Full Tilt has just launched an original info section involving all the information of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an incredible online heads up tournament featuring some of the best high stakes online players taking on the online poker phenom Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The new section gives poker players and fans the opportunity to track this amazing durrrr challenge and get frequent statistical updates. With this new “durrrr Challenge” site players can view all the action and review each hand played during durrrr Challenge, and check out lots of stats, including how many hands were played, session time, cash won, average won during each hand and tons more.

Around six months ago, the 23 year old internet poker phenom dealt out a heads-up poker challenge open to any poker player with the cash, time and talent to accept it. Any poker player entering the challenge has to put up $500,000 against Tom’s $1.5 million. Tom’s challenge states that at least 50,000 hands need to be played at the same time at four or more tables of no-limit Hold’em or pot-limit Omaha. At the end of the challenge, the poker player who has more money will take home the pool. In essence if you enter the challenge and win a dollar after the 50,000 hands, then you will earn Tom’s $1.5 Million, but if he wins by a dollar then he will take your $500,000.

Up to now, several professional poker players have agreed to to play the “durrrr challenge”, including WSOP Champ Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, yet, only Patrick Antonius has consented to the durrrr challenge. Thus far, both poker players have taken part in a total of 20,647 poker hands out of 50,000, with durrrr up by $726,546 total.

For more info on the Full Tilt Poker durrrr Challenge and durrrr vs. Antonius, please go to http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

The most popular poker website FullTilt.com is taking the coverage to the next level with the 2009 WSOP with their WSOP Coverage Page, a new site created to give poker players on everything related to the 2009 WSOP, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, minute to minute updates, poker players’ blogs and more.

FullTiltPoker.com’s new 2009 WSOP Coverage Page is not the run of the mill information site offered by many other sites. Full Tilt’s Site is broken down into three areas, and includes a daily highlights piece in where readers can get access to the 2009 WSOP events info, results, players and more in a series of articles written by the FullTiltPoker.com writers Roy Winston and AlCantHang. Besides the same ol’ daily updates and results on all of the poker event, FullTiltPoker.com’s 2009 WSOP News Page also features two blogs, Poker from the Rail Blog, which features comments, poker news, inside info from FullTilt.com Pros, opinions from FullTiltPoker.com’s readers and authors and guest posts from other poker bloggers, and the Pro Blog, which features commentaries from members of Team Full Tilt participating in the World Series of Poker 2009, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.

In addition, Full Tilt’s new WSOP Coverage Page has a Twitter area that gives live updates and info from various poker professionals. Included in the Twitter portion include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter section lets players to send short messages permitting people from around the world to listen to them. These messages known as “tweets”, can be transmitted from anywhere through a mobile phone or other portable device.

To see more information on  Full Tilt Poker’s new 2009 WSOP Coverage Page please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/series-coverage.

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

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* 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

Las Vegas billionaire Steve Wynn definitely has something new to be keyed up about this Christmas season. Investing nearly $2.3 billion, the eye-catching hotel and casino named Encore will be open to the public very soon.

This deluxe hotel-casino is joined to the tremendously popular Wynn Las Vegas on the LV Strip. As tons of Vegas casino-hotel proprietors are trying to discover a way to keep their hotels open, Wynn is flying high with his $billion property investments.

This 2,000 room casino-hotel is a great addition to the Wynn Las Vegas. The showpiece of this casino-hotel will be the nightclub, named XS. Wynn has noticed a trend in the last few years that nightclubs are a huge attraction in Las Vegas, Nevada, and not necessarily the casino-hotels like they have been in the past. Wynn states that Sin City nightclubs typically produce more riches and are a big meeting spot for the young and hip crowd.

He has also built a lush eatery next to the XS nightclub. Named after the well-known Colombian painter, Fernando Botero this circular restaurant has a massive Botero statue as the focal point. Although not spectacular as the nightclub which it is adjacent to; the Botero steakhouse is intended to harmonize pretty well with the flamboyant Las Vegas nightclub.
The plan behind XS and Botero is a type of St. Tropez ambiance, where the celebration goes on 24 hours a day and the majority of the partying happens next to a swimming pool or ocean area. Times are a changin’ in LV, where people would rather partying to slot machines these days.

With almost one year of no activity, the Mirage Megaresort’s famed volcano will be brought to life larger and more impressive than in the past. The popular LV casino and hotel is bringing out their best to draw as many visitors as feasible to take a look at their transformation.

This New Year’s Eve, the stuntman and daredevil Robbie Knievel will try a motorcycle jump over the Mirage Hotel’s manmade volcano. This jump will mark the conclusion of a 3-year redecoration of the Sin City casino and hotel. Over this period, the Vegas hotel and casino has spent around $110 million upgrading their accommodations and suites.

This New Year’s Eve act is scheduled to be Knievel’s last act in the United States. The act will carry on for 5 minutes and present fireworks and a high-tech music soundtrack. The music for the presentation has been written by former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. Robbie Knievel is the son of the deceased Evil Knievel-the first and most renowned daredevils.

The LV Mirage was constructed in 1989 by Vegas industrialist Steve Wynn and was deemed as Vegas’ 1st megaresort. This reconstruction is one of a set of hotels on the Sin City Strip in the past year. This hotel and casino hopes that this show will invite a big number of tourists to the Las Vegas casino. The idea behind the upgrade is to surpass other famous Vegas hotel-casinos like the Bellagio hotel and casino.

The Sin City event tons of boxing fanatics have been waiting forever to see is coming very soon. De La Hoya will fight one of the world’s current top fighters, ”Pac-Man” Pacquiao. This bout is planned for Sat. December 6th in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Undoubtedly there has been many words spoken in Las Vegas, Nevada about this boxing match. Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya has trimmed his weight down to 147 lbs. to compete as a welterweight, and some people think that Oscar De La Hoya could not be as stout since the drop in weight. Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao has in the past boxed one time as a lightweight and is now heading up to the welterweight class. Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao is also the current lightweight category champ , and is thought of by many boxing pros to be the best fighter of these times.

This is De La Hoya’s first tour back to Las Vegas for a fight since he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year. This match is scheduled to be a sell-out for the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Tourists to Las Vegas, Nevada have dwindled recent times, but Las Vegas, Nevada events like this match really have a way of bringing fans to Las Vegas.

This match will definitely be one for the books as it brings together the two greatest boxers of this generation in a twelve round welterweight contest. De La Hoya v. Pacquiao tickets are on sale. If you were to attend only one LV event this year, this is certainly the Las Vegas, Nevada event to attend.

Fans of next year’s C.E.S. Vegas could be in for a great shock. Typically, about this time it is close to unheard of to discover a vacant Sin City hotel resort anywhere close to LV, but the next Consumer Electronics Show Las Vegas, Nevada is turning out to be a standout Las Vegas event. A great deal of the biggest resort hotels on the LV Strip have astoundingly cut their prices ,some as much as twenty percent.

Just about 100,000 tourists overtake Las Vegas, Nevada each year to inspect the cutting-edge electronics displayed by the C.E.A.. The Sin City event is held from January 8th to the 11th with the greater part of the events taking place in the Venetian Hotel and Resort and the Sands Vegas. This ends up being a time period when finding a nice hotel price becomes nearly an impossible task.

The Consumer Electronics Association stated a few days ago that a lot of the Las Vegas Strip hotel and casinos have cut their hotel room rates, the majority of them by a pretty big amount. If you already have your reservation ready, it might be a good idea to recheck prices on Sin City hotel rooms. To give you an example: the Tropicana Las Vegas has cut their room rate by nearly 17%. Many of the Sin City hotels that are open next to the Consumer Electronics Show, have started giving individual C.E.S. prices to the tourists of the Vegas event.

Most professionals say that this drop in Las Vegas, Nevada hotel casino prices is because of the detail that many of the electronics enterprises have had to decrease the number of personnel they are dispatching to the convention. This forces the LV hotel resorts to slash their rates to invite more vacationers to their hotel casinos at the time of this convention. Other analysts propose that it is due to the existing scarcity of sightseers to Las Vegas, Nevada compared to previous years.

Vegas is full of contradictions these days. For the average Las Vegas, Nevada tourist, their money will last a great deal longer than in the past. As for the Vegas native, these days are a bit more complex.

The Vegas travelers will be quite pleased with the cheap costs of Sin City hotel rooms, even on the Las Vegas Strip. Needless to say the availability of bargain Vegas show tickets, LV coupons, and even Sin City food credits. This is certainly a superb moment to stay in LV for the budget –minded sightseer. Of course the financial situation does affect some aspects of Las Vegas, Nevada for the sightseers. For example, a number of performances are forced to close or search for new theaters. “Stomp Out Loud” is the most evident case of this modification, they are stepping out of the Planet Hollywood casino resort location in January of next year.

To see of how the United States’ economic state is negatively affecting the Vegas natives, you need to look no further than the very same Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, LV casino hotels, and LV eateries that offer these cheap prices and Vegas coupons. Of late Las Vegas, Nevada has observed the amount of tourists reduce, which in turn affects the regular waiter, bellboy, or casino dealer. The majority of the major Vegas Strip hotel casinos have been required to lay off workforce due to this condition.

One thing is sure of this situation; the outlook is very encouraging for Sin City sightseers. You certainly able to locate some extraordinary Las Vegas, Nevada deals, and with the price of gasoline decreasing these are some excellent days to vacation in Vegas.

Las Vegas contains many inconsistencies lately. For the normal Las Vegas, Nevada vacationer, their cash can last a great deal longer than in the past. On the other side of the coin for the Vegas resident, times are a little more tough.

The Las Vegas vacationers will be very pleased with the low costs of Sin City hotel rooms, even on the Las Vegas Strip. Needless to say the availability of low priced LV show tickets, Vegas coupons, and even Vegas food credits. Right now is surely a superb time to holiday in Sin City for the budget –minded traveler. Of course the economic circumstance does shape some areas of LV for the sightseers. For example, a few performances are forced to shut down or look for other theaters. “Stomp Out Loud” is the most clear model of this transformation, they are leaving from the Planet Hollywood casino location in January, 2009.

Now to get a picture of how the nation’s financial state is having an affect on the Vegas natives, you need to look no further than the same Vegas casinos, Vegas hotel casinos, and LV eateries that give these reduced costs and Las Vegas, Nevada coupons. Of late Las Vegas has noticed the total number of sightseers plunge, this in turn affects the standard attendant, bellboy, or casino worker. Most of the principal LV Strip resort hotels have been forced to lay off people because to this state.

If there is one positive element of this condition; the expectation is very encouraging for Vegas vacationers. You certainly able to locate some hard to believe Sin City offers, and with the price of fuel on the decline these are some excellent months to visit Vegas.

Many people might assume that a spectacular mix of Criss Angel and Cirque du Soleil could possibly be a match made in heaven, or in Criss Angel’s case, hell.

If you happen to be any one of the many followers who have attended this new LV event, titled Criss Angel BeLIEve presented at the Luxor Hotel Casino, then you may have a unique notion about this latest show. This latest Las Vegas presentation is actually Cirque du Soleil’s sixth presentation to exhibit on the Las Vegas Strip.

It starts out rather alike Angel’s standard illusion productions, with a taste of “Cirque”. Then all of a sudden an unsuccessful magic trick takes Angel to a Wizard of Oz-like dreamworld. You can even see bizarre rabbits hurrying on all sides of the stage, combined with Criss Angel’s standard feats and illusions mixed with Cirque’s spectacular allure. It peaks with Angel essentially splitting himself in half, probably the high point of this presentation.

One of the concerns, that many enthusiasts have come across with the idea, is the point that the magician has several spoken parts in the performance. Criss Angel’s drama abilities aren’t truly his strong suit, and this is not usual in any of Cirque’s other well-liked Vegas events.

The good outweighs the bad, though, in this blend of Criss and Cirque. There are lots of fabulous feats presented in the presentation, and united with Cirque du Soleil’s flair, the show does have its memorable and wonderful moments. The ticket sales do not lie, as this presentation is looking to be one of biggest presentations that Cirque has had in LV.

Cirque du Soleil which was founded in Montreal, Canada includes this latest proposal to their bill of LV performances. Their other shows consist of: “O” in the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Vegas, Zumanity in the Zumanity Theater in the New York-New York casino, LOVE in The Mirage Casino, Ka at the Ka Theater at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino, and Mystere at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.