Online poker site Full Tilt Poker has just unveiled an innovative informative section involving all the facts of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an amazing online heads up poker tournament presenting some of the most talented big money online players challenging the poker sensation Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The innovative new website offers online poker players and followers the opportunity to follow this amazing internet poker challenge and receive frequent statistical updates. With this new “durrrr Challenge” section poker players can view all the details and review each hand played during durrrr Challenge, and check out lots of statistics, including how many hands were played, session time, amount won, average won during each hand and lots more.

Close to six months ago, the 23 year old online poker professional dealt out a heads-up poker challenge open to any player with the cash, time and ability to accept it. Any player entering the Full Tilt durrrr challenge has to put up $500,000 against Tom’s $1.5 million. Dwan’s challenge specifies that at least 50,000 poker hands need to be played at the same time at 4 or more poker tables of no-limit Hold’em or pot-limit Omaha. At the end of the heads up challenge, the player who has more cash will win the pool. Essentially if you enter the durrrr challenge and win $1 after the 50,000 hands, then you will take home Tom’s $1.5 Million, but if he wins by $1 then he will take your $500,000.

So far, a few poker players have consented to play the “durrrr challenge”, including WSOP Champ Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, yet, only Patrick Antonius has said yes to the durrrr challenge. At this point, both players have participated in a total of 20,647 poker hands out of 50,000, with durrrr up by $726,546 total.

For more information on the Full Tilt Poker 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 2009 World Series of Poker Informative 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, Full Tilt 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 the new 2009 World Series of Poker News 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 come to most of the most popular online Texas Hold’em Poker rooms this holiday season, and they have become rather giving with their bonuses. Taking into account what sort of internet Texas Hold’em site promotion you are looking for; there is definitely one to suit your needs. Checking out the best internet Texas Hold’em Poker websites, we found these Christmas specials.

Beginning with the very famous internet poker room Full Tilt Poker, they are offering “The Holiday $100k”. The site is granting all their poker members a chance to take home $100k, for buying-in with only 2000 points. This No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament will start on December 27th and then they are offering you a 2nd game on December the 28th. Full Tilt Poker is also giving members an opportunity to win an entry into one of the games by participating in a Freeroll.

The 2nd Texas Hold’em Poker room we looked at was Ultimatebet.com poker, they are running specials each day all through December. Already they have awarded IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th there is a chance to win a flat screen TV. They have their their “Days of Deals” special running during the month of December.

To finish things off, PartyPoker.com has “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way you can win is by climbing your way up the ladder and the more points you collect, the higher the rewards you can take home. There are many prizes to be had to win like admissions into prize tournaments or cash. Also if you happen to play on the No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker site on Xmas Day, Party Poker will double up your points on the cash No-Limit Texas Hold’em tables.

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Certainly the most loathed individuals at the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table the majority of times will constantly be the bragger. You know the person I’m speaking of. He’s the player that finds a seat at the poker table and makes clear you’re conscious that he desires all of your no-limit Texas Hold’em chips; parting the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table with the very same mind-set that he arrived with. Even if the guy gets killed, he has the idea that he is the best Texas Hold’em player in the world.

As the better part of Texas Hold’em players would preferably avoid opponents of this kind, there are other people who would argue that bragging may have its rewards. So, the big doubt is: Is there truly something like an accomplished poker attention-seeker or false Texas Hold’em bragger? Bragging about how skilled you are in no limit Texas Hold’em poker is essentially just like saying: “I’m the greatest Texas Hold’em player you’ll ever see, don’t forget to be on the ball while you’re sitting in a poker game against me!” That is almost certain to be the most awful vibe you are going to want to give off playing Texas Hold’em. What’s more, sharing too much about your Texas Hold’em playing manner can be unfavorable to your poker game. You definitely do not want these folks to get a clue about how you bet on certain no-limit Texas Hold’em hands.

What is more there are those Texas Hold’em Poker opponents who could exploit show-boating as a style of poker trick, or bluff. Bragging when you are dealt a specific no limit Texas Hold’em poker hand may throw your opponents for a loop and stump them about your no limit Texas Hold’em poker playing technique. There are a few people who might deem this tactic a bit sneaky, but it is important to not forget that there aren’t many regulations against it in poker. Texas Hold’em Poker is all about doing the best with what you’re dealt and exploiting it to the fullest.

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Sunday night the CBS network will present their investigation special “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This special program was made after a four-month research into the online poker business and particularly a scam involving the online Texas Hold’em poker page Absolute Poker.

This poker webpage was probed after a few of the Texas Hold’em poker players on the website alleged that someone was unduly winning a great amount of poker hands. Todd Witteles was a significant player in this research, according to Witteles; he was losing incredibly large amounts of money to the exact same Texas Hold’em player. Witteles declared that this player was raising against exceptionally good hands, most people would have assumed he was just giving out his money, but he was unbelievably earning tons of chips.

Witteles was correct about his suppositions, it was later shown that a player who knew about the site was able to view everyone´s poker hole cards. At first glance, Absolute Poker stated that there were no faults with the room or the Texas Hold’em poker competitor. After many more players showed up with allegations, the poker page explored deeper into the problem and discovered wrongdoing.

Around Jan. of this year, the gaming commission discovered what the Texas Hold’em poker players and the Texas Hold’em poker page had suspected all the time. It was eventually shown that, there was an employee who had attacked the Texas Hold’em poker webpage’s security system and was playing illegally for close to a month and a half. The study proved that the poker page had not gained from the unlawful behavior in any way, and was in no way, shape or form engaged in the activities.

These scams are further confirmation that there should be more guidelines regarding online poker sites. The US government needs to authorize and legalize the internet gambling industry to guard these honorable customers. These laws would also police the admission to these gambling webpages by children, which is becoming another issue nowadays.

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If you were to have a conversation with any ordinary guy or girl off the street about Texas Hold’em poker, they almost certainly wouldn’t consider Texas Hold’em poker to be a game of tactics, careful planning, or observation. Most likely when you point out poker with them, they would perhaps picture some friends lounging around their kitchen table chatting and smoking cigars. They also could believe Texas Hold’em to be a game of fate as opposed to ability, closer to a game of blackjack and not a game of skill, for example.

So the big issue you may have is: “Can I make money playing Texas Hold’em?”. It may come as a surprise to you but, people actually do earn a living by playing poker. More than a few people not just make a profit by playing online Texas Hold’em, but also make a lot of money by competing in Texas Hold’em. The main issue you need to remember about Texas Hold’em poker is that while you can play in a Vegas casino, close to roulette tables and casino slots; in poker you are not contending against the house but against other online Texas Hold’em rivals. So, in truth, you are betting your poker chips against other competitors in a game of aptitude as opposed to a game of fate.

You could be thinking to yourself: “Isn’t the game of poker about luck too?” Of course in poker, nobody knows which hands will be dealt. That doesn’t imply that one cannot play Texas Hold’em poker with a clear quantity of pre-tournament knowledge. One major thing to remember in online poker is that numbers can be your best friend. Math has a vital role in the game of Texas Hold’em poker. Not forgetting, that even if you get a little fortunate time and again the numbers always seem to bring you back down to earth.

Don’t forget that LV casino table games such as poker where you are essentially playing against other actual competitors CAN be won. One will find that the more you play the game of online Texas Hold’em, you will realize that it is more of game of talent and not just natural luck.

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The largest online poker businesses around are becoming partners before long in what is anticipated to be an extremely successful venture. The massive online Texas Hold’em site Full Tilt Poker has just declared that they will be working with W.P.T.E. for the following World Poker Tour Enterprises season. Fulltiltpoker is going to be the major promoter of the World WPT’s television season, and the Texas Hold’em website is scheduled to be featured in all of the installments which can be seen on Fox Sports Net. FullTiltPoker.net will acquire all the control of the educational portion of the episodes.

Facts of this contract have not been publicized so far, but the merger is guaranteed to be a success. This partnership will join two particularly powerful poker businesses. World Poker Tour Enterprises which is a renowned name on television due to F.S.N. and FullTiltPoker.com which has a huge online poker following, and a poker lineup consisting of players who have amassed a total of 10 W.P.T.E. trophies and thirty-five WSOP bracelets. Fulltiltpoker also sponsors many other poker stars and now the online poker site has started providing Texas Hold’em instruction also.

This contract is assured to draw in a fresh fan base and is certain to fit the brand new fame which Texas Hold’em poker is creating. This partnership shows World Poker Tour’s submission of the Texas Hold’em room enterprise as W.P.T.E. will more than likely shut their Texas Hold’em poker webpage W.P.T. online. Their pay to play page ClubWPT.com will in all probability continue to run.

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The advantages of Full Tilt Poker opposed to real poker rooms are endless, but with these rewards there are also several difficulties. Online poker allows regular amateur players the possibility to try their luck in professional poker tournaments with poker champs, but these recreational poker players need to steer clear of any interruptions that may hurt their prospects to gain an advantage.

The majority of online Texas Holdem players become sidetracked by their environment, or maybe by the internet poker website they are playing on. These diversions can certainly cost them great poker hands and probably their well-deserved poker chips. The game of Texas Holdem is a game of talent not to mention total attentiveness, no matter if you are playing online poker, or in an actual brick and mortar casino.

Almost certainly, the principal slip that online poker players commit is by competing in more than one online poker room at a time. The majority of amateur online Texas Holdem poker players will believe that this is a good thought, but at the end of it all it could possibly workout to be a drawback. This system of playing numerous poker tables at once will hurt your attention and finally cost you money. Remember that even the greatest poker players out there will commit costly mistakes when concentrating their attention on several internet poker tables at the same time.

Any given online poker player, may at any point, find themselves playing various online Texas Holdem tables at one time, at the same time as they are watching the news, reading their preferred website, talking on the phone to friends etc. This is a situation which is supposed to be avoided if you wish to win satellite games and qualify for big Full Tilt Poker tournaments. Keep in mind to direct your mind on the other online Texas Holdem poker player’s bets, their aim, and your own internet poker hands if you really want to become an expert poker player.

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The well-known Texas Hold em website FullTiltPoker.com, just let everyone know that for the 10th consecutive time they will feature the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” in the first week of November. This poker championship will get started with a no-limit Texas Hold em with a $216 buy-in championship. There is also a guaranteed prize pool of $15 million. This tournament has 25 Texas Hold Em 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 take part in the FTOPS, by winning as many satellite games as they are able to do. Depending on how many satellite games you win, the more tournament money you will receive. If you end up winning more satellite games than the other players, you will win two more buy-ins for the FTOPS. The satellite Texas Hold em games are open right now, and are available for FullTiltPoker.com members.

The Full Tilt Texas Hold Em Tournament launched in 2006 and it had 8 events and gave out over $1 million. At the moment, the tournament has become highly regarded, with last year’s Texas Hold Em tournament holding 25 events and awarding over $15 million. This year’s tournament will present a Two-Day Event with unprecedented buy-ins of $2500-$5000. The original Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that poker tournament had a prize pool of $400,000. Next month’s Two-Day event has a assured prize pool of at least $2 million. This event will kick-off on November 15th.

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