Writing by on Monday, 8 of June , 2009 at 9:05 pm
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Leading poker site FullTilt.com is taking the coverage to the next level with the 2009 WSOP in Vegas with their WSOP Coverage Page, a new platform dedicated to provide poker players on everything related to the WSOP 2009, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, round the clock news, poker players’ blogs and more.
Full Tilt WSOP Coverage Page is not the typical information site offered by many other sites. The site is separated into three parts, and includes a daily highlights part in where fans 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 Poker poker experts Roy Winston and AlCantHang. Besides the run of the mill daily updates and results on each and every event, FullTiltPoker.com WSOP News Page also highlights two blogs, Poker from the Rail Blog, which highlights commentary, wsop news, inside info from FullTilt.com Professionals, opinions from FullTiltPoker.com’s players and authors and guest posts from other poker bloggers, and the Pro Blog, which features comments from members of Team Full Tilt playing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.
Additionally, Full Tilt Poker 2009 WSOP Coverage Page has a Twitter portion that supplies round the clock updates and notes from different poker pros. Poker players involved in the Twitter portion include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter portion permits these players to send short messages letting the world know whats going on. These updates known as “tweets”, can be sent from any place in the world through a cellular phone or other handheld.
To view more info on Full Tilt Poker’s new World Series of Poker Coverage Page please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/series-coverage
Category: online poker, poker tournament, world series of poker
Writing by on Friday, 10 of April , 2009 at 5:34 pm
Open to ALL WDIAV Forum Members
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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
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* 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
Category: poker players, poker tournament, texas hold em
Writing by on Sunday, 21 of December , 2008 at 10:44 pm
Christmas cheer has come to the majority of the biggest online Texas Hold’em rooms this Christmas season, and they are extremely generous with their promotions. Depending on what style of internet poker website promotion you are hunting for; there has to be one for you. Visiting the most popular online Texas Hold’em sites, we came across these specials.
Opening up with the ever popular online Texas Hold’em Poker website FullTiltPoker, this site has “The Holiday $100k”. The online poker site is giving all their No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker players an opportunity to win $100,000, by buying-in with just 2000 points. This No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker promotion will kick off on Dec. 27th and a 2nd tournament on December the 28th. Full Tilt is also offering members a chance to gain entry into one of the promotions by playing in a Freeroll on the website.
The second Texas Hold’em Poker website we checked out was Ultimatebet.com poker, they have had promotions each day all the way through this month. Already this month they have awarded IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th it is possible to win a flat screen TV. They have their their “Days of Deals” special continuing during this month.
Finally, Party Poker is promoting “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way you can win is by climbing your way up different levels and the more points you accumulate, the bigger the rewards you can win. There are lots of prizes available to win such as entrances into prize tournaments or cash prizes. Also if you play on the Texas Hold’em Poker site on December 25th, PartyPoker.com will double the points you make on the cash No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker tables.
Category: online poker, online texas holdem, poker
Writing by on Wednesday, 17 of December , 2008 at 9:47 pm
Definitely the most loathed opponents at the no-limit Texas Hold’em table time and time again will at all times be the attention-seeker. You have an idea of the player I’m speaking of. He’s the player that sits down at the Texas Hold’em Poker table and makes sure you’re aware that he wants to take all of your no limit Texas Hold’em poker chips; leaving the poker table with the very same outlook that he turned up with. Even if the guy is defeated, he has the idea that he is the top no-limit Texas Hold’em player around.
Whereas the better part of Texas Hold’em players would preferably avoid rivals of this type, there are other poker players who might say that shooting off their mouths might have its positive side. So, the doubt that everyone has about this is: Is there in all reality an expert poker attention-seeker or a bad Texas Hold’em bragger? Shooting off their mouths about how skillful you are in Texas Hold’em is mainly just like asserting: “I am the greatest no limit Texas Hold’em poker player in the world, be sure to stay on your A-game while you’re competing in a Texas Hold’em game against me!” Most certainly that is the worst vibe to send out playing poker. Plus, giving away too much about your Texas Hold’em playing style can be quite detrimental to your no-limit Texas Hold’em game. You most certainly do not want these people to have an idea about how you play certain no-limit Texas Hold’em hands.
Then there are those Texas Hold’em Poker opponents who could use bragging as a manner of Texas Hold’em trick, or bluff. Showing-off when you are dealt a certain Texas Hold’em Poker hand may fool your opponents and baffle them about your Texas Hold’em playing style. You will come across people who might think that this plan somewhat sneaky, but it is vital to bear in mind that there aren’t any regulations against it in no limit Texas Hold’em poker. No-limit Texas Hold’em is all about doing the best with what you’re dealt and exploiting it to the fullest.
Category: Gambling, poker, poker players
Writing by on Sunday, 30 of November , 2008 at 3:04 am
On Sun., Nov. 30th CBS will premiere their investigation special “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This investigation special was filmed after a 16-week examination into the online Texas Hold’em business and specifically a cheating scandal with the online poker page Absolute Poker.
This Texas Hold’em poker room was probed after a few of the poker players on the page stated that a poker player was unlawfully winning an incredible amount of poker hands. Todd Witteles was a crucial player in this examination, according to him; he was losing huge amounts of money to the very same Texas Hold’em poker player. Witteles declared that this player was raising against awfully good poker hands, the majority of people would have thought he was simply handing over his money, but he was in fact earning a great deal of cash.
Witteles was correct with his assumptions, much later it was discovered that a player who knew about the site was able to spy on anyone’s poker hole cards. With the first look, Absolute Poker stated that nothing was wrong with the website or the poker player. After several players showed up with allegations, the poker webpage explored further into the matter and found the problem.
In Jan. of 2008, the gaming commission unearthed what the Texas Hold’em competitors and the Texas Hold’em poker page had suspected all along. The investigation proved that, there was a member of the staff who had invaded the poker room’s security and was playing poker illegitimately for approximately six weeks. The study verified that the Texas Hold’em poker webpage had not profited from the illicit transactions in any way, and was in no way implicated.
These situations are further proof that there ought to be more guidelines in regards to gambling websites. The United States government should authorize and legalize the online Texas Hold’em poker business to shield these honest clients. These control measures would also control the admission to these webpages by kids, which tends to be another problem nowadays.
Category: Gambling, online betting, online gambling
Writing by on Monday, 24 of November , 2008 at 5:12 pm
Take a minute to imagine if you were to have a chat with any random person off the street about online Texas Hold’em, they most likely wouldn’t deem online Texas Hold’em to be a game of tactics, careful planning, or close examination. More than likely when you point out Texas Hold’em poker with them, they would more than likely envision some poker buddies sitting around their TV room chatting and drinking beer. They also may consider Texas Hold’em poker to be a game of pure luck as opposed to expertise, more similar to a game of craps and not a game of skill, for instance.
So the big question is: “Can I make money playing Texas Hold’em?”. It may come as a surprise to you but, you can actually make money this way. A number of individuals not only win money by playing online poker, but also become very wealthy by competing in poker tournaments. The first thing you should keep in mind about online Texas Hold’em is that even though you can play in a LV casino, close to craps tables and casino slots; in online poker you are not contending against the house but against other online Texas Hold’em poker rivals. Hence, in all reality, you are gambling your hard cash against other players in a contest of aptitude unlike a game of luck.
You may be saying to yourself: “Isn’t the game of poker about luck too?” Certainly in online poker, no one really knows which cards will be dealt. That doesn’t automatically imply that you can’t play with a clear amount of pre-game know-how. One crucial point to remember in online Texas Hold’em is that numbers do not lie. Math has a rather essential role in the game of online poker. So much so, that even if you become somewhat fortunate every once in while the stats always have a way of humbling a poker player.
Don’t forget that Las Vegas casino table games similar to Texas Hold’em where you are truly playing versus other real-life poker players CAN be won. It is proven that the more you play the game of poker, you will realize that it is more of game of expertise rather than natural chance.
Category: casino gambling, gambling games, online betting
Writing by on Wednesday, 12 of November , 2008 at 2:40 am
The two most famous Texas Hold’em industries around are integrating soon in what is likely to be a very popular undertaking. The hugely popular online poker room FullTiltPoker.com has recently stated that they will be collaborating with W.P.T.E. for the following World Poker Tour season. Fulltiltpoker will be the chief promoter of the World W.P.T.’s TV season, and the poker website is on tap to be highlighted in every one of the episodes which are seen on Fox Sports Net channel. FullTiltPoker.net will secure all the control of the learning aspects of the episodes.
Detailed information of this contract have not been publicized thus far, but the agreement is sure to be a hit. This pact will combine two tremendously prominent poker corporations. World Poker Tour Enterprises which is a famous powerhouse on TV by way of F.S.N. and Full Tilt which has a huge online fan base, as well as a Texas Hold’em team containing players who have accumulated a total of ten W.P.T.E. awards and thirty-five World Series of Poker bracelets. Full Tilt Poker also backs many other Texas Hold’em players and now the Texas Hold’em poker site has started presenting Texas Hold’em coaching as well.
This agreement is guaranteed to gain a new following and is sure to comply with the fresh distinction which Texas Hold’em is spawning. This deal implies World Poker Tour’s submission of the Texas Hold’em room enterprise as World Poker Tour Enterprises will before long shut their online poker webpage World Poker Tour Enterprises online. Their pay site ClubWPT.com will most likely maintain their site.
Category: online gambling, online poker, online texas holdem
Writing by on Wednesday, 5 of November , 2008 at 7:38 pm
The benefits of Full Tilt Poker compared to actual poker rooms are endless, but besides these advantages there are also a number of troubles. Internet poker allows recreational poker players the opportunity to play in pro Texas Hold em Tournaments with pro Texas Hold em players, but these non-professional Texas Hold em players ought to avoid any disruptions that could hurt their chances to win big money.
Many online Texas Holdem players become sidetracked by their environment, or probably by the internet poker webpage they are playing on. These interruptions can in truth cost them great hands and quite possibly their well-deserved Texas Holdem Poker chips. The game of poker is a game of expertise as well as absolute attentiveness, no matter if you are playing at home, or in a brick and mortar poker room.
Most likely, the biggest blunder that online Texas Holdem poker players commit is by competing in more than one table at once. The better part of amateur Full Tilt Poker players will assume that this is a good scheme, but at the end of the day it could prove to be a harm. This scheme of playing different Texas Hold em tables simultaneously will damage your concentration and at the end of the day cost you big. Don’t forget that even the best Texas Holdem players in the world can commit damaging blunders while concentrating their attention on a number of internet poker tables simultaneously.
Any given online Texas Holdem poker player, may at some point, find themselves playing several Full Tilt Poker tables at the same time, while watching a movie, reading their favorite poker blogs, talking on the phone to friends etc. This is a scenario that should be avoided if you desire to win online Texas Holdem games and make the grade for big internet poker tournaments. Remember to concentrate your attention on the other internet poker player’s wagers, their intentions, and your own online Texas Holdem hands if you desire to be the best Texas Hold em player.
Category: Gambling, online betting, online gambling
Writing by on Tuesday, 21 of October , 2008 at 3:37 pm
The successful poker website FullTiltPoker.com, just let everyone know that once again they will feature the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” in the first week of November. This well-known tournament will start out with a $216 no-limit Texas Hold em event. The Texas Hold em tournament will have a guaranteed $15 million worth of prizes at stake. The Texas Hold Em Poker tournament has 25 Texas Hold Em events with the main Texas Hold em tournament on Sunday, November 16th which has a $2.5 million prize pool.
There is a chance for any player to take part in the poker tournament, by succeeding in as many satellite games as possible. The more satellite games you take first place in, the more tournament money you will receive. If by chance you win more satellite games than anyone else, you will win two more buy-ins for the FTOPS. The satellite Texas Hold em games are taking place at the moment, and all registered users of Full Tilt Poker can play.
The Full Tilt Poker Tournament was created in 2006 and it had 8 events and gave away one million dollars in prize money. Since then, the tournament has become highly regarded, with last years poker event running 25 Texas Hold em events and giving away 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 championship had a winner that was able to take $400,000 home with him. November’s Two-Day event has a promised prize pool of over $2 million. This poker tournament will begin on Saturday, November 15th.
Category: betting games, online texas holdem, poker site
Writing by on Wednesday, 1 of October , 2008 at 6:11 pm
The largest prize pool ever was announced by Bodog poker, with the main tournament giving away $300,000. The total for the eight day poker event will be over $650,000, throughout the weeklong Texas hold em tournament. The Bodog Texas Hold em tournament will begin Sunday, September 28th and continues until Sunday, October 5th. The popular poker website will also feature six “Bounty” games, where the challengers can win $109 in poker credits for each Team Bodog poker contestant they eliminate from the poker match. The biggest poker stars will be playing all participators in the Texas Hold em tournament.
Team Bodog star, Justin Bonomo, is indisputably thrilled about the Texas Hold em contest. Throughout his poker career, the 23 year old has received more than $1.4 million. He says that if you thought the first Texas Hold em tournament was a good one, you will definitely be astonished with this year’s tournament and the grand prize money involved. He also challenges anyone that has the courage to knock him out of the Texas hold em tournament to come forward.
The Kick off Bounty Tournament will be the first poker match in the tournament on Sunday. Any poker competitor is able to buy-In right into this, and any of the other poker games with cash. Or another choice is to win their way into the Texas Hold em games through the satellites which are being played every night during the Texas Hold em contest week. There will be six bounty events and seven “Championship Events”, which have higher buy-ins and deeper stacks.
There are thirteen contests which will lead up to the main Texas Hold em event on Sunday, October 5 at 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. This is the grand prize event with a guaranteed $300,000 in prizes, despite the total number of poker players in the championship. All the players who decide to enter the main contest will have to shell out $500 for the buy-in and in turn will obtain 10,000 in Bodog poker chips.
Category: bodog poker, poker tournament, texas hold em