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The hugely successful online poker website Full Tilt Poker is upping the ante on the news from 2009 WSOP with their 2009 World Series of Poker Coverage Page, a new platform created to inform players on everything related to the WSOP 2009, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, minute to minute updates, players’ blogs and more.

Full Tilt Poker WSOP Coverage Page is not the run of the mill news section offered by hundreds of other sites. The site is separated into three parts, and includes a daily highlights section in where players can get access to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas events info, results, players and more in a series of articles written by the FullTiltPoker.com writers Roy Winston and AlCantHang. Aside from the usual daily updates and results on all of the event, FullTiltPoker.com WSOP Coverage Page also highlights two in house blogs, Poker from the Rail Blog, which highlights commentary, poker news, inside info from Full Tilt Professionals, opinions from FullTilt.com’s viewers and writers and guest posts from guest bloggers, and the Pro Blog, which features commentaries from members of Team Full Tilt playing in the WSOP 2009, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.

Also, Full Tilt Poker World Series of Poker Coverage Page has a Twitter section that supplies round the clock updates and notes from various poker players. Included in the Twitter section include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter portion allows players to create short messages allowing people from around the world to stay informed. These messages known as “tweets”, can be transmitted from all over through a cellular phone or other handheld.

To view more info on Full Tilt WSOP 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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The Christmas spirit has come to nearly all of the most popular internet Texas Hold’em websites this year, and they have become quite generous with their specials. Whatever style of internet poker room special you are hunting for; there is one out there for you. Visiting the best online No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker sites, we discovered these promotions.

Opening up with the excellent online Texas Hold’em Poker room Full Tilt, they are promoting “The Holiday $100k”. The poker website is giving all their poker players a break to win $100k, by investing just 2000 points. This No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament will begin on Dec. 27th and then a second game on Dec. the 28th. Full Tilt Poker is also allowing members an opportunity to win an entry into one of the tournaments by playing in a Freeroll.

The next Texas Hold’em website we took a look at was Ultimate Bet poker, they are running specials every day all the way through this month. They have already awarded IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th you have an opportunity to take home a flat screen TV. Ultimate Bet has the their “Days of Deals” special going on all through this month.

Last of all, PartyPoker.com is promoting “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way it works is by winning your way up levels and the more points you accumulate, the bigger the rewards you can take home. There are many prizes to be had to win for example admissions into prize tournaments or cash prizes. Furthermore if you would like to play on the No-Limit Texas Hold’em website on Xmas Day, PartyPoker.com will double the points you gain on their real money Texas Hold’em Poker tables.

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No doubt the most despised characters at the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table most every time will always be the attention-seeker. You have an idea of the poker player I’m telling you about. He’s the one that takes a seat at the no-limit Texas Hold’em table and makes evident you’re aware that he wants to take all of your no limit Texas Hold’em poker chips; exiting the Texas Hold’em table with the very same outlook that he showed-up with. Even if he gets killed, he has the idea that he is the top poker player in the world.

Even as the bulk of Texas Hold’em players would rather dodge opponents of this type, there exist other players who argue that show-boating might have its compensation. So, the doubt you may have is: Is there honestly an accomplished Texas Hold’em Poker boaster or a bad Texas Hold’em Poker boaster? Showing-off about how accomplished you are in Texas Hold’em Poker is essentially just like affirming: “I’m the greatest no-limit Texas Hold’em player on the globe, always remember to stay on your A-game while you’re playing a poker tournament against me!” Most certainly that is the worst vibe to give out playing Texas Hold’em Poker. Moreover, spilling too much info. about your poker playing techniques can be harmful to your poker game. You unquestionably do not want these folks to know how you bet on certain poker hands.

Then there are those Texas Hold’em Poker players who could use shooting off their mouths as a sort of Texas Hold’em trick, or bluff. Shooting off your mouth when you are given a particular poker hand could bewilder your opponents and leave them pretty confused about your poker playing technique. Some people may consider this technique somewhat deceitful, but it is important to consider that there are not too any rules against it in no limit Texas Hold’em poker. Texas Hold’em Poker is all about doing the best with what you’re dealt and taking advantage of it to the limit.

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This Sunday evening the CBS network will show their special investigation show “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This special investigation show was made after a 16-week inquiry into the online Texas Hold’em poker business and particularly a con with the online poker site Absolute Poker.

This Texas Hold’em page was inspected after a few of the Texas Hold’em players on the webpage stated that a poker player was illegally winning an incredible amount of poker chips. Todd Witteles was a major player in this study, according to Witteles; he was losing great amounts of poker chips to the exact same poker player. Witteles claimed that this man was raising against very good cards, most people would have presumed he was basically handing over his money, but he was actually winning quite often.

Witteles was in the right with his suppositions, later on it was shown that someone on the inside was able to watch any player’s poker hole cards. At first look, Absolute Poker proclaimed that there were no problems with the website or the Texas Hold’em player. After many more players showed up with allegations, the Texas Hold’em site examined deeper into the situation and uncovered the scam.

Around January of 2008, the gaming commission discovered what the poker players and the Texas Hold’em poker room had supposed all the time. The result of the investigation was that, there was a staff member who had invaded the Texas Hold’em poker webpage’s protection and was competing illegitimately for more or less six weeks. The research verified that the Texas Hold’em webpage had not benefited from the unlawful behavior in any way, and was not implicated.

These scams are further evidence that there must be more guidelines regarding Texas Hold’em poker websites. The U.S. government should authorize and regulate the internet Texas Hold’em poker business to protect these honest clients. These guidelines would also control the entry to these sites by young children, which is becoming another issue nowadays.

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If you were to have a chat with any normal guy or girl off the street about online Texas Hold’em poker, they almost certainly wouldn’t consider Texas Hold’em to be a game of practice, careful planning, or careful observation. More than likely when you refer to online poker with them, they would more than likely envision some friends lounging around their kitchen table chatting and drinking alcohol. They also may consider online poker to be a game of chance rather than expertise, more similar to a game of blackjack rather than a skill game, for example.

So the big question is: “Could I become rich by playing in poker tournaments?”. It may seem strange but, people actually do earn a living by playing poker. Some people not only win money by playing online poker, but also make a living by playing poker tournaments. The key point you have to remember about poker is that while you can play in a LV casino, beside craps tables and slots; in Texas Hold’em poker you are not contending against the house but against other Texas Hold’em contestants. Hence, in all reality, you are betting your poker chips against other contenders in a competition of aptitude as opposed to a game of luck.

You might be saying to yourself: “Isn’t being lucky a big part as well?” Obviously in online poker, nobody has any idea which cards will be dealt out. That doesn’t necessarily imply that you cannot play with a certain amount of pre-tournament know-how. One main issue to not forget in Texas Hold’em is that numbers will be your best friend. Math performs a very important part in the game of Texas Hold’em poker. Not to mention, that even if you become somewhat fortunate time and again the figures always seem to bring you back down to earth.

Don’t forget that Sin City casino games such as online Texas Hold’em where you are in reality contending against other actual contenders 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 rather than natural chance.

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The two biggest poker industries around are joining forces presently in what is anticipated to be an enormously successful gamble. The hugely popular poker website FullTiltPoker.com has just announced that they are collaborating with WPT for the following World Poker Tour season. FullTiltPoker.com is on tap to be the key sponsor of the W.P.T.’s TV season, and the Texas Hold’em website is on tap to be highlighted in every single one of the shows which are shown on F.S.N.. Full Tilt Poker will secure all the control of the learning portion of the episodes.

Details of this agreement have not been made known thus far, but the pact is guaranteed to be a winner. This merger will bring together two particularly prominent poker companies. WPT which is an outstanding powerhouse on television due to F.S.N. and Full Tilt which has a massive Texas Hold’em poker fan base, not to mention a poker team containing players who have collected a total of ten W.P.T.E. titles and thirty-five WSOP bracelets. Full Tilt also backs many other Texas Hold’em players and now the Texas Hold’em poker site has begun providing Texas Hold’em poker teaching as well.

This union is certain to lure a brand new set of fans and is guaranteed to meet with the brand new distinction which poker is creating. This merger reveals World Poker Tour Enterprises’ yield of the online poker room market as World Poker Tour Enterprises will shortly close up their Texas Hold’em page World Poker Tour Enterprises online. Their subscription website ClubWPT.com will in all probability continue to run.

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The rewards of online Texas Holdem poker versus poker lounges are unlimited, but in addition to these advantages there are also a few disadvantages. Online Texas Holdem lets recreational poker players the opportunity to compete in prize poker tournaments with poker champs, but these regular amateur players must avoid any distractions that could impair their opportunities to win lots of poker chips.

Lots of online poker players become diverted by their surroundings, or probably by the Full Tilt Poker room they are playing on. These distractions can in fact cost them great poker hands and quite possibly their hard-earned Texas Holdem Poker chips. The game of Texas Holdem is a game of talent not to mention complete awareness, no matter if you are playing online poker, or in a real-life poker room.

In all probability, the biggest mistake that Full Tilt Poker players commit is by competing in more than one online poker table at once. The majority of amateur online poker players will assume that this is a good idea, but at the end of the day it may turn out to be a detriment. This system of playing several poker tables in sequence will hurt your awareness and at the end of it all cost you Texas Holdem chips. Keep in mind that even the expert Texas Holdem poker players in the world can make harmful slip-ups while focusing their attention on a number of online poker tables at the same time.

Any particular Full Tilt Poker player, might at any instant, find themselves playing several Full Tilt Poker tables at the same time, while watching television, reading their preferred website, text messaging friends etc. This is a situation which must be shunned if you aspire to win Texas Holdem poker games and be eligible for big online poker tournaments. Keep in mind to center your thoughts on the other internet poker player’s bets, their intentions, and your own online Texas Holdem poker hands if you really want to become an expert poker player.

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The popular online poker room FullTiltPoker.com, just let everyone know that for the tenth time they will run the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” a few weeks from now. This Texas Hold em event will launch with a $216 no-limit Texas Hold em championship. The Texas Hold em tournament will have a guaranteed prize pool of $15 million. This tournament will have 25 poker games leading up to the main event on Sunday, November 16th which will award a $2.5 million prize pool.

There is an opportunity for any FullTiltPoker.com player to join in the Texas Hold em tournament, by coming first in as many satellite games as they are able to do. Depending on how many satellite games you take first place in, the more FTOPS chips you will receive. If by chance you win more satellite Texas Hold em games than the other players, you will gain the tournament equivalent of two more FTOPS buy-ins. The satellite Texas Hold em games are being played at the moment, and are open for members of Full Tilt Poker.

The Full Tilt Poker Tournament began in 2006 when it consisted of 8 events and awarded $1 million in prizes. Since then, the Texas Hold Em Tournament has become hugely popular, with FTOPS IX holding 25 poker events and giving away prizes of over $15 million. This year’s tournament will present a Two-Day Event with incredible buy-in amounts ranging from $2500 to $5000. The first ever Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that poker tournament had a winner of $400,000 in prize money. This year’s Two-Day event has a guaranteed pot of over $2 million. This event will commence on November 15th.

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A vital aspect in poker is deceiving your opponents by making them believe your poker hand is better, when in all honesty you could possibly your hand is much worse than theirs. This is called “Poker face”, a straight expression for tricking your opponents into buying something that could be a lie.

Holding a good poker hand is most likely going to make you feel nervous, could possibly cause your hands to shake, and your heartbeat race. These are signs that your poker buddies may see very quickly, especially if they are good friends of yours. Try not to look at the pot if you have a good poker hand. This is an obvious gesture for your poker buddies that you are, in your head, counting the poker chips.

In the situation where you have a god-awful poker hand, try not to avoid looking your opponents in the eyes, keep your eyes up, and don’t act reluctant about your bet. In the event that you can prove to yourself that your set of cards is just as good, or superior than your fellow poker players; you will possibly convince them of this as well. Remember to make this seem as natural as possible. Your gestures and motions could be saying one idea, while the things you are talking about are making them believe something else.

One more crucial point of poker is to be able to read your opponents “poker tells”. A “tell” is a gesture or habit that could might give away information about their hand. One critical point to remember is when your competition is acting as though he has a strong hand; he, in all probability, has a weak Texas Hold Em hand. From a different angle, if he behaves as though he has a weak hand, he probably has a pretty decent hand.

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