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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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Certainly the most hated personalities at the poker table time and time again will always be the attention-seeker. You know the poker player I’m telling you about. He’s the one that takes a seat at the Texas Hold’em Poker table and makes evident you’re aware that he wants all of your poker chips; exiting the poker table with the very same posture that he showed-up with. Even if he doesn’t win, he has the idea that he is the best no-limit Texas Hold’em player on the planet.

As the bulk of Texas Hold’em Poker players would prefer to shun competition of this class, there are those who might say that show-boating could have its good points. So, the question is: Is there truly something like a good no limit Texas Hold’em poker show-off or devious no-limit Texas Hold’em show-off? Show-boating about how proficient you are in no-limit Texas Hold’em is basically just like saying: “I’m the best no-limit Texas Hold’em player on the globe, keep in mind to be on the ball while you’re playing a Texas Hold’em tournament against me!” That’s pretty much the nastiest vibe to send out playing no limit Texas Hold’em poker. What’s more, spilling too much about your Texas Hold’em playing techniques can be negative to your Texas Hold’em game. You almost definitely do not want these folks to get a clue about how you bet on specific poker hands.

Then there are those poker competitors who might utilize showing-off as a manner of no limit Texas Hold’em poker strategy, or bluff. Boasting when you get a specific no limit Texas Hold’em poker hand could fool your opponents and puzzle them about your Texas Hold’em playing style. You will come across people who might consider this plan somewhat unethical, but it is significant to consider that there aren’t many regulations against it in Texas Hold’em. Poker is all about making use of what you have and exploiting it to the limit.

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One of the most hated opponents at the Texas Hold’em table the majority of times will always be the show-off. You know the person I’m speaking of. He’s the one that pulls up a chair at the poker table and makes certain you’re aware that he wants to take all of your no limit Texas Hold’em poker chips; leaving the poker table with the exact same posture that he turned up with. Even if he loses, he has the thought that he is the top Texas Hold’em player on the globe.

Even as most Texas Hold’em Poker players would sooner avoid competition of this variety, there are other people who might say that bragging might have its positive side. So, the question that everyone is asking is: Is there honestly an expert poker boaster or a bad no-limit Texas Hold’em attention-seeker? Bragging about how skillful you are in poker is really just like admitting: “I am the greatest Texas Hold’em Poker player around, don’t forget to play your best game while you’re sitting in a no-limit Texas Hold’em tournament against me!” That is almost certain to be the most terrible vibe to give out playing Texas Hold’em Poker. Furthermore, giving away too much about your poker playing approach can be quite detrimental to your no-limit Texas Hold’em game. You almost definitely do not want these folks to know how you bet on specific Texas Hold’em Poker hands.

Also there are those Texas Hold’em players who could utilize show-boating as a style of Texas Hold’em Poker trick, or bluff. Bragging when you get a certain no limit Texas Hold’em poker hand may fool your opponents and leave them pretty confused about your Texas Hold’em Poker playing technique. There are a few people who might deem this tactic somewhat tricky, but it is key to not forget that there are not too tons of rules against it in no-limit Texas Hold’em. Poker is all about doing the best with what you’re dealt and utilizing it to the utmost.

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On Sunday, November 30th CBS will show their investigation special “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This documentary was produced after a 4 month inquiry into the online Texas Hold’em poker industry and exclusively a cheating scandal in relation to the online Texas Hold’em page Absolute Poker.

This Texas Hold’em room was examined after several of the Texas Hold’em poker players on the website said that a player was unjustly winning a great amount of cash. Todd Witteles was a key witness in this investigation, according to him; he was losing large amounts of poker chips to the exact same Texas Hold’em player. Witteles claimed that this gambler was raising against incredibly good hands, the majority of people would have assumed he was basically giving his money to the other players, but he was in reality earning tons of poker chips.

Witteles was correct about his suppositions, much later it was discovered that someone on the inside was able to watch anyone’s poker hole cards. At first look, Absolute Poker said that there was no wrongdoing with the site or the poker player. After lots more players presented the site with accusations, the poker webpage studied deeper into the cheating problem and discovered wrongdoing.

In Jan. of this year, the gaming commission exposed what the poker competitors and the Texas Hold’em room had suspected all the time. As it turns out, there was a worker who had broken through the poker webpage’s security system and was competing illegitimately for approximately six weeks. The inquiry showed that the Texas Hold’em poker webpage had not benefited from the unlawful activities in any way, and was not implicated.

These crimes are further proof that there should be more guidelines in regards to Texas Hold’em poker sites. The United States government needs to license and regulate the internet Texas Hold’em industry to defend these honorable clients. These regulations would also police the entry to these pages by children, which is turning into another issue these days.

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The two most popular online poker corporations around are merging in a TV deal very soon in what is predicted to be an extremely successful endeavor. The extremely well-liked poker site FullTiltPoker.com has recently publicized that they are working with W.P.T.E. for the following W.P.T. season. FullTiltPoker.net is going to be the chief backer of the World World Poker Tour’s seventh season, and the online poker website is on tap to be highlighted in every one of the installments which are seen on Fox Sports Net channel. Fulltiltpoker will acquire all the control of the educational aspects of the shows.

Detailed information of this accord have not been given away thus far, but the partnership will definitely be a sensation. This partnership will fuse two enormously strong Texas Hold’em poker corporations. W.P.T. which is a famous force on TV through FSN and Full Tilt Poker which has a huge online following, not to mention a poker lineup consisting of players who have accumulated a total of 10 W.P.T. titles and thirty-five W.S.O.P. bracelets. Full Tilt Poker also funds many other poker stars and now the online poker website has started providing Texas Hold’em poker training also.

This agreement is guaranteed to gain a fresh fan base and is certain to fill the newfound status which Texas Hold’em poker is causing. This union suggests W.P.T.E.’s yield of the Texas Hold’em poker room industry as W.P.T.E. will before long close up their online poker website W.P.T. online. Their membership webpage ClubWPT.com will most likely continue to run.

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Is it more effective to play a tight poker game or loose?

You will undoubtedly hear two theories from your fellow poker players or possibly the so-called poker professionals. Let’s look first at the tight Texas holdem’ players. Each player including yourself will find it difficult winning, if the entire table is playing a tight poker game. Most likely if you have a poker table full of tight poker players what may happen is the poker players will wind up exchanging the smaller pots back and forth to each other. All the while the casino is raking in tons of your hard-earned poker money, and that of your competition. So now you might think, is it better to play loose? Well, in this situation the better Texas holdem’ players are going to lose a smaller number of hands, but at the end of it all nobody is going to come out on top.

How can I perfect my Texas holdem’ playing in the long run?

The answer to this question is as easy as a piece of paper and a pen. A good tactic to learn a lot about your playing style and tactic, is to keep some sort of record of your Texas holdem’ playing. It’s possible to write down this information during the poker game, and then transfer it to a database on your home computer. This can also help you learn about your competitor’s playing style, and what is the best strategy to conquer them.

Is it a good idea to use the same tactics for every poker game?

If you consider that playing predictable poker is a winning strategy for playing poker, then you should consider varying your Texas holdem’ tactic. The Texas holdem’ pros agree that changing your Texas holdem’ playing method is the best way to confuse and puzzle your poker competition. You should test a number of tactics, find the best ones for each situation and alter them for each Texas holdem’ game.

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According to the 2006 WSOP bracelet winner, Jamie Gold, he would be pleased to be celebrated as the all time best bluffer in the world of poker. But if his last tournament is any clue, his wish may not be granted any time soon.

The location is the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic held at the Vegas Bellagio in 2007. Featuring $50 - $100 blinds and a $15,000 buy-in, Darrell Dicken is just barely holding on. The seat 4 player has just raised his wager to $300, a pretty small raise with only one player taking the bait. “I put him as being weak,” Jamie said, “I was thinking about raising, but instead I just called with a 10-3 of hearts to see what would happen.”

Jamie was thinking that Brad Booth would make a move, which he did. He re-raised to $1600 from the big blind. Gold had the idea that Booth had a passable hand, but he was in a great position to make a move taking into account the quantity of dead money in the pot. Dicken ended up folding, and the unknown in Seat 4 called Booth’s raise.

Now there was more than $4000 in the pot, so Jamie raised the wager by $4000. His thought was, only if someone else had aces or kings there would be no way they would make that call. Jamie’s strategy was to make a sizeable move on the flop, as long as no ace was dealt. The second part of his plan was to get Booth to fold, which he did. Booth folded with pocket queens.

On the flop there was an ace of ace-6-5, two clubs. The player in seat 4 checked and Jamie bet $2000. Jamie’s initial thought was to make him think that he had clubs. Seat 4 threw out a $10,000 chip, but didn’t say anything thus changing his raise into a call. Jamie’s thought was that seat 4 definitely had an ace, but you have to shield it in case he hits his set on the upcoming card.

A 2 of hearts came out on the turn, and Jamie quickly folded to what he thought was a top pair kicker. Seat 4 showed a king-jack off suit. Seat 4 fooled Gold by bluffing with a better hand, he forced a terrific poker play and kept the bluff going to the end of the Texas Holdem’ tournament.

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Anyone who has ever seen a movie or television program covering the lives of professional poker players might be under the impression that these players lead glamorous lives of excess and luxury on the level of royalty. Hollywood and the television industry go out of their way to depict these players as some type of international playboy, living the good life and enjoying all the finer things. The truth about the professional poker player is far different, as poker players have to put up with all kinds of inhospitable conditions as well as deal with multiple difficulties in building and maintaining their career as well as continuing to make it to the table on a regular basis.

The difficulties begin as soon as the poker player begins building a bankroll. The difficulty in building a strong bankroll cannot be overstated, as during the process of building this bankroll you will no doubt be brought back to square one on several occasions. While this process is normal, it can be very frustrating for the professional poker player. Being under this pressure to succeed, knowing that you have no safety net should you manage to burn through your bankroll, is devastating to the poker player. Walking a thin line between being on top and being on the bottom, the professional poker player has little other choice but to stay in the game, not necessarily because they might want to, but because they have no other choice. Once locked into the professional poker player lifestyle, there is very little chance of leaving it for any other type of income. Players get locked into the lifestyle that allows the poker player to become completely encompassed in poker, which can come with all manner of bad habits, which makes them even more dependent on the poker player lifestyle to make ends meet.

Once the poker player has committed to the professional lifestyle, it is very difficult indeed to maintain his existence, as there is never a break from the nonstop poker game that the professional must participate in to remain on top. The never ending stream of competitors, money and the drain on the players resources from staying in hotels and other locations while gaming and gambling can very quickly lead the poker playing professional to become burned out.

While this information likely would not be scary to anybody who intends to become a professional poker player, it is important to know that the professional poker player lifestyle is nowhere near as glamorous as many have been led to believe.

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Any player who considers himself to be a professional and is currently watching the World Series of poker tournament tour on television rather than participating in the event in person likely is lacking the prohibitively expensive $10,000 entry fee that is required to play in the ubiquitous Texas Hold’em poker tournament that is so popular around the world. If this is indeed the case, and the only that has kept you from competing in the World Series of poker tournament in Las Vegas is the entry fee, there are many ways to compete without having to shell out an entry fee. By playing in online poker rooms and casinos such as Fulltiltpoker.com, the professional poker player can set themselves up with a seat at the World Series of poker tournament in Las Vegas. The prize for many of the competitions on the web is often a seat at the World Series of poker tournament, which draws over 8000 players and competitors in all of the different events every year. Competing in the World Series of poker tournament in Las Vegas is a lifetime dream for many people, but unfortunately, many cannot afford to foot the tab. But, through playing in online poker rooms and casinos, many professional poker players can provide themselves with a free seat through winning a few rounds online.
Winning the World Series of poker tournament in Las Vegas by starting out in online poker rooms is a smart and extremely cost effective method of entering into the online poker room and casino competition that can eventually lead to the free seat in the World Series of poker tournament in Las Vegas that the professional poker player desires. While it is true that not everyone will be able to win a seat, it is also true that the World Series of poker tournament in Las Vegas is best left to professionals, who are capable of consistently winning in this way. In the event that you are unable to win in online poker rooms and casinos it is very likely that you were not destined to win at the World Series of poker tournament in Las Vegas regardless.

By winning at one of the available tournaments in online poker rooms and casinos on the Internet, the Texas Hold’em poker tournament player can win themselves a seat at the world-famous Las Vegas World Series of poker tournament and save the $10,000 entry fee.

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While it is important to note that there are many people who enjoy playing blackjack, the game itself features odd that are so ridiculously stacked against the player that they might as well not even bother playing. Considering the fact that the odds are so far stacked against you that when players begin to achieve victory at blackjack, they are automatically suspected of cheating, it should generally be avoided like the plague. Even worse than this and more indicative of the odds against the player is the fact that when players begin to win consistently at blackjack and are suspected of cheating, it is usually because they are actually cheating. Winning consistently at blackjack is so far removed from the realm of reality that there is a good chance that you have never even heard the term professional blackjack player. The reason there are no full-time professional blackjack players is that no human on earth could possibly bankroll such a losing proposition. The simple truth about games such as blackjack, roulette and other types of events in gaming establishments and casinos is that they are all eventually going to benefit the house, the establishment will always win and the player will always go home broke, lucky if they have enough fuel to drive their car home from Las Vegas or whatever other location they managed to find gambling action in.

Compared with blackjack, Texas Hold’em poker and the concept of playing in Texas Hold’em poker tournament events seems like the best odds on earth. The simple fact is, while Texas Hold’em poker is played against other opponents, games such as roulette and blackjack are played against the house, and are never going to give the player a chance to come out ahead. Despite the odds, players will still continue to play blackjack and lose. In Texas Hold’em poker, whether in tournament play or playing for cash in a cash game, the odds are predicated on the players that the player is playing against and modified by the individual skills of these opponents. If the player is skilled enough, the odds are increased greatly in his or her favor. Considering that many professional Texas Hold’em poker tournament players have been playing for extended amounts of time, most of their lives in many cases, it is an easy enough guess to hazard that the professional Texas Hold’em poker tournament player will enjoy better odds than most simply due to their abilities.

When comparing blackjack to the game of Texas Hold’em and the concept of playing in Texas Hold’em poker tournaments, there really is no comparison.

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