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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Is it more effective to play a tight game or a loose poker tournament?

You will undeniably hear two sides of this argument from your fellow poker players or perhaps the so-called poker authorities. Let’s take a look first at the tight players. Everyone including yourself will find it hard winning, if the entire table is playing a tight game. Probably what will occur if you have a poker table full of tight Texas holdem’players is the poker players will wind up trading the smaller pots back and forth to each other. All the while the poker room is raking in loads of your hard-earned poker money, and that of your competition. So now you could think, is it better to play loose? Well, in this situation the better poker players are going to lose a smaller number of hands, but at the end of it all nobody is going to succeed.

How can I perfect my Texas holdem’ playing in the long run?

The answer to this question is as straightforward as a piece of paper and a pen. A great approach to find out a lot about your playing style and tactic, is to keep track of your Texas holdem’ playing. You could write down this information during the poker game, and then pass it to a database on your home computer. This can also help you learn about your competitor’s playing style, and what is the best strategy to defeat them.

Should I use the same strategy for every Texas holdem’ game?

If you think that being predictable is a winning tactic for playing poker, then you should consider changing your poker tactic. The poker pros have the same opinion that varying your Texas holdem’ playing method is the best way to confuse and baffle your poker opponents. You should try a handful of methods, discover the ones that work for you and alter them for each poker game.

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Competing in the professional level Texas Hold’em poker tournaments that are so popular around the world takes an extreme level of skill and experience that many individuals simply do not have. In the case of many players, while they might enjoy competing in these types of casinos and poker rooms that host the world famous professional poker tournaments, accumulating the skills and building the abilities necessary to compete on this level can sometimes be beyond even the most talented of amateur players. But for those who have a good helping of natural talent and the ability to learn, there are other alternatives than practicing for decades to become talented. With the multitude of informational products available on the web, the professional level Texas Hold’em poker tournament player can increase their abilities almost overnight at the poker tables and give themselves a strong chance of winning in general. First and foremost, utilizing the books on how to win at professional level Texas Hold’em poker tournament events to narrow down the basic information such as rank of hands and the odds of each particular hand is a strong step in the right direction. By learning this information, players can continue to increase their ability to compete against highly skilled professional level opponents.

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