, the greatest error that internet poker players commit is by competing in more than one online poker table simultaneously. The better part of amateur internet poker players will feel that this is a good thought, but at the end of the day it could possibly workout to be a loss. This scheme of playing several online poker tables in sequence will divert your focus and ultimately cost you money. Remember that even the most skilled Texas Holdem players out there can commit harmful errors when directing their attention on a few Full Tilt Poker tables at once.

Any given online Texas Holdem poker player, may at any instant, discover themselves playing various internet poker tables at once, at the same time as they are watching the news, reading their favorite poker blogs, talking on the phone to friends etc. This is a state which should be avoided if you long to win poker games and meet the requirements for big Full Tilt Poker tournaments. Never forget to direct your attention on the other online poker player’s wagers, their actions, and your own online Texas Holdem poker hands if you want to be the best poker player.

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The hugely popular online poker site FullTiltPoker.com, just revealed that finally they will feature the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” in the first week of November. The popular event will start off with a $216 no-limit Texas Hold em tournament. The Texas Hold em poker tournament will feature a guaranteed $15 million worth of prizes at stake. The Fulltilt Poker tournament will have 25 poker games leading up to the main event on Sunday, November 16th which will offer a $2.5 million prize pool.

There is a possibility for any FullTiltPoker.com player to play in the poker tournament, by coming first in as many satellite games as they can. Judging by how many satellite games you win, the more tournament money you will receive. If you are successful in winning more satellite games than the other players, you will gain the tournament equivalent of two more FTOPS buy-ins. The satellite games are being played at the moment, and are open to any fulltiltpoker.com member.

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series started in 2006 when it consisted of 8 events and gave away one million dollars in prize money. Since then, the FTOPS has become particularly famous, with FTOPS IX holding 25 poker events and giving away over $15 million. November’s poker tournament will highlight a Two-Day Event with buy-ins ranging from $2500 to $5000. The original Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that FTOPS tournament had a prize pool of $400,000. This year’s Two-Day event has a guaranteed prize pool of around $2 million. This Two-Day event will kick-off on Sat., Nov. 15th.

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