FullTilt.com has recently launched a new info site containing all the details of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an incredible online heads up tournament presenting some of the most talented high stakes online players taking on the online poker phenom Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The innovative new site presents online poker players and fans the chance to track this amazing durrrr challenge and receive regular updates. With this innovative “durrrr Challenge” portal players can track all the poker action and check out each hand played during this poker challenge, and check out lots of stats, including number of hands played, time of session, amount won, average won during each hand and much more.

Around six months ago, the twenty-three year old online poker pro issued a heads-up challenge for any player with the money, time and talent to accept it. Any poker player entering the poker challenge has to wager $500,000 against Tom’s $1.5 million. Tom’s challenge specifies that a minimum 50,000 hands need to be played at the same time 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 money will win the pool. Essentially if you enter the Full Tilt Durrrr Challenge and win a dollar after the 50,000 hands, then you will secure durrrr’s $1.5 Million, but if he wins by a dollar then he will win your $500,000.

To date, a few poker players have accepted to play the “durrrr challenge”, including WSOP Champ Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, however, only Patrick Antonius has consented to the Full Tilt Poker Challenge. Until now, both poker pros have taken part in a total of 20,647 poker hands out of 50,000, with Dwan ahead $726,546 total.

For more information on the “durrrr” Challenge and durrrr vs. Antonius, please go to http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

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World leading online poker website Full Tilt is upping the ante on the news from 2009 WSOP in Vegas with their Full Tilt World Series of Poker Coverage Page, a informative site created exclusively to keep players informed on every detail related to the 2009 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, timely updates, players’ blogs and more.

Full Tilt 2009 WSOP News Page is not the same ol’ news portal like hundreds of other sites. The website is separated into three areas, and includes a daily highlights area 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 writers Roy Winston and AlCantHang. Besides the usual daily updates and results on all of the event, WSOP Coverage Page also highlights two poker blogs, Poker from the Rail Blog, which highlights comments, poker news, insider info from Full Tilt Poker Professionals, comments from Full Tilt Poker’s viewers and authors and guest posts from special guest bloggers, and the Pro Blog, which features posts from members of Team Full Tilt participating in the 2009 WSOP, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.

Additionally, Full Tilt’s new WSOP Coverage Page has a Twitter section that supplies live updates and notes from several poker pros. Poker players involved in the Twitter section include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter feed permits these players to send short messages letting the world know what’s going on. These messages known as “tweets”, can be transmitted from any place in the world through a cell phone or other hand-held device.

To see more information on WSOP 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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Holiday cheer has struck most of the top internet Texas Hold’em websites this year, and they have become rather charitable with their specials. Taking into account what style of online No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker room promotion you are hunting for; there has to be one for you. Visiting the best internet poker websites, the following promotions were some of the best around.

Starting off with the very well-known online No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker website FullTiltPoker, they have available the “The Holiday $100k”. The poker website is granting all their poker members a break to take home $100,000, for buying-in with only 2000 points. This poker game will kick off on Dec. 27th and then a 2nd tournament on December the 28th. Full Tilt is also offering players a chance to gain entry into one of the promotions by participating in a Freeroll.

The second Texas Hold’em site we visited was Ultimate Bet poker, they have had promotions every day during this month. They have already given away IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th there is a chance to win a flat screen TV. The poker site has their “Days of Deals” promotion running all through the month of December.

Last but not least, PartyPoker.com is running “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way to win is by climbing your way up various levels and the more points you win, the better the rewards you can take home. There are scores of prizes to be had to win such as entries into prize tournaments or cash prizes. In addition if you play on the No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker room on Xmas Day, Party Poker will double up the points you make on the cash No-Limit Texas Hold’em tables.

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The most hated individuals at the Texas Hold’em Poker table the majority of times will forever be the attention-seeker. You know the person I’m telling you about. He’s the poker player that pulls up a chair at the poker table and makes clear you’re mindful that he desires all of your poker chips; exiting the Texas Hold’em Poker table with the very same posture that he showed-up with. Even if this guy loses, he has the idea that he is the greatest no-limit Texas Hold’em player hands down.

Whilst the bulk of no-limit Texas Hold’em players would preferably avoid rivals of this category, there exist other poker players who could say that bragging could have its advantages. So, the question is: Is there in all reality a clever Texas Hold’em show-off or a bad poker bragger? Show-boating about how accomplished you are in poker is basically just like stating: “I am the greatest Texas Hold’em player on the planet, always remember to be on the ball while you’re competing in a poker game against me!” That’s about the most awful vibe to send out playing no limit Texas Hold’em poker. Furthermore, giving away too much about your Texas Hold’em Poker playing method can be negative to your Texas Hold’em Poker game. You undeniably do not want these individuals to have an idea about how you play specific poker hands.

Also there are those Texas Hold’em Poker competitors who might utilize bragging as a manner of Texas Hold’em technique, or bluff. Shooting off your mouth when you get a certain no limit Texas Hold’em poker hand might possibly throw your opponents for a loop and puzzle them about your no limit Texas Hold’em poker playing technique. There are a few people who might think that this technique a bit deceitful, but it is significant to bear in mind that there aren’t tons of rules against it in no limit Texas Hold’em poker. Texas Hold’em is all about making a dollar out of fifteen cents and exploiting it to the end.

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This Sunday, November 30th the CBS network will present their documentary “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This documentary was shot after a 4 month investigation into the online Texas Hold’em poker business and exclusively a scam in relation to the online Texas Hold’em webpage Absolute Poker.

This poker website was investigated after a number of the Texas Hold’em players on the website alleged that a player was unduly winning an incredible amount of money. Todd Witteles was a significant player in this investigation, according to him; he was losing large amounts of money to the exact same Texas Hold’em poker player. Witteles declared that this poker player was raising against awfully good cards, most people would have assumed he was simply giving his money to the other players, but he was in reality winning money.

Witteles was correct with his theories, much later it was shown that a poker player on the inside was able to view any poker player’s poker hole cards. At first, Absolute Poker proclaimed that nothing was wrong with the room or the poker competitor. After numerous players stepped up with allegations, the Texas Hold’em poker website explored deeper into the issue and discovered wrongdoing.

By Jan. of this year, the gaming commission revealed what the poker competitors and the Texas Hold’em website had suspected all the time. The investigation proved that, there was a member of the staff who had hacked the poker webpage’s security system and was playing unlawfully for more or less six weeks. The investigation showed that the Texas Hold’em website had not gained from the dishonest actions in any way, and was in no way engaged in the activities.

These circumstances are further testimony that there needs to be more laws in regards to online Texas hold’em sites. The US government needs to license and control the online gambling business to shield these honorable consumers. These rules would also control the access to these websites by kids, which is becoming another problem issue recently.

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Take a second to imagine if you were to have a conversation with any ordinary person off the street about poker, they probably wouldn’t deem online poker to be a game of tactics, careful planning, or study. Probably when you mention poker with them, they would probably imagine some poker buddies sitting around their TV room chatting and smoking cigarettes. They also could believe online poker to be a game of luck as opposed to skill, more similar to a game of roulette and not chess, for instance.

So the big question is: “Would it be possible for me to make money by playing in poker tournaments?”. You may have your doubts but, you can actually make money this way. More than a few folks not just come out on top by playing online poker, but also make a living by playing texas Hold’em poker. The main thing you have to remember about Texas Hold’em is that although you can play in a Las Vegas casino, close to craps tables and slot machines; in Texas Hold’em poker you are not playing against the house but against other Texas Hold’em poker players. Hence, in reality, you are risking your cash against other rivals in a contest of ability as opposed to a game of fate.

You might be saying to yourself: “Doesn’t chance play a part?” Obviously in online poker, nobody knows which hands will be dealt. That doesn’t indicate that you cannot play Texas Hold’em with a reliable quantity of pre-game know-how. One crucial point to not forget in online Texas Hold’em poker is that numbers will be your best friend. Math has a very essential role in the game of Texas Hold’em. So much so, that even if you get fairly fortunate ever so often the figures always seem to bring you back down to earth.

Always remember that Vegas casino table games such as online poker where you are really competing vs. other actual players CAN be won. The more you play the game of online Texas Hold’em poker, you will notice that it is more of game of talent as opposed to natural fate.

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Two of the biggest online poker corporations out there are signing a sponsorship deal soon in what is expected to be an extraordinarily profitable gamble. The incredibly popular poker website FullTiltPoker.net has recently stated that they are joining with World Poker Tour Enterprises for the approaching World Poker Tour Enterprises season. Fulltiltpoker will be the prime promoter of the World World Poker Tour’s seventh season, and the poker site will be presented in every single one of the shows which can be enjoyed on FSN. Fulltiltpoker will gain all the rights to the educational portion of the installments.

Particulars of this union have not been released thus far, but the agreement is certain be a breakthrough. This pact will combine two enormously strong Texas Hold’em poker names. W.P.T.E. which is a well-known powerhouse on television through Fox Sports Net channel and Full Tilt Poker which has a vast Texas Hold’em following, and a Texas Hold’em poker team containing players who have won a total of 10 W.P.T.E. titles and thirty-five W.S.O.P. bracelets. FullTiltPoker.com also supports many other poker players and now the Texas Hold’em webpage has started offering poker coaching also.

This pact is sure to bring in a fresh fan base and is guaranteed to satisfy the recent popularity which Texas Hold’em is producing. This partnership is a sign of W.P.T.’s submission of the online poker room business as World Poker Tour will soon shut their Texas Hold’em site W.P.T. online. The pay to play webpage ClubWPT.com will more than likely stay open.

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The advantages of internet poker opposed to real Texas Holdem casinos are unlimited, but along with these benefits there are also various drawbacks. Online Texas Holdem permits non-professional Texas Hold em players the ability to contend in professional poker tournaments with skilled poker players, but these non-professional Texas Hold em players should prevent any distractions that could impair their prospects to win big money.

Lots of online Texas Holdem poker players become sidetracked by household distractions, or possibly by the online poker site they are competing on. These interruptions can truly cost them great hands and most likely their well-merited Texas Holdem Poker chips. The game of poker is a game of skillfulness and also complete attentiveness, no matter if you are playing Texas Holdem at home, or in a real poker room.

In all probability, the principal error that Full Tilt Poker players commit is by being involved in more than one table at once. The majority of amateur online poker players will assume that this is a good scheme, but ultimately it could prove to be a harm. This mode of playing numerous poker tables in sequence will harm your concentration and at the end of the day cost you poker money. Don’t forget that even the most famous Texas Holdem poker players in the world will make harmful slip-ups when directing their mind on a few online poker tables at the same time.

Any particular online poker player, maybe at some time, find themselves playing various Full Tilt Poker tables at the same time, at the same time as they are watching TV, reading their preferred website, text messaging friends etc. This is a circumstance which should be shunned if you aspire to win poker games and succeed for big online poker tournaments. Remember to focus your mind on the other internet poker player’s wagers, their actions, and your own online Texas Holdem poker hands if you desire to be the best Texas Hold em player.

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The successful online poker site FullTiltPoker.com, has just announced that finally they will hold the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” a few weeks from now. This Texas Hold em poker tournament will launch with a $216 no-limit Texas Hold em tournament. There is also a guaranteed $15 million worth of prizes at stake. The FulltiltPoker.com tournament has a total of 25 events with the main event held on Sunday, November 16th which will award $2.5 million in prize money.

There is an option for any Texas Hold em player to participate in the poker tournament, by succeeding in as many satellite games as possible. Depending on how many satellite games you come first in, the more poker tournament money you will receive. If you end up winning more satellite events than the rest of the players, you will gain two more buy-ins for the tournaments. The satellite games are taking place at the moment, and are available for FullTiltPoker.com members.

The FullTiltPoker.com tournament was created in 2006 and it had 8 events and a $1 million prize pool. Since then, the FullTiltPoker.com tournament has become particularly famous, with the previous year’s tourney hosting 25 FTOPS events and a prize pool of more than $15 million. November’s poker tournament will present a Two-Day Event having buy-ins of $2500 to $5000. The original Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that Poker championship had a winner take home a prize pool of $400,000. This Two-Day event has a promised pot of a minimum $2 million. This FullTiltPoker.com Two-Day event will kick-off on November 15th.

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