As a moderator and an affiliate for WDIAV I am continiously impressed by the promotions they offer to their players. Here is an awesome promo rewarding those that grind on Full Tilt! The top 90 players earn a spot in this monthly tourney which could really help a new player kick off a bankroll!!

$1000 Full Tilt Points Race

Who is Eligible: Any WDIAV or FPCB Player who set up a player account at FullTilt through our link and also received the free $50 bankroll from us.

Here is how it works…

Play on Full tilt poker starting on the 16th of each month thru the 15th of the next month and earn as many Full tilt Poker points as possible. The top 90 point earners during that time will be entered into our $1000 Points Race Freeroll.

Tournament Schedule
Time Period
Tournament Date

October 16th – November 15th
November 21st 1:00 EST

November 16th – December 15th
December 26th 1:00 EST

December 16th – January 15th
January 22nd 1:00 EST

January 16th – February 16th
February 26th 1:00 EST

Good Luck!

Antes del flop

Aumenta el valor de cuatro ciegas grandes desde cualquier posición si tienes AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT o AK. Si alguien aumenta eso, ve all-in.

También aumenta desde posiciones medias o tardías si tienes par de nueves, dieces, jotas o reinas. Esto aplica también para KQ, AJ y AQ. Si alguien aumenta eso, deberías hacer all in con cualquiera de esas manos, excepto KQ y AJ – si tienes una de esas dos manos deberías retirarte cuando te aumentan.

Después del flop

En esta etapa la ronda se decide en el flop. Esto es simplemente porque el pozo es tan grande, que no podrás retirarte una vez que hayas decidido continuar jugando.

Si has aumentado en el preflop y ahora tienes un solo oponente, apuesta la mitad o dos tercios del pozo sin importar la mano que tengas. Si alguien aumenta, y tú tienes un par alto, algo mejor, o un proyecto de color ve all-in. Esto aplica a cuando no ligaste nada, pero tus cartas iniciales son más altas que cualquier carta comunitaria (overcards).

¿Cómo juegas la mesa final?

Básicamente la estrategia usada para la ultima etapa es la misma que se usa en la mesa final, excepto por unas pequeñas diferencias. Debes poner más atención a las posiciones y usar esos momentos grandiosos cuando todos los jugadores antes que ti se retiran y eres el primero que es capaz de aumentar.

Tenle respeto a los oponentes que aumentan desde una posición temprana. Es muy probable que tengan algo bueno.

Si alguien aumenta desde una posición temprana y tienes AA, KK, QQ, JJ o AK, ve all-in.

Si alguien aumenta desde una posición media, a la regla de más arriba agrégale el par de diez, de nueves o AQ.

Si nadie aumenta y estas en una posición media o temprana, ve all-in con cualquier par de nueve en adelante asi como también con AK, AQ y AJ.

Si estas en una posición tardía, deberías ir all-in también con dos sietes, dos ochos y KQ, si nadie aumenta antes que ti.

Party Bets Poker

Vinci un posto per il più importante torneo di poker australiano Diventa protagonista e vinci il viaggio dei tuoi sogni per l’Aussie Millions®

L’ Aussie Millions è uno tra i più importanti tornei di poker al mondo, con un montepremi stimato $2,5 milioni di dollari australiani. Un evento assolutamente da non pordere per chi ama il poker.Per questo, vogliamo offrire ai giocatori di PartyPoker l’opportunità di vincere un pacchetto di lusso per l’evento principale dell’Aussie Millions.

Non lasciarti sfuggire questa occasione, gioca il torneo satellite che si terrà domenica 13 dicembre. Per partecipare ai freeroll giornalieri o alle eliminatorie, basta solo un dollaro!

Prepara il tuo percorso per l’Aussie Millions:

Iscriviti subito alle eliminatorie dell’Aussie Millions®: potresti vincere il più grande montepremi australiano.

Nota:

• Il pacchetto ha un valore di €10.200 (buy–in per l’evento principale, alloggio presso il Crown Promenade Hotel e €2.400 per spese di viaggio)
• I giocatori sono responsabili dei permessi di viaggio, dei visti e dell’assicurazione di viaggio
• In alternativa al pacchetto per l’evento principale dell’ Aussie Million®, il vincitore potrà ricevere €7.000.
• Leggi le condizioni di utilizzo standard

Since I started this Challenge with zero dollars in my account, it would make sense to explain a little strategy on playing freerolls.

            Most freerolls have between a 30 and 100 dollar prize pool and usually thousands of players. This means that if you get anywhere close to cashing in one, you will be spending at least a couple of hours playing for what is usually somewhere between 50 cents and 15 dollars. Not much, but if your starting a new bankroll without making a deposit, these pennies are what is going to start you off so you should at least have a plan of attack that will help you cash in them. Some poker sites (like bodog) have freerolls that have rebuys and guaranteed prize pools up to $1000. Freerolls like these should be played in as much as possible but we will talk about these in another article. Ill be focusing on the smaller freerolls here.

Early Stages

          Freerolls should be played a little bit different than real money tournaments. Real money tournament strategy is to start off tight early on playing mostly premium hands and not risking your tournament life on coin flips. Once the antes kick in you should turn up the aggression and build your stack gradually by stealing the blinds and antes. Freerolls are different in that you want to build your stack early by doubling up. You want to play smart but do not worry about betting small amounts to win small pots. Take your premium hands and push all in preflop. You will most likely get at least one or 2 callers with average hands. Do not wait until after the flop to push all in. Many players who would have called you with K 10 preflop will not want to call after a flop of 9-5-3. You want to double up early  and often with solid hands. If it doesnt work out you can just play another freeroll. You need to build a big stack early so you can throw it around the table in the later stages. Take advantage of the carelessness and loose play of the other players. I would push all in with any pocket pair 88 or better and ace jack or better. If you can see a flop cheaply I would limp with all pocket pairs below 88, any suited ace, KJ, K10 or any suited connectors trying to see a monster flop. NEVER BLUFF AT THIS STAGE OF THE TOURNAMENT!!!

Middle Stages

          As the tournament progresses, the play will start to resemble normal poker more and more with players gradually beginning to tighten up. The middle stages will still be fairly loose but now you can start to pick and choose who you want to play against. By now you should have a big stack that you can use to push the smallest stacks all in. I would refrain from using the all in move here preflop as you may get re raised by a bigger stack you dont want to get involved with. Now is a good time to play Straightforward poker and make big raises with big hands. Play your cards in position and agressively. Dont play out of position unless you have big holdings. Limping with small pocket pairs and suited connectors is still acceptable if you can see the flop cheaply. I would make raises between 3.5 and 5 times the big blind on any raise. I would still refrain from bluffing at this stage of the tournament because of the amount of short stacks that will be ready to move all in. Play as straightforward here as possible and you will still get paid off on your made hands most of the time.

Late Stages

          As the later stages of the tournament come closer you can start to increase your range just a little bit and play a little more aggressively. I would still play very straightforward but you can start raising with suited aces and even suited connectors in position. However, be prepared to fold these in the face of reraises. The short stacks will be willing to move all in and you will still need premium holdings to be able to call these raises. Continue to play most hands in position and wield your big stack around the table as much as possible. Note that this strategy is for a big or medium/big stack, if you have a short stack you need to wait for a hand to double up with on an all in move. You need to tighten your range of hands and wait for good opportunities when you are the favorite to win.

Final Table

          If your lucky enough to get to the final table, now is the time to become the bully if the table is fairly tight. You can raise with any ace, king, or even Q 10, Q J. If the table is very loose let them knock each other out and move up the ladder with solid poker plays in position.

Good Luck!

Readers Ive been getting allot of questions recently on the November 9. There are rumors flying around every where as people get ready for the conclusion to the pinnacle of Poker and the end of the 2009 WSOP journey. Who is going to win? Who is my pick? Has  Norman Chad really been married 6 times? Is Ivey really a robot? ( I think maybe…) To these questions Im still not sure.

I have been playing allot on Full Tilt though to try to win a piece of Phil Ivey. I have been reading as much November 9 news as I can on WSOP.com and WDIAV. I will continue to post any new items and updates that I can! As far as Norman Chad goes, I’m not even sure that’s his real hair?? And how the hell does Lon Macheron not slap him silly is the biggest mystery.

So stay tuned for more updates as we all wait for the new Champ to be crowned and remember for extra WSOP news visit WDIAV!!!

Also if you are looking for a good site to learn to play Poker and earn money through great freerolls   to build your bankroll check out WDIAV.

And dont forget to vote in the who will win the WSOP POll!!!

Of course this is only one dogs opinion.

Thanks,

Pokerdog283

Sunday I placed 5th in a 1000+ player $3.00+.30 buy in NL tourney on    Full Tilt. It was a good time and a lot of good players. I actually coasted in to 5th by basically folding or going all in from 9th. I  was able to capitalize on the aggressiveness of two players who busted out  when shoving with weak holdings into the chip leader who woke up twice with huge hands. In the end I lost when my AJ off met up with pocket 9s. I picked up $167 with my 3.30 buy in so I cant complain! This was a Knockout event and I also scored 6  KOs  which was $3.00 back which made my buy in so at that point I was actually freerolling in this No Limit Texas Holdem event! If you dont have a Full Tilt account sign up here at WDIAV and request Rake Back. Rake Back is when you get a % of your rake re deposited back into your Full Tilt Account!!!

This month at King Solomon’s Poker they have a host of promotions lined up that will boost your bankroll, including freerolls, cash drops and more!

The Pumpkin Fest freeroll takes place on 31st October, and has a €500 prizepool. All you need to do is play 75 raked hands before then, and you will be allowed to register. The registration is open so get playing to be in with a shot at a share of the €500!

Autumn Falls:

From October 12th to October 31st they are giving hosting random cash drops for players. All you need to do to be in with a shot at winning a €10 cash drop is be active on the tables during the random draw!

Scary Movie Trivia:

From October 19th to October 25th they are giving you the chance to challenge them to a scary movie trivia quiz. Send them in your scary movie trivia questions, they will do their best to answer them and the best two each day will receive a free €10!

Bounty Mania:

Once again they are running the popular Bounty Mania Event. The promotion will run on the 22nd October at 19:30 GMT and they will be adding in €220 in bounty cash. For a €5.50 buy-in you can’t really miss this event!

VIP Freerolls

Their VIP Freerolls are taking place on the 15th October and the 29th October at 19:00 GMT. If you have aquired the right level then you will be able to register for the events in the week before the tournament. Well done to all VIP’s and good luck in the freerolls!

I often get readers that submit questions to me about becoming an affiliate and becoming involved in making additional money to build a poker bankroll. I often make posts here about the great Poker forum We Do it All Vegas.com. Well They are now offering an affiliate program to help build new Visitors to their site. I am adding the link below it is a great program which I also support. If you are interested in becoming an affiliate just click the link. Nothings easier than building traffic from your site,Blog or Twitter to their site and with all the great promos they run people will want to be a part of this great Poker Community!! They have great poker tips, info on Vegas Vacations and host the best freeroll Poker tournaments around It is an easy program for you and helps them grow their site!
Here is the LINK
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I just wrapped up my best month ever on Full Tilt. com I was down to $1.25 and with the help of the WDIAV freeroll I went on to turn that $1.25 in to $1k!!! I know it was a wild ride I won the WDIAV 1 K freeroll event for $270.00 and then placed 5th and 7th in the 10+1 KO tournies on Full tilt. I then placed 2nd in the following WDIAV 1k freeroll tournament. Combine this with FullTilts Take 2 promotion” Played 25 out of 30 days in September for $50.00 I built a solid bankroll in 30 days!!! I owe a lot of my sucessful run to the great players and friends at Wedoitallvegas.com!

Looking for a place on the web to call home? You’ve found it here at WDIAV. Not only do we have fantastic poker promotions and Las Vegas specials, but we literally give away money. WDIAV has decided to up the ante and give back even more to our community. Not only do forum members get weekly freerolls but we’re running some special promotions this month. No tricks, just treats! New and want to register? Just click here. Read on below for details.

* New Member Of The Month – All NEW members who register during the month of October are eligible to win. If you are new to WDIAV, start posting, make blogs, play in our freerolls, and make friends. The more active you are, the more friends you tell about us, the more likely you are to win.
o If you are a current member and get caught making a second account you will be banned from the forum and no monies will be paid.
o The winner will be chosen by MSUDuster and announced at the end of the month.
o The prize for New Member of the Month is $15 payable to your FTP account.
* Thread of the Month – Runs from the first of the month until the day of the $1k Monthly. All you have to do is create a NEW thread anywhere in the forum. Maybe your thread gets the most replies, most views, or is the most interesting. Who knows? Start making new threads and you may find yourself the winner.
o All registered forum members are eligible to win.
o A thread creator will be chosen by the moderators and an announcement will be made in the forum.
o The prize for Thread of the Month is $25 payable to your FTP account
* Poster of the Month – Runs from the first of the month until the day of the $1k Monthly. To be eligible for this promotion you must make quality posts. The winner might be picked based on how many posts they made, the quality of their posts, and / or how interesting their posts are. Unless you post, you can’t win.
o All registered forum members are eligible to win.
o A winner will be chosen by the moderators and an announcement will be made in the forum.
o The prize for Poster of the Month is $30 payable to your FTP account
* Scariest Blog of the Month – October is the scariest month of the year. Scare WDIAV by making an original scary story and posting it in your WDIAV blog. Any copied stories are ineligible. If you plagiarize another author that would scare me so bad I remove your freeroll access.
o All registered forum members are eligible to win.
o A winner will be chosen by the moderators and an announcement will be made in the forum.
o The prize for Scariest Blog of the Month is $25 payable to your FTP account

The Fine Print –

* Only Registered forum members can win
* Admins and Mods are not eligible to win any of these promotions.
* New members are eligible to win all 4 promotions. Current members are only eligible for promotions 2-4.
* No sour grapes. If you feel like you should have won, but didn’t, please respect the decisions of the moderators and administrators. These are supposed to be fun for everyone.
* There’s no need to apply for these promotions. Just by being a member you make yourself eligible. All you need to do is what’s in the promotion; we’ll take care of the rest.
* These promotions may or may not be continued after the month of October.
* You must have your Full Tilt Poker name in your WDIAV profile or you will not be paid

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I picked up $155.00 on Full Tilt last night for finishing 2nd in the WDIAV monthly 1k tournament!!! I have to hand it to them they put on a great event 2 pros this time!! This combined with my other winnnings should help me clear $1000.00 for the month of September on Full Tilt. I started off a month ago with only $1.25 on the site but as I have posted in my blog its been a great month!!
I encourage anyone interested in meeting some new poker friends and needing a kick start to their bankroll to join WDIAV!! Let them know Pokerdog283 sent you!!

Finished 5th last night in the 10+1 KO tournament on Full Tilt. I cashed for over $450. I have to thank the great WDIAV forum for continuing to help me improve my game through their great tips and articles and supportive members!!! Oh yeah and their awesome weekly freerolls that jump started my bankroll!!

Bodog.com Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary With 15 Days of Poker Tournament Series
Series includes 15 days of qualifying tournaments and culminates with $15,000 Freeroll on October 15

For Immediate Release

Sept. 21, 2009

It was 15 years ago that Bodog.com opened its doors to the world and to celebrate this landmark achievement with online poker players, Bodog.com is hosting its 15 Days of Poker Tournament Series, a series of 15 qualifying tournaments culminating with a final freeroll event on Oct. 15 where a group of lucky players will battle it out for a share of a $15,000 prize pool.

“For 15 years, Bodog has been a leader in the online gambling industry, giving players a superior gaming experience while awarding billions in prizes,” says Bodog.com Poker Pro David Williams. “And Bodog.com’s 15 Days of Poker tournament series gives online poker players a fun and profitable way to celebrate this colossal achievement with Bodog.”

Bodog.com’s 15 Days of Poker gets underway on Monday, Sept. 21 with 15 days of qualifying tournaments running through Monday, Oct. 5. Each of the 15 qualifying tournaments will take place at 8:15 pm EST and feature buy-ins ranging from $5 to $15. A variety of Texas Holdem formats will be offered, including No Limit, Pot Limit, Fixed Limit, Turbo events, super-turbo events and re-buy events.

The prize pool in each qualifying tournament will be distributed the same way it would be in a regular Bodog tournament, but the top 30% of finishers from each event will earn Tournament Leaderboard Points, which determine who moves on to the 15 Days of Poker Semi Final and the $15,000 Final Tournament.

The Semi Final Tournament will be held on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 8:15 pm EST, with the field consisting of those placing in 16th to 115th place on the 15 Days of Poker leaderboard as well as players who have competed in at least 10 qualifying events. The top 15 finishers in the Semi Final earn an automatic entry into the $15,000 Final Tournament. The winner also gets a seat in the weekly Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament, and the remaining top 14 finishers each win a seat in a $100,000 qualifier.

Bodog.com’s 15 Days of Poker celebration culminates on Oct. 15 at 8:15 pm EST with the $15,000 Final Tournament. In addition to the top 15 finishers from the Semi Final, the freeroll event will be open to players placing 1 through 15 on the 15 Days of Poker leaderboard and those who competed in at least 15 qualifying tournaments. The $15,000 prize pool will be distributed in usual tournament fashion, and the top 15 finishers will also win T$162 to play in the Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed, held every Sunday at 4:00 pm EST.

For more details on Bodog.com’s 15 Days of Poker Tournament Series, visit:Bodog.com

The World Series of Poker Europe started yesterday. The opening event was a 1 million dollar freeroll sponsored by Betfair. The series rounds out with a great Main Event different from the WSOP is that in Europe you do not have to be 21 to enter!
I have a listing of the scheduled events listed below!

Thu, Sep 17th
12:00 PM
1-Day Event Million-Dollar Freeroll
No Rebuy/Add-ons Top 18 Online Qualifiers at Betfair results-
Anestis Metsas won the million dollar prize!!

Fri, Sep 18th
12:00 AM
4-Day Event No-Limit Hold’em (Event 1)
No Rebuy/Add-ons
Structure Sheet £1,000
+ £75 updates

Mon, Sep 21st
12:00 AM
3-Day Event Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 2)
No Rebuy/Add-ons
Structure Sheet £2,500
+ £150

Wed, Sep 23rd
12:00 AM
3-Day Event Pot Limit Omaha (Event 3)
No Rebuy/Add-ons
Structure Sheet £5,000
+ £250

Fri, Sep 25th
10:00 AM
1-Day Event Caesars Cup – Europe vs. USA (No-Limit Hold’em Special Event)
No Rebuy/Add-ons One-day invite-only event, plus one Betfair online qualifier

Sat, Sep 26th
12:00 AM
6-Day Event WSOP Europe Main Event No-Limit Texas Hold’em (Event 4)
No Rebuy/Add-ons
Structure Sheet £10,000
+ £350

This was a great 1st event and I know I will continue hosting these in the future for my bodog sign ups!! I would like to thanks those that were able to participate and hope everyone had a great time! I was a little aggravated at 1st when right at the start My PC has a disconnection problem.( Thanks Armstrong Cable???)Anyway a great event and definately more to come! Here are the results
4th Finishing on the Bubble WildBill10
3rd n2winaces
2nd place went to the Sea Fox
1st Pokerdog283
Last hand was a quick one right sfter the 3rd place was decided Pokerdog283 KK raises the Seafox goes all in with A9 and gets no help from the board and Pokerdog283 wins.

If you are not currently a Bodog player be sure to sign up through my link as I will be hosting another event more my sign ups!
Thanks,

EVEREST POKER
PrincePoker tournoi 1
Id; 32114095
26 september 16:00GMT
pass : prince27

TitanPoker
FR-CAP cana latino
10.09  04.00
Password : capcana

Poker Whip Freeroll
full tilt
12 sept 2009
16:00
$200
password kkion94

13-09  17.00
EVEREST-Pokerkoening freeroll
75$
pasword; liga5

carbon poker
there is a 1k qualifier at 18:00
pw:841641

Everest Poker POKERSTOP

$50 Sep. 9 15:00 Hold’em NL Turbo
pas: DGF586

PokerStars
13 / 09 / 09 $5.000 Feedback

freeroll ID 191864931
password:surveypower

Titan
Freeroll name: yourpoker.pl Forum league
date:
Time: 20:05
Pass:
3:gobart
10: merlok
17: ?
24. ?

(The tournament is not yet in the lobby)

Pokerstars 9, 2009 – 14:38
EPTlive Freeroll ID: 192971868
pass: lylloff

EVEREST 100$
Forum Challenge 100$
date: 11 septembre
ID: 33346594
pass:BDEJ7

FULLTILT
tournament 107031255
09-09-09
blackmoon poker

pw :FREE4BMP

TITAN

TCP UNIVERSITY CUP

16/09

21;30
PASS; finalcup

Last Night I cashed in two freerolls on Bodog for a take of $58 bucks. I played in a freeroll for FTR and another for offshorebettor both sites were running $100.00 freerolls. FTR (Flop, Turn,River) I placed 6th and won $8 and in the Offshorebettor freeroll tournament I won for the $50 top prize. Both of these events were hosted on Bodog at the same time so it was fun muliti tabling and of course cashing in both is always a plus. I thank both sites for hosting great freerolls and hope to see my readers at the next events!

Everyone wants to get to the World Series of Poker for most Poker players it is the top of the Mountain and everyone wants to get to the big game. Hell who doesnt want to go to Vegas and be the next big time poker star? Here is a great article courtesy of Bodog to help you on your way.
Five-step plan to get to the WSOP
by Bodog Poker | Apr 23 2009

We all want to get to the big show and play in the biggest live poker event on the planet. The World Series of Poker Main Event has always been the biggest poker prize pool of the year where the best players in the world, and a ton of satellite winners, battle to become immortal by winning the WSOP championship. But coming up with 10K US plus travel expenses to buy into the event isn’t that easy for all of us to do. There are many ways to get to the WSOP, here’s a five-step plan that could get you there this year…

1. Creating and organizing a satellite schedule. The easiest way to get there is to win a satellite event that covers all the costs. Figure out when you can play and find the available satellites that you can play during your down time. Play as many satellite events as you can afford to play and your schedule permits, and don’t get discouraged if things don’t go your way at first. Satellites are long shots, so winning one of them can take awhile.

2. Playing in the Bodog Qualifiers is an inexpensive way to get into the big tournament. They start as low as $1.50 or you can use your BodogLife points. Once you finish deep enough in a qualifier you’ll make it to the next level where you can continue until you play for a seat in Vegas. One can skip levels if they want to invest more; spending more will buy you in direct to levels that you would normally have to earn.

3. If the satellite action fails to get you into the main event you can try to secure someone who’s willing to stake you to play in it. This usually comes in the form of a professional player who will take 60% of all your earnings if you end up going deep in a tournament. Lots of big name professionals will stake up-and-comers who are good enough to win them some money. These relationships usually end once the new player wins enough to cover their own bankroll.

4. If you can’t find a rich person to stake you there’s always the option of securing a sponsor. If you can locate a company that’s willing to pay your way to Vegas in exchange for wearing their logo during televised play, you’ll be in the big show with no effort other than convincing someone to take a chance on you. The good thing about a sponsorship deal is that you get to keep all your winnings – your sponsor won’t look to get half or more if you have a good tourney and cash out in a big way.

5. If all that fails you can head to Vegas yourself and play in the many live satellite games that will be taking place in the Rio and around the town’s poker rooms. Satellite action for the main event around town should be non-stop once the WSOP events start in late May.

Another step is to join WDIAV whom in the past have offered several free satellite events to win cash and they gave away 6 WSOP seats last year! Also right now when you sign up for fullTilt.com through WDIAV you could earn a free start to your bankroll!

I get alot of questions about bankroll building and bankroll management. I have been fortunate enough to learn alot from the website WDIAV to improve on both and especially with the tournaments they offer have cashed nicely along the way. However to keep my bankroll healthy I am always searching for a good and effective way to help other players and myself stay on this path to a solid bankroll! Here is a good article I found at Bodog.com and I liked it enough that I thought I would share it with my readers.

Best Way to Build a Bankroll from $100by Bodog Poker | May 11 2009

Building a bankroll is no easy task for anyone to pull off. There are many ways to do it, but whichever way you try you’ll need discipline, patience, and luck. Traditionally a player would try to build a bankroll playing in the action they liked the most, or in a variation where they felt that they played their best. For many players in the past, and still some today, it means grinding long hours of limit games, playing at stakes small enough to overcome the swings that variance will surely bring.

Limit games make things more manageable and you can’t lose a big percentage of your bankroll in a couple of cooler hands. With proper table selection, building a bankroll playing limit games is time consuming but possible. But the current picture of online poker has changed things, and players have better playing situations where they can gain an edge on most of the players they compete against. Today there are so many novice players playing multi-table and sit-and-go tournaments that a player with intermediate poker skills can build a bankroll playing them.

With a buy-in of $100 one has a couple of choices. Instead of taking it into a no-limit cash game and dumping it in one bad beat, take $5 of it and play a nine-player no-limit holdem sit-and-go. If you last to the final three players you make money. The quality of opponents in $5 sit-and-go events is not a tough crowd, and if you play with some discipline early on, and increase your aggression with some caution later in the event, you’ll make money over enough tourneys.

The idea is to practice proper bankroll management and to stay in games that only cost 5% of your bankroll to play. That way you can handle a losing streak without going broke. And as your bankroll grows, don’t jump up in stakes levels right away. You can play more than one tournament at a time, so instead of jumping up in stakes you can earn more by playing more tourneys at once. If you stay at a level of game you can beat, your variance will be more manageable. Play as many games as you can properly handle and grow your bankroll as much as you can.

If you find yourself beating the games with ease you can consider climbing up in stakes, but only if you have the roll to support it. Jumping up to play in just one $10 tourney means that you should have grown that initial $100 to a minimum of $500. And to play multiple tourneys at once would require much more.

The same goes for multi-table tournaments. These events have more players to compete against, but when you do have a good finish your bankroll grows exponentially. Many of today’s professionals got their bankrolls started with a big cash in a multi-table tournament. Like the sit-and-go events, keep the buy-in amounts to 5% or less of your bankroll.

If you have the patience to play your best game every time you compete, and realize that losing streaks come to an end if you don’t tilt out, you’ll build your bankroll. It may take a long time or a short time; it depends on how the cards fall for you.
I hope that you found this article helpful another great idea is to capitalize on Frequent Player Promotions offered by the different on- line poker room.

We do it all Vegas.com has done it again!! They are hosting 4 tournaments monthly to win entry in their monthly 1k freeroll event. The top 9 from each weekly $25.00 freeroll are given a seat to the 1k tournament. You can also gain a seat by being an active member of the forum with 25 posts for the month and writing 1 blog entry for the month. It couldn’t be easier. Also If you become a rake back player using this link and have over $500 in rake back for the month you automaticaly qualify for the monthly event.
The tournaments are being held on Full Tilt!

I won a seat by placing in the top 9 of one of the $25 freerolls and also by staying active in the forum with 25 posts and I wrote 3 blog articles. ( I actually write frequently LOL) The tournament was held on August 30th at 8pm with only 77 players trying to cash in the 1k priz3e pool!! There were some great players in this event including pro Hal Lubarsky and WDIAV’s own Passive Harry!! I was down to 630 chips at 1 point then battled back to almost be blinded out to the bubble. The two chip leaders went heads up and 1 busted out putting me barely at the final table and into the money!! I switched gears with low expectations and manuvered into third place then battled to be heads up against a great player Momsrose!! After some back and forth we chopped the 1st and 2nd place prize money and I was declared the winner banking over $274.00
It was a great event held by an excellent forum. I enjoy being part of the WDIAV crew and its friendly, knowledgeable players and of course the great tournaments!!

Here is the latest update on the 1st Pokerdog283 no limit holdem poker freeroll tournament on Bodog! In order to qualify for this tournament you must register a new account at Bodog.com using the link provided.
Date:September 9th,2009
Time:8:05PM eastern
Buy In : Freeroll
Prize: $25.00
All Sign ups will be pre registered if they set up an account 24 hours before the event.
Hope to see you there!! Here is the link!

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As a graduation gift to myself I decided to do some online gambling with real money. I started with Full Tilt and then went to Poker Stars. I had been with both sites since June 2009. I never had a problem with Full Tilt and didn’t have a problem with Poker Stars until last month.

Both sites use off shore companies to handle the transactions. With Full Tilt I did the transaction one way but with Poker Stars I did it via e-check because that’s the only way they allow you to cash out. Of the few transactions I’ve done with them, everything was fine. Last month on 7/10 I deposited $25.00. It takes PS up to 10 days to withdraw the money from the checking account. The transaction took place around the 19th of July. I saw it on my statement, but now I can’t find it.

On 8/4/2009 I get charged a NSF because of $25.00 trying to be withdrawn from my account. On 8/11/2009 they tried again to take the money. Another NSF charged to me. I contact Poker Stars to get a copy of all my transactions and they oblige. But I have to digress for a bit.

When I contact PS about anything I would get a response the same day. When I contacted them about the transaction problem I was having it would take them a day or two to get back to me and it usually was a run around answer. One email had them requesting my bank statement. I wrote them back and stated I did not feel comfortable sending them anything regarding my bank statement.

I decided to call the company that actually does the transactions. This company goes by two names Green2yourgreen and GI Holdings. They claimed they didn’t have a records of a transaction. The lady gave me an email address to write someone in their billing department. I wrote them about three days ago and no one has responded. Figures.

I have contacted Poker Stars and told them to remove my e-check information IMMEDIATELY. I didn’t hear from them by the next day. I wrote them again two days later and requested again that they remove my e-check information. They said they removed it. But today, I learned that they tried to take $25.00 from my account again. Another $35.00 NSF I have to pay. I have contacted PS and they claimed they have not received notice of a withdraw coming back to them but that doesn’t mean it has cleared my bank yet. WHAT? I know it cleared my bank around 19th July.

I did have to take drastic measures to make sure Poker Stars does not try to take the $25.00 from my account. And I will never EVER EVER do business with them again.

I looked at a poker forum I belong to and saw other users having the same issue with them, meaning, Poker Stars trying to take money from player’s checking account over and over again after the transaction has cleared but then all of the sudden disappears.

My warning here is, never do an e-check transaction with anyone and highly recommend you take great heed to doing business with Poker Stars. Full Tilt has not been a problem for me at all. Knock on wood!