Full Tilt Poker will attempt to stamp its name on the Guinness Records and to do so; the site has announced that it will try to set a new record for the Largest Online Poker Tournament. Full Tilt’s Record Breaker tournament was unveiled as the finale to FIVE, a week of events and promotions created exclusively to celebrate the site’s 5^th anniversary. The tournament will take place on July 19th at 15:05ET, players can buy in for this event for only $5 or 1000 Full Tilt Points and compete for a share of a $250,000 guaranteed with $250,000 added prize pool. Players can also get entries to this event by playing the online satellites available on the site and starting for as little as 30 cents or 50 Full Tilt Points.

Team Full Tilt pros and WSOP bracelet winners Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey have already confirmed they will take part in the event, offering players the chance to sit down at this historic tournament and play with some of the best high stakes and tournament pros in the world.

“By extending the limits of what is possible in online poker tournaments, Full Tilt Poker will allow players to compete for a big payout without the big buy-in,” said Team Full Tilt member Howard Lederer.

Putting together a poker tournament of this magnitude would be nearly impossible for any brick and mortar casino or poker room. The current record for the largest “live” poker tournament was set at the 2006 WSOP Main Event with 8,772 players. To break the current Guinness Record set by PokeStars.com in December, 2008, Full Tilt Poker will need to attract over 35.000 players. If successful, this tournament will establish Full Tilt Poker as World Record holder and cement its reputation as a world leader in online poker industry.

For more information on Full Tilt’s Record Breaker tournament, please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/the-record-breaker.

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Full Tilt has just opened an innovative info section covering all the action of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an incredible online heads up tournament highlighting some of the world’s best big money online poker players challenging the poker sensation Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The brand new section gives poker players and followers the chance to stay on top of this amazing durrrr challenge and receive frequent statistical updates. With this brand new “durrrr Challenge” website players can track all the action and look at each poker hand played during durrrr Challenge, and look at lots of stats, including number of hands played, session time, amount won, average won during each hand and much more.

Close to six months ago, the twenty-three year old online poker player issued a heads-up challenge for any poker player with the money, time and capability to accept it. Any player entering the challenge has to bet $500,000 against Tom’s $1.5 million. Tom’s challenge specifies that at least 50,000 online poker hands need to be played simultaneously at 4 or more tables of no-limit Hold’em or pot-limit Omaha. At the end of the durrrr challenge, the poker player who has more money will earn the pool. Basically if you enter the challenge and win $1 after the 50,000 poker hands, then you will get Tom’s $1.5 Million, but if he wins by $1 then he will take your $500,000.

To date, a number of poker players have consented to play the “durrrr challenge”, including WSOP Champ Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, yet, only Patrick Antonius has accepted the durrrr challenge. At this point, both poker stars have engaged in a total of 20,647 poker hands out of 50,000, with durrrr ahead $726,546 total.

For more info on the Full Tilt Poker durrrr Challenge and Tom durrrr Dwan vs. Patrick Antonius, please stop by http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

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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 hit nearly all of the best online No-Limit Texas Hold’em rooms this year, and they have become extremely charitable with their promotions. Taking into account what sort of internet Texas Hold’em site bonus you are hunting for; there is one out there for you. Checking out the biggest online No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker sites, we discovered these promotions.

Beginning with the excellent internet Texas Hold’em site Full Tilt Poker, they are offering “The Holiday $100k”. The poker website is giving all their poker members a chance to win $100,000, by buying-in with just 2000 points. This No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker promotion will begin on Dec. 27th and then they are offering you a 2nd tournament on Dec. the 28th. Full Tilt Poker is also giving players a chance to gain entry into one of the tournaments by participating in a Freeroll on the website.

The second poker website we checked out was Ultimate Bet poker, they are holding specials each day all through December. Already this month they have given away IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th there is a chance to take home a flat screen TV. The popular website has their “Days of Deals” promotion going on during the month of December.

To finish, Party Poker is promoting “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way it works is by climbing your way up the ladder and the more points you collect, the bigger the gifts you can take home. There are lots of prizes open to win such as admissions into prize tournaments or cash payments. In addition if you play on the Texas Hold’em room on December 25th, Party Poker will double the points you make on the real money poker tables.

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Definitely the most loathed personalities at the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table most every time will forever be the boaster. You know the guy I’m talking of. He’s the poker player that finds a place at the Texas Hold’em Poker table and makes sure you’re conscious that he wants to take all of your Texas Hold’em Poker chips; parting the Texas Hold’em Poker table with the exact same attitude that he showed-up with. Even if this guy gets killed, he has the idea that he is the finest poker player on the planet.

While the bulk of no-limit Texas Hold’em players would rather dodge rivals of this variety, there are other players who might say that shooting off their mouths might have its advantages. So, the big doubt is: Is there honestly a good poker show-off or devious poker boaster? Bragging about how good you are in Texas Hold’em is basically just like stating: “I am the finest Texas Hold’em Poker player on the planet, keep in mind to be on the ball while you’re sitting in a Texas Hold’em Poker tournament against me!” That is almost certain to be the worst vibe to give off playing Texas Hold’em Poker. Plus, giving away too much info. about your no limit Texas Hold’em poker playing approach can be very damaging to your no limit Texas Hold’em poker game. You positively do not want these individuals to have an idea about how you bet on certain Texas Hold’em Poker hands.

Also there are those no limit Texas Hold’em poker competitors who could make use of show-boating as a kind of Texas Hold’em strategy, or bluff. Bragging when you are dealt a specific poker hand might bewilder your opponents and puzzle them about your no limit Texas Hold’em poker playing approach. There are a few people who may believe that this strategy somewhat devious, but it is important to consider that there aren’t tons of rules against it in poker. No-limit Texas Hold’em is all about making good use of what’s given to you and exploiting it to the fullest.

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Take a second to imagine if you were to have a conversation with any ordinary guy or girl off the street about Texas Hold’em, they probably wouldn’t consider Texas Hold’em poker to be a game of tactics, careful planning, or close examination. Probably when you point out online Texas Hold’em poker with them, they would probably imagine some acquaintances lounging around their kitchen table talking and smoking cigarettes. They also may believe online Texas Hold’em poker to be a game of chance and not talent, closer to a game of roulette compared to chess, for instance.

So the big question mark there is: “Is it possible to make a profit by playing poker?”. It may come as a surprise to you but, the answer to this question is a very strong “yes”. More than a few folks not only make a profit by playing online Texas Hold’em, but also make a living by competing in poker tournaments. The first thing you have to remember about online poker is that while you can play in a Vegas casino, beside blackjack tables and slots; in Texas Hold’em you are not contending against the house but against other Texas Hold’em poker competitors. Therefore, in truth, you are putting up your hard cash against other players in a competition of expertise as opposed to a game of chance.

You might be thinking to yourself: “Doesn’t luck play a part?” Certainly in online Texas Hold’em, no one knows which hands will be dealt out. That doesn’t automatically indicate that one cannot play poker with a reliable amount of pre-tournament know-how. One key point to keep in mind in Texas Hold’em is that numbers never lie. Statistics performs a rather significant role in the game of online Texas Hold’em poker. So much so, that even if you get rather lucky ever so often the figures always have a way of bringing you back down to earth.

Remember that Sin City casino table games comparable to Texas Hold’em poker where you are essentially competing vs. other real-life contenders CAN be won. The more you play the game of online poker, you will learn that it is more of game of expertise rather than pure fate.

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The two most prominent Texas Hold’em enterprises around are signing a sponsorship deal before long in what is projected to be an enormously successful venture. The incredibly successful online Texas Hold’em poker room FullTiltPoker.com has recently stated that they are going to be collaborating with W.P.T.E. for the next World Poker Tour Enterprises season. FullTiltPoker.net is going to be the major promoter of the World World Poker Tour’s television season, and the online poker room is on tap to be highlighted in all of the episodes which are seen on Fox Sports Net channel. FullTiltPoker.com will acquire all the rights to the learning bits of the episodes.

Particulars of this pact have not been given away thus far, but the pact is sure to be a sensation. This pact will fuse two exceptionally powerful Texas Hold’em businesses. W.P.T.E. which is a famous name on TV via F.S.N. and FullTiltPoker.net which has an enormous Texas Hold’em following, not to mention a Texas Hold’em poker team consisting of players who have accumulated a total of ten W.P.T.E. awards and 35 WSOP bracelets. Full Tilt Poker also supports many other Texas Hold’em poker players and now the online poker site has begun offering poker instruction also.

This deal is assured to draw in a brand new following and is assured to suit the recent distinction which Texas Hold’em poker is generating. This accord suggests W.P.T.E.’s yield of the Texas Hold’em room industry as WPT will most likely shut their Texas Hold’em site World Poker Tour Enterprises online. The pay webpage ClubWPT.com will more than likely remain open.

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The advantages of online Texas Holdem vs. brick and mortar casinos are vast, but in addition to these advantages there are also various inconveniences. Online Texas Holdem poker allows recreational poker players the chance to play in professional poker tournaments with poker champs, but these beginner players should avoid any distractions that could possibly impair their chances to become a poker champ.

Many online poker players become preoccupied by their surroundings, or probably by the Full Tilt Poker site they are competing on. These distractions can certainly cost them great poker hands and even their well-deserved poker tournament chips. The game of Texas Hold em poker is a game of proficiency not to mention absolute awareness, no matter if you are playing Texas Holdem at home, or in an actual casino.

Possibly, the greatest error that online poker players commit is by being involved in more than one table at a time. The better part of amateur Full Tilt Poker players will imagine that this is a good scheme, but in the end it could possibly turn out to be a disadvantage. This mode of playing several poker tables at once will divert your focus and at the end of the day cost you poker money. Keep in mind that even the expert poker players in the world will make harmful miscalculations while focusing their attention on a number of online Texas Holdem tables at the same time.

Any given online Texas Holdem poker player, maybe at any instant, discover themselves playing different online Texas Holdem poker tables at once, while watching television, reading their favorite websites, talking on the phone to friends etc. This is a situation that ought to be avoided if you expect to win online poker games and be eligible for big Full Tilt Poker tournaments. Remember to center your mind on the other Full Tilt Poker player’s bets, their actions, and your own Full Tilt Poker hands if you really want to become an expert poker player.

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The wildly successful online poker room FullTiltPoker.com, just revealed that once again they will run the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” at the start of November. This Full Tilt Poker Championship will open with a $216 no-limit Texas Hold em game. There is also a $15 million prize pool. The Fulltilt Poker tournament has a total of 25 events with the main Texas Hold em event on Sunday, November 16th which will award $2.5 million in prize money.

There is a possibility for any player to take part in the poker tournament, by earning as many satellite wins as possible. Judging by how many satellite games you come first in, the more tournament chips you will receive. If you are successful in winning more satellite events than the rest of the players, you will get two more buy-ins for the tournaments. The satellite poker games are are going on now, and all registered users of Full Tilt Poker can play.

The FTOPS Texas Hold Em tournament launched in 2006 when it consisted of 8 events and awarded $1 million in prizes. At the present, the Texas Hold Em Tournament has become hugely popular, with last year’s Texas Hold Em tournament running 25 Texas Hold em events and prizes of over $15 million. Next month’s tournament will include a Two-Day Event having buy-ins of $2500 to $5000. The Initial Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that Texas Hold Em tournament had a winner take home a prize pool of $400,000. FTOPS X’s Two-Day event has a definite pool of over $2 million. This Texas Hold Em tournament will start on Sat., Nov. 15th.

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An Incredible grand prize was announced by Bodoglife, with the main event awarding $300,000. The total for the eight day tournament will be over $650,000, over the course of the weeklong poker tournament. The Bodog Poker event will begin Sunday, September 28th and continues through Sunday, October 5th. The famous sportsbetting website will also feature six “Bounty” eliminatories, where the contestants can win $109 in Texas Hold em credits for each Team Bodog poker player they knock out of the poker eliminatories. The most famous poker celebs will be taking on all conteders in the poker contest.

Team Bodog professional, Justin Bonomo, is indisputably excited about the Texas Hold em contest. Over the course of his poker playing career, the 23 year old has brought home over $1.4 million. He says that if you had the idea that the first poker contest was huge, you will definitely be amazed with this year’s poker open and the prizes involved. He also challenges anyone that has the courage to eliminate him from the poker tournament to come forward.

The first Bounty Tournament will be the first event in the tournament on Sunday. Any poker player has the ability to buy-In straight, and any of the other Texas Hold em games with cash. Or another opportunity is to win their way into the poker events through the satellites which are presented every night during the tournament week. There will be six bounty tournaments and seven “Championship Events”, that will have higher buy-ins and deeper stacks.

Bodog’s contest will have thirteen games which will lead up to the main poker tournament on Sunday, October 5 at 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. This is the championship with a guaranteed $300,000 in cold hard cash, regardless of the number of poker players in the Bodog Open. All the players who wish to enter the main poker tournament will have to pay $500 for the buy-in and in exchange will obtain 10,000 in Texas Hold em chips.

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