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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No doubt the most detested personalities at the Texas Hold’em table the majority of times will at all times be the bragger. You know the person I’m speaking of. He’s the player that finds a place at the poker table and makes clear you’re conscious that he wants to take all of your poker chips; leaving the no limit Texas Hold’em poker table with the very same posture that he turned up with. Even if this guy gets shut down, he has in his mind that he is the finest poker player hands down.

As the greater part poker players would prefer to steer clear of challengers of this type, there are other people who might say that shooting off their mouths may have its rewards. So, the question that everyone is asking is: Is there in all reality an expert poker boaster or a bad Texas Hold’em Poker show-off? Show-boating about how competent you are in Texas Hold’em is basically just like stating: “I am the finest Texas Hold’em player in the world, don’t forget to play the best you can while you’re competing in a no-limit Texas Hold’em game against me!” That’s about the worst vibe you are going to want to give off playing Texas Hold’em. Furthermore, spilling too much info. about your no-limit Texas Hold’em playing approach can be quite harmful to your Texas Hold’em Poker game. You definitely do not want these players to find out how you play specific Texas Hold’em hands.

Moreover there are those Texas Hold’em opponents who might exploit bragging as a kind of poker trick, or bluff. Showing-off when you are dealt a specific no limit Texas Hold’em poker hand might possibly fool your opponents and stump them about your no limit Texas Hold’em poker playing approach. There are a few people who may believe that this tactic a bit tricky, but it is significant to remember that there aren’t many rules against it in poker. Texas Hold’em Poker is all about doing the best with what you’re dealt and taking advantage of it to the maximum.

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The popular online poker website FullTiltPoker.com, has just announced that finally they will have the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” at the start of November. This Full Tilt Poker Championship will commence with a no-limit Texas Hold em with a $216 buy-in event. The Texas Hold em tournament will have a $15 million prize pool. The FulltiltPoker.com tournament has 25 poker events with the main Texas Hold em event on Sunday, November 16th which has a $2.5 million prize pool.

There is an opportunity for any Texas Hold em poker player to participate in the poker tournament, by earning as many satellite wins as possible. Depending on how many satellite games you take first place in, the more tournament money you will receive. If you are successful in winning more satellite events than the other competitors, you will win two more buy-ins for the FTOPS. The satellite poker games are are being held right now, and anyone who is a member of FullTiltPoker.com can participate.

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series commenced in 2006 with a total of 8 events and awarded $1 million in prizes. Now, the FTOPS has become enormous, with last years poker event hosting 25 FTOPS events and prizes of over $15 million. November’s poker tournament will highlight a Two-Day Event with buy-ins ranging from $2500 to $5000. The first ever Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that tournament had a prize pool that totaled over $400,000. November’s Two-Day event has a assured pool of at least $2 million. This Two-Day event will launch on the 15th of November.

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