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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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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