Full Tilt has incorporated a new bonus awarding at least $100 in bonuses to its poker players simply for trying Full Tilt Poker’s New Client.

To apply this poker promo, Full Tilt players only need to earn one point from Full Tilt before the 28th of July. Poker players who don’t comply are not entitled for Full Tilt Biggest Bonus Ever offer. Players who meet the criteria of this offer will have until 23:59 ET on August 16th to obtain the Full Tilt bonus.

To receive the poker bonus, poker players will be required to open the Full Tilt Poker new client software, log in and click on the “Cashier” button in the game lobby, select the “My Promotions” box in the cashier, choose the Biggest Bonus Ever link in the ‘My Promotions” gateway; this will take them to a section clearing up the facts on how to get the poker bonus.

Once players accept their Biggest Bonus Ever offer, they will have 30 days to release the Full Tilt bonus simply by earning Full Tilt points in any real money games at Full Tilt Poker.

Players of ring games will earn one Full Tilt point for each dollar raked from the pot in hands where they are dealt poker cards. Players can earn partial Full Tilt points if less than one dollar is raked, with a maximum of three Full Tilt points gained per poker hand.

Sit & Go poker players will earn seven Full Tilt Poker points for every dollar in poker tournament fees paid. There is no cap for the number of Full Tilt points you can earn for each poker tournament.

For more information on the Biggest Bonus Ever, please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/biggest-bonus-ever/overview?ck=ftp472930110217469

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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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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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Sunday night CBS will show their special program “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This special was filmed after a four-month research into the online Texas Hold’em industry and specifically a con in relation to the online poker website Absolute Poker.

This poker page was inspected after a few of the poker players on the page alleged that a player was dishonestly winning a large amount of poker chips. Todd Witteles was a key player in this investigation, according to Witteles; he was losing huge amounts of money to the exact same Texas Hold’em poker player. Witteles declared that this gambler was raising against exceptionally good poker cards, most people would have believed he was simply handing over his money, but he was incredibly winning quite often.

Witteles was correct with his suppositions, following this it was uncovered that a poker player possibly working for the company was able to see everyone´s hole cards. At first look, Absolute Poker claimed that there were no problems with the room or the Texas Hold’em poker competitor. After many more players showed up with accusations, the poker page examined deeper into the situation and discovered wrongdoing.

In Jan. of 2008, the Kahnawake Gaming Commision revealed what the poker competitors and the Texas Hold’em poker site had supposed all along. The investigation proved that, there was a staff member who had broken through the poker room’s security and was playing poker unlawfully for around a month and a half. The research showed that the poker webpage had not benefited from the illicit activities at all, and was in no way, shape or form involved.

These issues are further testimony that there must be more control in regards to poker sites. The US government ought to authorize and regulate the online Texas Hold’em business to defend these honest customers. These rules would also regulate the entry to these websites by young children, which tends to be another problem issue lately.

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The well-known online poker room FullTiltPoker.com, just publicized that for the tenth time they will hold the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” at the start of November. This poker championship will start out with a $216 Texas Hold em buy-in event. The Texas Hold em tournament will have a $15 million prize pool. The Texas Hold Em Poker tournament will have 25 poker games with the main poker tournament on Sunday, November 16th which has a $2.5 million prize pool.

There is a possibility for any player to take part in the FTOPS, by earning as many satellite wins as they are able to do. The more satellite games you win, the more FullTiltPoker.com chips you will receive. If you end up winning more satellite games than the other competitors, you will win the tournament equivalent of two more buy-ins. The satellite Texas Hold em games are are going on now, and are open for the Full Tilt website members.

The FTOPS Texas Hold Em tournament commenced in 2006 when it consisted of 8 events and gave out over $1 million. At the moment, the tournament has become very famous, with 2006’s FTOPS Tournament holding 25 poker events and prizes of over $15 million. This year’s tournament will present a Two-Day Event which has buy-ins from $2500 up to $5000. The first ever Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that year’s FTOPS had a prize pool that totaled over $400,000. FTOPS X’s Two-Day event has a definite poker pot of around $2 million. This poker tournament will open on the 15th of November.

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One of the most important aspects in poker tournaments is conning your opponents by making them believe your poker hand is better, when in reality it is most likely your hand is much worse than theirs. This is popularly known as “Poker face”, a straight-face to trick your competition into supposing an idea that might be false.

If you have a good hand it is most likely going to affect your nerves, could possibly make your hands shaky, and your pulse rise. These are pretty obvious signs that your poker buddies may pick up on very quickly, especially if they know you well. Keep in mind not to peer over at the pot if you have some good poker cards in your hands. This is an obvious gesture for your competitors that you are, in your head, counting the poker chips.

In the situation where you have a horrible poker hand, try not to keep yourself from glancing at your poker buddies, don’t lower your head, and don’t act reluctant about your bet. When you can prove to yourself that your set of cards is equal, or superior than your competition; you will possibly convince them of this as well. Remember to make this seem as normal as possible. Your gestures and actions may be saying one point, while what you are saying are giving them a whole different idea.

Another significant aspect of Texas Hold Em is to be able to read your opponents “poker tells”. A “tell” is a gesture or habit that may give away information about their hand. One critical point to remember is when your opponent gives the appearance that he has a great Texas Hold Em hand; he, most likely, has a very weak hand. From a different angle, if he behaves as though he has a weak hand, he in all probability has an excellent Texas Hold Em hand.

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Playing in online poker rooms and casinos such as Fulltiltpoker.com is a very popular activity and there are no end of players who are more than happy to sign up and play for high stakes on the Internet. With this focus on winning big against stiff competition on the web, very few players are likely to be excited about the concept of playing against professional Texas Hold’em poker tournament players such as Phil Ivey. While it might seem odd, websites such as Fulltiltpoker.com add professional poker players such as Phil Ivey and others to their ranks in order to generate more interest in the online poker rooms and casinos. When professional poker players receive the tremendous amount of exposure from events such as the World Series of poker in Las Vegas and other Texas Hold’em poker tournaments throughout the world, it is extremely beneficial to the online poker rooms and casinos that host these professional poker players throughout the year. For the online poker room and casinos, it is a tremendously successful method of bringing in new players and creating new action at the online poker tables.

But in the case of the online poker player, they may or may not be quite so ecstatic about playing against world-class professional Texas Hold’em poker tournament players who can literally wipe them out with in just a few short hands. Considering the amount of high limit and no limit Texas hold players, there is a strong market for these types of professional players and the challenge that they bring. But, in the case of many of the lower limit players, there is simply no reason to get excited over these types of celebrity players. Despite this fact, there is still good reason to host these types of professional players in an attempt to raise publicity and exposure for the online poker room and casino.

In the case of celebrities such as Michael Jordan, there is certainly no reason to think that a certain brand of underwear is better than another, simply because a famous basketball player wears them. Nonetheless, Michael Jordan will quickly tell you that Hanes are the best underwear that you can possibly by. While the question of Michael Jordan’s superior knowledge of underwear manufacturing might go unresolved, it is obvious that there are multitudes of fans that will simply rush out to buy this brand of underwear because Michael Jordan wears them.

This is the same concept at work with the Fulltiltpoker.com online poker room and casino and its utilization of world famous Texas Hold’em poker tournament players to bring a new players to online poker rooms and casinos.

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