FullTiltPoker.net has recently opened a new info section covering all the facts of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an amazing online heads up tourney presenting some of the best high stakes online players taking on the online poker phenom Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The new site gives poker players and fanatics the opportunity to follow this historical Full Tilt Poker Challenge and receive timely statistical updates. With this new “durrrr Challenge” portal poker players can follow all the details and review each hand played during the challenge, and look at lots of statistics, including how many hands were played, time of session, cash won, average won during each hand and lots more.

Around six months ago, the twenty-three year old internet poker player delivered a heads-up challenge open to any poker player with the money, time and ability to accept it. Any poker pro entering the durrrr challenge has to put up $500,000 against durrrr’s $1.5 million. Tom’s challenge states that a minimum 50,000 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 durrrr challenge, the player who has more cash will earn the pool. In essence if you enter the poker challenge and win a dollar after the 50,000 hands, then you will earn Dwan’s $1.5 Million, but if he succeeds by $1 then he will take your $500,000.

Thus far, several poker players have agreed to to play the “durrrr challenge”, including Full Tilt Poker Star Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, however, only Patrick Antonius has agreed to the poker challenge. At this point, both poker stars have participated in a total of 20,647 hands out of 50,000, with Tom leading the count $726,546 total.

For more info on the “durrrr” Challenge and durrrr vs. Antonius, please stop by http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

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The hugely successful online poker site Full Tilt Poker is taking the coverage to the next level with the World Series of Poker with their 2009 World Series of Poker Coverage Page, a new website built to inform customers on everything related to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, updates, poker celebrities’ blogs and more.

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

Also, FullTilt.com’s new WSOP Coverage Page has a Twitter section that supplies round the clock updates and notes from various poker professionals. Poker players involved in the Twitter area include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter section allows poker players to send short messages permitting people from around the world to listen to them. These updates known as “tweets”, can be transmitted from all around the world through a cell phone or other hand-held device.

For more information on  FullTilt.com’s new World Series of Poker 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 struck some of the best internet Texas Hold’em rooms this Christmas season, and they have become extremely kind with their bonuses. Whatever style of online poker room special you are hunting for; there is one out there for you. After looking at the biggest internet poker rooms, here is what we found.

Starting off with the always popular online Texas Hold’em room FullTiltPoker, they are offering “The Holiday $100k”. The poker site is granting all their No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker players an opportunity to take home $100,000, for buying-in with only 2000 points. This No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker game will kick off on Dec. 27th and there will be a second chance on Dec. the 28th. FullTiltPoker.com is also giving players an opportunity to win their way into one of the games by participating in a Freeroll.

The second Texas Hold’em Poker website we checked out was Ultimate Bet poker, they are holding promotions every day during this month. They have already given away IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th you have the chance to win a flat screen TV. The poker website will have their “Days of Deals” special running during the month of December.

Last but not least, Party Poker is promoting “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way to win is by winning your way up different levels and the more points you win, the better the rewards you can win. There are loads of prizes open to win for example entries into prize tournaments or cash payments. Furthermore if you play on the No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker site on December 25th, Party Poker will double the points you make on their cash No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker tables.

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Certainly the most detested characters at the Texas Hold’em Poker table the majority of times will always be the attention-seeker. You are familiar with the person I’m telling you about. He’s the player that sits down at the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table and makes sure you’re mindful that he desires all of your Texas Hold’em chips; leaving the poker table with the very same attitude that he came with. Even if the guy gets killed, he has the idea that he is the finest Texas Hold’em player around.

Even as the better part of Texas Hold’em players would rather shun opponents of this sort, there are other players who might say that boasting might have its advantages. So, the big question is: Is there , if truth be told such a thing as an accomplished Texas Hold’em boaster or devious Texas Hold’em attention-seeker? Showing-off about how proficient you are in Texas Hold’em Poker is really just like stating: “I am the best no-limit Texas Hold’em player in the world, don’t forget to stay on your A-game while you’re sitting in a no limit Texas Hold’em poker game against me!” Most certainly that is the most awful vibe to give out playing no-limit Texas Hold’em. In addition, spilling too much about your Texas Hold’em playing manner can be quite harmful to your no limit Texas Hold’em poker game. You definitely do not want these people to have an idea about how you play specified poker hands.

What is more there are those poker opponents who may make use of showing-off as a style of poker trick, or bluff. Boasting when you are dealt a specific poker hand could possibly bewilder your opponents and puzzle them about your Texas Hold’em Poker playing method. Some people may believe that this approach somewhat tricky, but it is important to keep in mind that there are not too any rules against it in no limit Texas Hold’em poker. Poker is all about making good use of what’s given to you and taking advantage of it to the limit.

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On Sun., Nov. 30th the CBS network will show their documentary “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This investigation special was shot after a sixteen week investigation into the online Texas Hold’em business and in particular a deceitful scandal in relation to the online poker webpage Absolute Poker.

This Texas Hold’em page was inspected after some of the Texas Hold’em players on the website said that a poker player was unlawfully winning an incredible amount of cash. Todd Witteles was a major witness in this inquiry, according to Witteles; he was losing incredible amounts of poker chips to the exact same Texas Hold’em poker player. Witteles says that this gambler was raising against exceptionally good cards, most people would have assumed he was basically giving out his money, but he was in fact winning poker chips.

Witteles was pretty accurate with his theories, much later it was discovered that a player who knew about the site was able to view any poker player’s hole cards. At first glance, Absolute Poker stated that there was no wrongdoing with the webpage or the poker player. After lots more players moved forward with allegations, the Texas Hold’em webpage explored deeper into the issue and uncovered the mystery.

By Jan. of this year, the Kahnawake Gaming Commision discovered what the Texas Hold’em poker competitors and the poker room had assumed all the time. It was eventually shown that, there was a worker who had hacked the Texas Hold’em poker room’s security system and was competing illegally for more or less six weeks. The study confirmed that the Texas Hold’em website had not benefited from the dishonest behavior in any way, and was positively not involved.

These crimes are further proof that there ought to be more regulation in regards to Texas Hold’em poker pages. The US government needs to authorize and legalize the internet gambling business to guard these honest consumers. These guidelines would also regulate the access to these pages by children, which is turning into another concern lately.

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If you were to have a chat with any random guy or girl off the street about online Texas Hold’em poker, they possibly wouldn’t believe online Texas Hold’em to be a game of practice, plans, or close examination. Possibly when you refer to Texas Hold’em with them, they would more than likely envision some guys lounging around their TV room chatting and smoking cigarettes. They also could believe Texas Hold’em to be a game of chance as opposed to ability, closer to a game of craps rather than a game of skill, for example.

So the big question is: “Would it be possible for me to make money by playing in poker tournaments?”. You might not believe it but, it is possible to make a profit from poker. Numerous folks not just come out on top by playing online Texas Hold’em, but also earn some big bucks by playing in tournaments. The key point you have to remember about Texas Hold’em is that even though you can play in a Sin City casino, next to blackjack tables and slots; in online Texas Hold’em poker you are not contending against the house but against other Texas Hold’em players. Hence, in all reality, you are putting up your poker chips against other poker players in a contest of aptitude unlike a game of luck.

You may be thinking to yourself: “What about the luck factor?” Obviously in online Texas Hold’em, no one knows which hands will be dealt. That doesn’t automatically mean that you cannot play poker with a reliable amount of pre-tournament information. One key point to not forget in Texas Hold’em is that numbers will be your best friend. Statistics plays a very significant role in the game of Texas Hold’em poker. Not to forget, that even if you become rather fortunate ever so often the stats always have a way of bringing you back to reality.

Always remember that Las Vegas, Nevada casino games such as online Texas Hold’em poker where you are in fact competing against other real-life competitors CAN be won. You will find that the more you play the game of online Texas Hold’em poker, you will find out that it is more of game of talent as opposed to natural chance.

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The most prominent Texas Hold’em businesses around are integrating soon in what is probably going to be an incredibly lucrative endeavor. The incredibly successful online Texas Hold’em poker room FullTiltPoker.com has recently stated that they are going to be joining with W.P.T. for the upcoming WPT season. FullTiltPoker.net is scheduled the key promoter of the World World Poker Tour’s TV season, and the Texas Hold’em website is scheduled to be featured in every single one of the shows which are shown on Fox Sports Net. FullTiltPoker.net will secure all the rights to the instructive portion of the episodes.

Detailed information of this merger have not been publicized thus far, but the pact is sure to be a success. This union will bring together two exceptionally prominent Texas Hold’em poker companies. World Poker Tour which is an important brand on television by means of F.S.N. and Full Tilt Poker which has a gigantic online fan base, as well as a Texas Hold’em poker team containing players who have accumulated a total of 10 WPT trophies and 35 W.S.O.P. bracelets. Fulltiltpoker also backs many other Texas Hold’em poker stars and now the Texas Hold’em site has started presenting Texas Hold’em education as well.

This union is assured to gain a brand new set of fans and is certain to meet with the new recognition which Texas Hold’em poker is producing. This merger suggests WPT’s yield of the online poker room market as W.P.T. will most likely close up their Texas Hold’em site World Poker Tour online. The membership site ClubWPT.com will probably continue to operate.

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The advantages of Full Tilt Poker compared to brick and mortar casinos are countless, but besides these rewards there are also a few troubles. Online poker lets beginner players the possibility to compete in prize poker tournaments with expert Texas Hold em players, but these at-home players ought to steer clear of any disruptions that may impair their prospects to win big money.

Many online Texas Holdem poker players become diverted by their environment, or perhaps by the online poker webpage they are competing on. These diversions can in truth cost them good Texas Hold em hands and quite possibly their well-merited poker chips. The game of Texas Holdem is a game of skill and also total attention, no matter if you are playing online Texas Hold em, or in a real poker room.

Most likely, the greatest slip-up that online poker players commit is by being involved in more than one table at a time. The greater part of amateur Full Tilt Poker players will feel that this is a good scheme, but at the end of it all it could turn out to be a disadvantage. This scheme of playing various tables at once will divert your focus and ultimately cost you money. Always remember that even the greatest poker players in the world will make damaging errors when concentrating their attention on other internet poker tables at once.

Any particular online poker player, may at any point, find themselves playing diverse internet poker tables at the same time, while watching TV, reading their preferred blog, talking on the phone to friends etc. This is a scenario that must be shunned if you expect to win satellite games and make the grade for big internet poker tournaments. Always remember to direct your mind on the other online Texas Holdem player’s bets, their aim, and your own online poker hands if you want to beat your Texas Holdem competitors.

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The popular online poker website FullTiltPoker.com, has just announced that finally they will feature the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” a few weeks from now. This well-known tournament will commence with a $216 no-limit Texas Hold em tournament. The Texas Hold em poker tournament will feature a $15 million prize pool. The Fulltilt Poker tournament has 25 poker events with the main poker events on Sunday, November 16th which will award $2.5 million in prize money.

There is an opportunity for any poker player to show their skills in the Texas Hold em tournament, by coming first in as many satellite games as they are able to do. Judging by how many satellite games you take first place in, the more poker chips you will get. If you are successful in winning more satellite Texas Hold em games than the other competitors, you will receive the tournament equivalent of two more FTOPS buy-ins. The satellite Texas Hold em games are open right now, and all registered users of Full Tilt Poker can play.

The FTOPS tournament launched in 2006 and it had 8 events and a $1 million prize pool. Since then, the Texas Hold Em Tournament has become tremendously well-known, with last years poker event hosting 25 Texas Hold em events and prizes of over $15 million. The tenth edition of the tournament will present a Two-Day Event with unprecedented buy-ins of $2500-$5000. The first two-day event was FTOPS V, that FTOPS tournament had a prize pool that totaled over $400,000. FTOPS X’s Two-Day event has a assured pool of at least $2 million. This Two-Day Texas Hold Em tournament will kick-off on Saturday, November 15th.

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