FullTiltPoker.com has just unveiled an innovative informative section comprising all the facts of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an amazing online heads up poker tournament presenting some of the greatest big money online players taking on the online poker star Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The brand new website section gives poker players and fanatics the chance to monitor this historical internet poker challenge and check out timely challenge details. With this innovative “durrrr Challenge” portal poker players can follow all the action and review each hand played during the challenge, and look at lots of stats, including how many hands were played, session time, amount won, average won during each hand and lots more.

About six months ago, the twenty-three year old internet poker phenomenon handed out a heads-up poker challenge for any player with the cash, time and talent to accept it. Any player entering the poker challenge has to bet $500,000 against Dwan’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 heads up challenge, the poker player who has more money will earn the pool. Essentially if you enter the challenge and win $1 after the 50,000 poker hands, then you will earn durrrr’s $1.5 Million, but if he wins by a dollar then he will take home your $500,000.

So far, several poker pros have consented to play the Full Tilt durrrr challenge, including WSOP Champ Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, yet, only Patrick Antonius has agreed to the Full Tilt Poker Challenge. Thus far, both players have taken part in a total of 20,647 poker hands out of 50,000, with durrrr up by $726,546 total.

If you would like to see more details on the Full Tilt Poker durrrr Challenge and durrrr vs. Antonius, please check out http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

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The biggest online poker website FullTilt.com is taking the coverage to the next level with the WSOP 2009 with their WSOP Coverage Page, a new site built to give poker players on everything related to the World Series of Poker 2009, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, timely updates, players’ blogs and more.

Full Tilt 2009 WSOP Coverage Page is not the same ol’ information site offered by tons of other sites. Full Tilt WSOP Coverage Page is broken down into three parts, and includes a daily highlights part in where players can get access to the 2009 WSOP events info, results, players and more in a series of articles written by the Full Tilt staff members Roy Winston and AlCantHang. Besides the same ol’ daily updates and results on every poker event, Full Tilt Poker WSOP Coverage Page also features two poker blogs, Poker from the Rail Blog, which highlights commentary, covering news, insider info from FullTiltPoker.com star players, opinions from Full Tilt’s viewers and authors and guest posts from guest bloggers, and the Pro Blog, which highlights posts from members of Team Full Tilt participating in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.

Also, Full Tilt World Series of Poker Coverage Page has a Twitter portion that supplies round the clock updates and commentary from different poker professionals. Included in the Twitter area include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter area allows players to transmit short messages letting the world know what’s going on. These comments known as “tweets”, can be forwarded from anywhere through a mobile phone or other handheld.

If you would like more info on Full Tilt’s new 2009 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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The holiday spirit has come to a good number of the best online No-Limit Texas Hold’em sites this holiday season, and they are rather giving with their promotions. Taking into account what style of online Texas Hold’em site promotion you are looking for; there has to be one for you. Checking out the most well-known internet poker sites, we came across these specials.

Starting off with the ever popular internet Texas Hold’em site Full Tilt Poker, they are promoting “The Holiday $100k”. The site is giving all their Texas Hold’em players a break to take home $100,000, by investing just 2000 points. This poker tournament will begin on December 27th and then they are offering you a 2nd chance on Dec. the 28th. FullTiltPoker.com is also giving members an opportunity to win an entry into one of the games by playing in a Freeroll on the website.

The 2nd No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker site we took a look at was Ultimatebet.com poker, they are running promotions every day throughout this month. They have already given away IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th it is possible to take home a flat screen TV. The poker site has their “Days of Deals” promotion running during the month of December.

Lastly, Party Poker is announcing “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way it works is by climbing your way up different levels and the more points you collect, the higher the gifts you can take home. There are countless prizes to be had to win for example access into prize tournaments or cash. Moreover if you play on the Texas Hold’em room on Xmas Day, PartyPoker.com will double up your points on the cash No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker tables.

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Certainly the most despised personalities at the Texas Hold’em Poker table the majority of times will forever be the bragger. You have an idea of the player I’m talking of. He’s the guy that sits down at the poker table and makes evident you’re aware that he wants all of your Texas Hold’em chips; leaving the poker table with the exact same position that he arrived with. Even if he loses, he has the idea that he is the top Texas Hold’em player around.

As the bulk of poker players would preferably avoid opponents of this category, there exist others who would argue that showing-off might have its good points. So, the doubt you may have is: Is there , if truth be told such a thing as an accomplished Texas Hold’em boaster or false Texas Hold’em Poker bragger? Show-boating about how accomplished you are in Texas Hold’em is mostly just like admitting: “I am the most skilled Texas Hold’em player in the world, be sure to play the best you can while you’re sitting in a Texas Hold’em Poker tournament against me!” Most certainly that is the most terrible vibe you are going to want to give off playing Texas Hold’em Poker. Moreover, giving away too much about your Texas Hold’em playing method can be unfavorable to your Texas Hold’em game. You undeniably do not want these folks to get a clue about how you bet on particular poker hands.

What is more there are those no limit Texas Hold’em poker players who might use shooting off their mouths as a style of Texas Hold’em trick, or bluff. Bragging when you get a certain Texas Hold’em hand might probably bewilder your opponents and leave them pretty confused about your no limit Texas Hold’em poker playing technique. You will come across people who may consider this tactic somewhat tricky, but it is important to consider that there aren’t any rules against it in no-limit Texas Hold’em. Texas Hold’em Poker is all about making a dollar out of fifteen cents and exploiting it to the max.

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On Sun., Nov. 30th the CBS network will air their investigation special “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This documentary was produced after a four-month study into the online Texas Hold’em business and in particular a scam concerning the online Texas Hold’em poker room Absolute Poker.

This Texas Hold’em poker site was examined after several of the Texas Hold’em poker players on the page stated that some person was illegally winning a great amount of cash. Todd Witteles was a crucial witness in this inquiry, according to Witteles; he was losing incredible amounts of poker hands to the very same poker player. Witteles claimed that this man was raising against exceptionally good cards, most players would have thought he was basically giving out his money, but he was actually winning many poker hands.

Witteles was in the right with his suppositions, it was later discovered that someone who knew about the site was able to watch everyone´s poker hole cards. At first look, Absolute Poker claimed that nothing was wrong with the webpage or the Texas Hold’em competitor. After numerous players showed up with claims, the Texas Hold’em poker page examined deeper into the issue and uncovered the scam.

In Jan. of 2008, the KGC came across what the Texas Hold’em competitors and the poker page had assumed all along. The investigation proved that, there was a worker who had hacked the Texas Hold’em room’s protection and was playing poker illegally for more or less six weeks. The examination verified that the Texas Hold’em poker webpage had not profited from the unlawful behavior by any means, and was not involved.

These scams are further evidence that there should be more guidelines regarding online poker pages. The United States government needs to authorize and regulate the internet Texas Hold’em business to guard these honorable customers. These rules would also control the access to these webpages by kids, which tends to be another problem issue nowadays.

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Imagine if you were to have a conversation with any typical person off the street about Texas Hold’em, they probably wouldn’t consider Texas Hold’em to be a game of tactics, careful planning, or close examination. More than likely when you mention poker with them, they would almost certainly envision some poker buddies sitting around their living room talking and smoking cigars. They also might believe Texas Hold’em poker to be a game of chance as opposed to talent, more similar to a game of roulette compared to a game of skill, for instance.

So the big question you might be asking yourself is: “Can I actually make money by playing poker?”. It may seem strange but, there are folks who actually earn a living this way. Several people not only make a profit by playing Texas Hold’em poker, but also make a living by playing the game. The most important thing you need to remember about online Texas Hold’em poker is that although you can play in a Las Vegas casino, beside roulette tables and slots; in Texas Hold’em poker you are not competing against the house but against other online Texas Hold’em contestants. So, in all reality, you are betting your money against other players in a contest of expertise as opposed to a game of chance.

You might be saying to yourself: “Doesn’t chance play a part?” Obviously in poker, not a soul knows which hands will be dealt out. That doesn’t automatically signify that you cannot play Texas Hold’em poker with a dependable quantity of pre-game knowledge. One crucial point to not forget in online poker is that numbers never lie. Math plays a very significant part in the game of Texas Hold’em. Not forgetting, that even if you get fairly lucky ever so often the stats always have a way of bringing you back down to earth.

Don’t forget that Vegas casino games comparable to online poker where you are actually playing vs. other real-life competitors CAN be won. The more you play the game of poker, you will realize that it is more of game of skill and not just pure fate.

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The two most popular online poker companies around are joining forces shortly in what is probably going to be an extremely successful merger. The incredibly successful Texas Hold’em website Fulltiltpoker has recently publicized that they are collaborating with World Poker Tour Enterprises for the approaching W.P.T. season. FullTiltPoker.com is scheduled the foremost backer of the World World Poker Tour’s 7th, and the online poker room is on tap to be presented in every single one of the episodes which are aired on FSN. FullTiltPoker.com will acquire all the rights to the educational pieces of the installments.

Facts of this deal have not been given away so far, but the contract is sure to be a breakthrough. This agreement will bring together two tremendously strong poker companies. World Poker Tour Enterprises which is a famous powerhouse on TV through Fox Sports Net channel and FullTiltPoker.com which has an enormous Texas Hold’em following, and a poker lineup consisting of players who have won a total of ten W.P.T. titles and 35 WSOP bracelets. Full Tilt Poker also sponsors many other Texas Hold’em poker players and now the Texas Hold’em webpage has begun presenting poker education also.

This accord is assured to draw in a new set of fans and is guaranteed to fit the newfound recognition which Texas Hold’em poker is spawning. This deal signifies World Poker Tour’s surrender of the Texas Hold’em room market as they will soon close their Texas Hold’em poker site WPT online. The pay site ClubWPT.com will more than likely continue to operate.

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The benefits of online poker opposed to actual poker rooms are infinite, but with these advantages there are also a number of shortcomings. Online Texas Holdem poker permits at-home players the ability to try their luck in pro Texas Hold em Tournaments with skilled poker players, but these recreational poker players ought to steer clear of any disturbances that could harm their opportunities to win big money.

Most online Texas Holdem poker players become sidetracked by household distractions, or perhaps by the online Texas Holdem poker room they are playing on. These interruptions can truly cost them superb poker hands and probably their well-deserved poker tournament chips. The game of poker is a game of proficiency not to mention complete concentration, no matter if you are playing online Texas Hold em, or in an actual brick and mortar casino.

Possibly, the principal mistake that internet poker players commit is by competing in more than one poker table at a time. The majority of amateur Full Tilt Poker players will believe that this is a good thought, but finally it could workout to be a harm. This method of playing several Texas Hold em tables all together will harm your concentration and ultimately cost you big. Don’t forget that even the most skilled Texas Holdem players around can commit damaging blunders while directing their attention on different Full Tilt Poker tables at once.

Any given internet poker player, may at some instant, discover themselves playing different online poker tables at once, at the same time as they are watching the news, reading their favorite websites, text messaging friends etc. This is a circumstance that ought to be shunned if you expect to win online poker games and meet the requirements for big online Texas Holdem tournaments. Never forget to concentrate your mind on the other online Texas Holdem player’s wagers, their intentions, and your own online Texas Holdem poker hands if you wish to become the best online poker player.

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The well-known online poker website FullTiltPoker.com, just publicized that once again they will present the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” a few weeks from now. This Texas Hold em event will start off with a $216 no-limit Texas Hold em event. Fulltiltpoker.com will have a guaranteed prize pool of $15 million. The FulltiltPoker.com tournament has a total of 25 events with the main Texas Hold em tournament on Sunday, November 16th which will award a $2.5 million prize pool.

There is a possibility for any player to join in the poker tournament, by winning as many satellite games as possible. Taking into account how many satellite games you win, the more tournament chips you will receive. If by chance you win more satellite games than the other players, you will gain the tournament equivalent of two more buy-ins. The satellite games are are going on now, and are open for members of Full Tilt Poker.

The FTOPS tournament began in 2006 and it had 8 events and a $1 million prize pool. At the moment, the The Full Tilt Texas Hold Em tournament has become hugely popular, with last year’s tournament hosting 25 events and giving away prizes of over $15 million. FTOPS X will feature a Two-Day Event with unprecedented buy-ins of $2500-$5000. The very first Two-Day event was FTOPS V, that Poker championship had a grand prize of $400,000. This Two-Day event has a definite pool of around $2 million. This Full Tilt Poker Two-Day event will commence on Sat., Nov. 15th.

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