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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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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An important facet in poker championships is deceiving your opponents by persuading them into thinking you have a good poker hand, when in all honesty you could possibly your hand is much worse than theirs. You may have heard this referred to as “Poker face”, a straight-face for tricking your poker buddies into buying something that could be a lie.

Holding a good poker hand is most likely going make you feel more anxious, could possibly cause your hands to shake, and your pulse race. These are signs that your poker buddies may see very quickly, especially if they are good friends of yours. Try not to look at the pot if you are holding a strong hand. This is a tell-tale sign to your competition that you are, in your head, counting how much you will possibly win.

In the situation where you have a dreadful poker hand, try not to avoid looking your opponents in the eyes, don’t lower your head, and don’t act reluctant about your bet. In the event that you can prove to yourself that your hand is just as good, or better than your fellow poker players; you will have a better chance of making them think this as well. Try not to forget to keep this as natural-looking as possible. Your signals and motions might be saying one idea, while what you are saying are making them believe something else.

One more vital point of Texas Hold Em is to be attentive to your opponent’s “poker tells”. A “tell” is any kind of expression, physical gesture, or habit that may tell you what kind of poker hand they have. One key rule to remember is when your opponent behaves as though he has a good Texas Hold Em hand; he, most likely, has a very weak hand. On the contrary, if he behaves as though he has a weak hand, he most likely has a very good hand.

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