Writing by admin on Thursday, 16 of July , 2009 at 6:35 pm
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 5th 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.
Category: internet poker, poker rooms, poker tournament
Writing by admin on Friday, 10 of April , 2009 at 5:35 pm
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
Category: poker tournament, professional poker, texas holdem
Writing by admin on Wednesday, 1 of October , 2008 at 6:15 pm
The largest prize pool ever was announced by Bodoglife, with the main Texas hold em event giving away $300,000. The total for the eight day poker event will be over $650,000, over the course of the fourteen tournament event. The Bodog Poker event will begin Sunday, September 28th and continues through Sunday, October 5th. The well-known Texas Hold em tournament website will also feature six “Bounty” tournaments, where the contestants can win $109 in Texas Hold em credits for each Team Bodog poker player they eliminate from the poker tournament. The hottest poker players will be playing all conteders in the poker contest.
Team Bodog champ, Justin Bonomo, is indisputably excited about the poker championship. Throughout his poker career, the 23 year old has received around $1.4 million. He says that if you considered that the first Texas Hold em tournament was huge, you will definitely be astounded with this year’s Texas Hold em Tournament and the cash involved. He also challenges anyone that has the courage to knock him out of the poker tournament to step forward.
The first Bounty Tournament is going to be the first poker game in the championship on Sunday. Any poker player has the ability to buy-In right into this, and any of the other Texas Hold em games with cash. Or another choice is to win their way into the poker events through the satellites which are held every night during the poker contest week. Bodog will feature six bounty events and seven “Championship Events”, which will feature higher buy-ins and deeper stacks.
Bodog’s event will have thirteen tournaments 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 poker championship with a guaranteed $300,000 in prizes, regardless of the total number of players in the championship. All the poker players who want to enter the main tournament will have to pay $500 for the buy-in and in return will receive 10,000 in poker chips.
Category: bodog poker, gaming, poker, poker celebrities, poker tournament, poker tournaments, texas holdem
Writing by admin on Wednesday, 14 of November , 2007 at 7:14 pm
While playing Texas Hold’em poker and Omaha in online poker rooms might be all the rage, it is a tremendous level of fun and excitement to participate in online casinos such as the Golden Riviera Casino. With the popularity of these types of casinos, it is small wondering that so many of these types of websites have recently sprung to life and begun doing business in recent years. In the case of the Golden Riviera Casino, business has been very good and players have flocked to the online casino to enjoy all manner of gaming and gambling from nations around the world, hoping to strike it rich. And speaking of striking it rich, there are so many different types of gaming and gambling available at the ubiquitous online casino that it is easy to see how the Golden Riviera Casino became so popular so quickly. A bright star among the multitude of casino offerings on the Internet, the Golden Riviera Casino is one of the most popular international casinos in the world and offers all manner of gaming options such as keno, multi-line slots, five and three reel slots, craps, blackjack, European versions of blackjack, Roulette and even video poker. Considering the extremely generous 200% download bonus or optional $150 free, (€150 if you are European) the bonuses that are paid out from second party payment processing services on the Internet such as Click2Pay, InstaCash and Payspark, and the continuing promotional offers that exist at the Golden Riviera casino, it is easy to see how the popular online casino continues to attract so much business on a consistent basis. Known for its flexibility and for serving the global and international community, the Golden Riviera Casino has enjoyed a tremendous level of success since its inception and continues to serve the community on the Internet and allow players from all around the world to try their luck at all manner of blackjack, Roulette and other types of gaming and gambling on the web. While taking the online casino effort to a new level, the international Casino offers a multi-language support service, including telephone operators and all manner of chat and e-mail support. Regardless of what country you might live in and what language you might speak, the Golden Riviera Casino is generally more than well equipped to deal with what ever concerns that the player might have at all hours of the day or night. This is one of the biggest selling points of the Golden Riviera Casino is its very strong reputation for customer service. Regardless of the problem, whether large or small, the Golden Riviera Casino online support team can very likely put it to bed in a hurry, leaving only happy customers where problems once existed.
Category: Gambling, casinos, gaming, internet poker, online casinos, online poker, poker, poker tournament, texas holdem, video poker
Writing by admin on Friday, 28 of September , 2007 at 9:32 pm
Anyone familiar with the Texas Hold’em poker tournaments that take place all year round and are widely publicized on television and in other forms of media can very likely tell you all kinds of information about how to successfully play in these types of tournaments. The play style of the Texas Hold’em poker tournament is quite well documented through these televised events, where announcers give the viewers a play-by-play of exactly what is going on and all the strategies involved in the assorted types of gameplay that are present on the viewers television screen. With this ubiquitous display of Texas Hold’em poker tournament strategy, many players assume that they can sit down at a table and began to win right away. This concept could not be further from the truth, as play is far different from the strategies that are utilized in the cash game. When playing in the professional Texas Hold’em poker tournament, there is a far different strategy at play than what the player might see in the same Texas Hold’em poker match, but in the form of a cash game.
The Texas Hold’em poker tournament player is focused on staying in the game until the bitter end, regardless of how many chips you finally end up with. This concept is predicated on the idea that the winner receives a set amount, regardless of how many chips he crosses the finish line with in his possession. Playing in Texas Hold’em poker tournament games requires strategies that include slow playing, bluffing and all manner of strategy that involves simply staying in the game to the final table. By making it to the end, the poker tournament player is guaranteed a strong level of success. By obeying the rules and strategies of this type of gameplay, the professional Texas Hold’em poker tournament player can ensure that they can compete on a regular basis in the tournament, with little chance of being knocked out unless they come across a more skilled player or are simply dealt a bad hand of cards.
While the professional Texas Hold’em poker tournament strategy is all well and good for its genre, the style of play involved in Texas Hold’em poker cash games can be a world apart, as the focus of the cash game is coming away from the table with as much money as possible. In tournament play, getting to the end is all that matters. But playing in cash games, ending the game with all the money is the one and only priority of the professional poker player.
Keeping this in mind, it is important for viewers of Texas Hold’em poker tournament games on television to understand the world of difference between the strategies involved in the two different types of gameplay.
Category: Gambling, gaming, poker, poker strategy, poker tournament, poker tournaments, texas holdem