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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A vital aspect in poker tournaments is deceiving your opponents by forcing them to believe you have a decent hand, when in reality it is most likely your hand is much worse than theirs. This is popularly known as “Poker face”, an unreadable expression used to trick or deceive your competitors into thinking something that might not be true.

If you happen to have a good poker hand it is most likely going to affect your nerves, could possibly make your hands shaky, and your heartbeat race. These are pretty obvious signs that your poker competition may see very quickly, especially if they know you well. Try not to peer over at the pot if you have a good poker hand. This is a tell-tale sign to your competition that you are, in your head, adding up what you might win.

In the condition where you have a god-awful poker hand, try not to dodge your competitors eyes, 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 just as good, or superior than your competition; you will possibly convince them of this as well. Keep in mind to keep this as natural-looking as possible. Your use of body language and motions may be saying one idea, while the things you are talking about are making them believe something entirely different.

Another significant aspect of Texas Hold Em is to be able to read your opponents “poker tells”. A “tell” is a look or appearance that may give you an idea of the type of Texas Hold Em hand they are holding. One vital rule to never forget is when your competition behaves as though he has a good 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 most likely has a very good hand.

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