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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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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