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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Christmas cheer has struck a good number of the biggest online No-Limit Texas Hold’em websites this holiday season, and they are very kind with their bonuses. Depending on what sort of online Texas Hold’em Poker site special you are looking for; there is one out there that can help you out. Checking out the best internet Texas Hold’em websites, these were the best promotions in the business.

Opening up with the excellent internet poker site Full Tilt, their promotion is called “The Holiday $100k”. The poker site is giving all their No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker players an opportunity to take home $100k, by investing just 2000 points. This poker tournament will kick off on Dec. 27th and a second game on Dec. the 28th. Full Tilt Poker is also allowing players a chance to win their way into one of the games by participating in a Freeroll on the website.

The next Texas Hold’em website we visited was Ultimate Bet poker, they are running promotions every day during December. They have already given away IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th there is a chance to take home a flat screen TV. They have their their “Days of Deals” special running for the duration of December.

Lastly, PartyPoker.com is running “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way to win is by climbing your way up the ladder and the more points you accumulate, the better the rewards you can win. There are lots of prizes offered to win such as admissions into prize tournaments or cash prizes. Additionally if you would like to play on the Texas Hold’em site on December 25th, PartyPoker.com will double up the points you make on their real money Texas Hold’em tables.

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The most detested individuals at the Texas Hold’em Poker table the majority of times will at all times be the attention-seeker. You have an idea of the one 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 conscious that he wants to take all of your Texas Hold’em Poker chips; exiting the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table with the very same mind-set that he showed-up with. Even if this guy loses, he has the idea that he is the best poker player on the globe.

Though the bulk of Texas Hold’em players would prefer to escape from competition of this sort, there exist other people who might argue that shooting off their mouths might have its rewards. So, the doubt that everyone has about this is: Is there such a thing as a clever no limit Texas Hold’em poker boaster or false no-limit Texas Hold’em boaster? Bragging about how clever you are in poker is really just like stating: “I am the most skilled Texas Hold’em player on earth, keep in mind to be on the ball while you’re playing a no limit Texas Hold’em poker game against me!” That is almost certain to be the nastiest vibe to give out playing Texas Hold’em. Plus, spilling too much information about your Texas Hold’em Poker playing approach can be damaging to your no-limit Texas Hold’em game. You unquestionably do not want these players to know how you play certain poker hands.

Also there are those no-limit Texas Hold’em opponents who might utilize show-boating as a sort of Texas Hold’em strategy, or bluff. Showing-off when you get a specific Texas Hold’em hand could possibly fool your opponents and leave them pretty confused about your no-limit Texas Hold’em playing method. Some people could believe that this technique somewhat tricky, but it is vital to consider that there are not too any rules against it in Texas Hold’em. Poker is all about doing the best with what you’re dealt and exploiting it to the utmost.

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The two most famous poker corporations around are joining forces before long in what is anticipated to be an extraordinarily profitable undertaking. The incredibly successful poker website FullTiltPoker.net has recently stated that they will be collaborating with World Poker Tour for the approaching W.P.T.E. season. FullTiltPoker.net is scheduled the chief benefactor of the World World Poker Tour’s 7th, and the online poker room is going to be featured in each and every one of the episodes which are shown on Fox Sports Net channel. Full Tilt Poker will secure all the rights to the instructive segments of the episodes.

Details of this merger have not been released as of yet, but the deal will definitely be a winner. This union will fuse two extremely formidable poker companies. W.P.T. which is a well-known brand on television through Fox Sports Net channel and Fulltiltpoker which has a gigantic online poker following, not to mention a poker lineup consisting of players who have collected a total of 10 W.P.T.E. awards and thirty-five WSOP bracelets. Fulltiltpoker also supports many other poker stars and now the online poker site has begun offering Texas Hold’em poker instruction as well.

This accord is certain to lure a brand new fan base and is certain to meet with the newfound fame which Texas Hold’em is spawning. This accord denotes World Poker Tour Enterprises’ submission of the Texas Hold’em room business as W.P.T.E. will more than likely close their Texas Hold’em poker page WPT online. The pay to play page ClubWPT.com will most likely carry on as usual.

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A very important characteristic in poker championships is tricking your opponents by making them think you actually have a good hand, when in all honesty you could possibly you have the worst hand at the table. This is called “Poker face”, a straight expression to trick your competition into trusting in something that could be a lie.

If you have a good hand it is most likely going make you feel more anxious, could possibly make your hands shake, and your pulse rise. The previous symptoms are signs that your opponents may pick up on very quickly, especially if they are old friends. Be careful not to peer over at the pot if you are holding a strong hand. This is very obvious to your competitors that you are, in your head, counting the poker chips.

In the condition where you have a horrible poker hand, try not to avoid looking your opponents in the eyes, keep your head high, and don’t hesitate when you place your bet. If you can convince yourself that your set of cards is equal, or better than your poker buddies; you will possibly convince them of this as well. Remember to make this seem as normal as possible. Your use of body language and actions might be saying one idea, while your words and the way you say them are making them believe something else.

Another key to Texas Hold Em is to be able to read your opponents “poker tells”. A “tell” is a gesture or habit that could might give away information about their hand. One basic rule to keep in mind is when your opponent appears as if he has a good poker hand; he, in all probability, has a weak Texas Hold Em hand. From a different angle, if he behaves as though he has a weak hand, he probably has a pretty decent hand.

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A huge prize pool was announced by Bodoglife, with the main poker tournament awarding $300,000 guaranteed. The total prizes for the eight day tournament will be more than $650,000, throughout the weeklong Texas hold em tournament. The Bodog Texas Hold em tournament will begin Sunday, September 28th and continues through Sunday, October 5th. The popular sportsbetting website will also feature six “Bounty” tournaments, where the contestants can win $109 in Texas Hold em credits for each Team Bodog poker participant they eliminate from the poker tournament. Some of the most popular names in poker will be taking on all participators in the event.

Team Bodog professional, Justin Bonomo, is undeniably psyched about the poker contest. Throughout his poker career, the 23 year old has earned about $1.4 million. He says that if you considered that the first poker open was great, you will definitely be astounded with this year’s Texas Hold em contest and the prize money involved. He also challenges anyone that has the courage to knock him out of the poker tournament to step forward.

The Kick off Bounty Tournament will be the first poker game in the championship on Sunday. Any poker challenger is able to buy-In right into this, and any of the other poker events with cash. Or another choice is to win their way into the Texas Hold em games through the satellites which are presented every night during the poker contest week. There will be six bounty events and seven “Championship Events”, which have higher buy-ins and deeper stacks.

Bodog’s tournament will have thirteen tournaments which will lead up to the main contest on Sunday, October 5 at 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. This is the championship with a guaranteed $300,000 in cash, regardless of the number of poker players in the tournament. All the contestants who wish to enter the main tournament will have to pay $500 for the buy-in and in exchange will obtain 10,000 in Bodog poker chips.

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