FullTilt has just introduced a new informative site covering all the facts of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an amazing online heads up tournament involving some of the greatest high stakes poker players taking on the online poker star Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The new section offers online poker players and followers the chance to follow this incredible internet poker challenge and receive timely statistical updates. With this new “durrrr Challenge” site poker players can view all the poker action and check out each poker hand played during this poker challenge, and get lots of stats, including number of hands played, session time, amount won, average won during each hand and much more.

Around six months ago, the twenty-three year old internet poker star dealt out a heads-up poker challenge for any player with the cash, time and capability to accept it. Any poker star entering the challenge has to wager $500,000 against Dwan’s $1.5 million. Tom’s challenge specifies that at least 50,000 hands need to be played at the same time at four or more poker tables of no-limit Hold’em or pot-limit Omaha. At the end of the heads up challenge, the player who has more cash will win the pool. In essence if you enter the challenge and win $1 after the 50,000 poker hands, then you will win durrrr’s $1.5 Million, but if he triumphs by $1 then he will win your $500,000.

Up to now, some poker players have agreed to to play the “durrrr challenge”, including WSOP Champ Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, yet, only Patrick Antonius has accepted the poker challenge. Until now, both poker players have taken part in a total of 20,647 hands out of 50,000, with Tom Dwan leading the count $726,546 total.

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

Leading poker website FullTilt.com is taking the coverage to the next level with the 2009 World Series of Poker with their WSOP Coverage Page, a new platform built to provide players on everything related to the World Series of Poker 2009, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, timely updates, players’ blogs and more.

FullTilt.com’s new 2009 WSOP Coverage Page is not the same ol’ news section like most of the other sites. The website is divided into three parts, and includes a daily highlights piece in where players can get access to the World Series of Poker 2009 events info, results, players and more in an articles series written by the FullTiltPoker.com poker experts Roy Winston and AlCantHang. Aside from the usual daily updates and results on each and every event, FullTiltPoker.com’s WSOP Coverage Page also features two poker player blogs, Poker from the Rail Blog, which features comments, wsop news, inside info from FullTilt.com star players, opinions from Full Tilt’s players and writers and guest posts from special guest bloggers, and the Pro Blog, which features comments from members of Team Full Tilt playing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.

In addition, FullTilt.com’s new 2009 WSOP Coverage Page has a Twitter area that provides live updates and info from different poker professionals. Poker players involved in the Twitter portion include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter portion lets players to transmit short messages allowing people from around the world to stay informed. These messages known as “tweets”, can be forwarded from all over through a cellular phone or other portable device.

If you would like more info on  Full Tilt’s new WSOP Coverage Page please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/series-coverage.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Vegas industrialist Steve Wynn undeniably has something new to be keyed up about this holiday season. With an investment of around $2.3 billion, the dazzling casino and hotel named Encore will open this coming week.

This deluxe hotel is attached to the exceptionally trendy Wynn Vegas on the Vegas Strip. While tons of Las Vegas hotel proprietors are trying to come across a manner to keep their hotels afloat, Wynn is flying high with his billion dollar hotel investments.

This 2000 room hotel is a masterpiece in itself. The centerpiece of this tower will be the nightclub, named XS. Wynn has taken notice in the recent past that nightclubs are hotspots in LV, and not necessarily the casinos as they were years ago. He thinks that Las Vegas nightclubs frequently produce more money and are a large attraction for the young set.

Steve Wynn has also put up a luxurious eatery connected to the XS nightclub. Named after the well-known Colombian painter, Fernando Botero this circular steakhouse has a gigantic Botero sculpture as the focal point. Eventhough it is not as dramatic as the nightclub which it is joined to; the Botero steakhouse is designed to harmonize reasonably well with the flashy Las Vegas, Nevada nightclub.
The idea behind XS and Botero is a type of St. Tropez atmosphere, where the celebration chugs along 24 hours a day and a big part of the partying occurs near a pool or ocean area. Things are certainly different in Las Vegas, where most people fancy social gatherings to casinos and gambling these days.

With around one full year of no activity, the Mirage Casino-Hotel’s legendary volcano will be revived larger and more stunning than in the past. The legendary Las Vegas hotel is trying really hard to interest as many vacationers as feasible to examine their renovations.

This New Year’s Eve, the stuntman and daredevil Robbie Knievel will take a shot at a motorcycle leap over the Mirage Hotel’s artificial volcano. This act will mark the end of a three-year reconstruction of the Vegas casino and hotel. Over this period, the Las Vegas, Nevada casino and hotel has put in more than $110 million upgrading their rooms and suites.

This New Year’s Eve stunt is supposedely Knievel’s last in the U.S.. The stunt will go on for 5 minutes and have explosives and a high-tech music recording. The music for the feat has been written by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. Robbie Knievel is the son of the deceased Evil Knievel-the world’s first and most famous daredevils.

The Las Vegas Mirage was constructed in 1989 by Vegas mogul Steve Wynn and was considered Las Vegas, Nevada’s 1st megaresort. This renovation is one of many on the Vegas Strip recently. The hotel-casino anticipates that this stunt will pull a great number of vacationers to the Las Vegas casino and hotel. The thought behind the improvement is to compete with other massive Las Vegas megaresorts like the Bellagio casino.

The Las Vegas event tons of boxing aficionados have been itching to see is right around the corner. The Golden Boy will battle one of boxing’s present best fighters, Pacquiao. This match is scheduled for Sat. December 6th in the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Definitely there has been many conversations held in LV about this competition. De La Hoya has dropped down to 147 lbs. to box as a welterweight, and people say that The Golden Boy could not be as sturdy since the drop in weight. Pacquiao has in the past boxed one time as a lightweight and wants to compete from now on in the welterweight division. Pacquiao is also the current lightweight category champ , and is deemed by many professionals to be one of the best boxers of the moment.

This is De La Hoya’s first excursion back to Vegas for a boxing match since he clashed with Floyd Mayweather Jr. this past year. This boxing match is certain to be a sell-out for the MGM Arena Las Vegas. Vacationers to Sin City have fallen recently, but Sin City events like this one really have a way of drawing in many people.

This bout will definitely be one that most people will find quite entertaining as it matches up the two best boxers of our time in a twelve round welterweight bout. The Golden Boy versus Manny tickets are still available for purchase. If you check out only one Sin City event all year, this is without a doubt the Vegas Event to attend.

Guests of next year’s Consumer Electronics Show LV might be in for a big shock. As a rule, approximately at this season it is close to impossible to come across a vacant LV hotel resort anywhere close to Las Vegas, Nevada, but the next Consumer Electronics Show Las Vegas is shaping up to be an exception to the rule. A good number of the most visited hotel resorts on the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip have astoundingly cut their hotel rates ,some as much as 20%.

Almost 100,000 tourists invade Sin City every year to take a look at the advanced electronics presented by the Consumer Electronics Association. The Sin City event is held from Jan. 8-11 with the greater part of the events being presented in the Venetian Resort Hotel and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. This ends up being a time period when stumbling on a suitable room price turns out to be practically a hopeless task.

The Consumer Electronics Association stated a few days ago that some of the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip hotel and casinos have slashed their nightly rates, a large part of them by quite a large percentage. If you already have your reservation ready, you might want to check some of the recent deals on Las Vegas rooms. To give you an example: the Tropicana Las Vegas has cut their room rate by close to 17%. Many of the Las Vegas, Nevada hotel and casinos operating next to the Consumer Electronics Show, have started offering special Consumer Electronics Show rates to the guests of the Las Vegas, Nevada event.

Some professionals state that this drop in LV hotel resort rates is due to the fact that a lot of the electronics companies have had to cut back on the amount of workers they are flying out to the event. This makes the Las Vegas, Nevada hotels to decrease their prices to draw more visitors to their hotel resorts for the duration of this event. Other experts imply that it is due to the present absence of visitors to Las Vegas, Nevada in contrast to the past few years.

Las Vegas, Nevada is showing many inconsistencies recently. For the run of the mill Las Vegas traveler, their cash will last a great deal longer than in the past. On the other hand for the LV local, these days are somewhat more difficult.

The Las Vegas visitors will be extremely pleased with the low costs of Las Vegas hotel rooms, even on The Strip. Without bringing up the number of cheap Las Vegas show tickets, Vegas coupons, and even Sin City food credits. This is surely a peak moment to visit Las Vegas, Nevada for the budget tourist. Of course the economic state does have an affect on some parts of Las Vegas for the vacationers. As, several performances are forced to shut down or look for new theaters. “Stomp Out Loud” being the most noticeable case of this change, they are stepping out of their Planet Hollywood resort spot in January.

Now to get a picture of how the country’s financial situation is having an affect on the Las Vegas residents, you need to look no further than the same Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, Las Vegas, Nevada hotel casinos, and Las Vegas eateries that give these bargain rates and Las Vegas, Nevada coupons. Of late Las Vegas, Nevada has noted the total number of sightseers plunge, this in turn negatively affects the normal attendant, bellboy, or casino dealer. A large amount of the key Las Vegas Strip hotel casinos have been obligated to lay off workers because to this situation.

If there is one positive element of this particular time; the outlook is very encouraging for Las Vegas, Nevada vacationers. You are definitely able to obtain some amazing Sin City specials, and with the cost of gas plunging these are some excellent times to travel to LV.

One could possibly imagine that a thrilling mixture of Criss Angel and Cirque du Soleil could be a union made in heaven, or in Angel’s case, hell.

If you are any one of the many showgoers who have enjoyed this brand new Vegas idea, called Criss Angel BeLIEve in the Luxor Hotel Casino, then you might possibly have a distinct point of view about this innovative idea. This brand new Las Vegas, Nevada performance is in reality Cirque du Soleil’s sixth event to operate on the LV Strip.

The production starts out relatively comparable to Criss Angel’s routine illusion presentations, with a taste of “Cirque”. Then unexpectedly a failed magic stunt moves Criss to a Wizard of Oz-like fantasyworld. There are even weird rabbits scampering around the theater, together with the illusionist’s routine feats and illusions mixed with Cirque du Soleil’s spectacular fascination. It culminates with the magician in effect splitting himself in half, in all probability the best part of this performance.

One of the problems, that nearly all of the fans have encountered with the production, is the element that the illusionist has numerous speaking roles in the event. Criss’ drama abilities aren’t really his area, and this is not customary in any of Cirque du Soleil’s other trendy Vegas events.

All is not lost, though, in this blend of Angel with Cirque du Soleil. You will see many fabulous stunts displayed in the event, and integrated with Cirque’s outstanding ability, it does have its brilliant and magnificent moments. The sales of tickets do not lie, as this presentation is looking to be one of leading presentations that Cirque du Soleil has had in Vegas.

Cirque du Soleil which was founded in Montreal, Canada combines this original brainchild to their bill of Vegas presentations. Their other shows are: “O” at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Zumanity at the Zumanity Theater inside the New York-New York hotel casino, LOVE at The Mirage Hotel, Ka at the Ka Theater in the MGM Grand Casino, and Mystere at the Treasure Island Hotel Casino.

Even if you are short on time and money, Las Vegas can be a cheap break away from your hectic schedule if you take your time and do your homework. One good tip is to have a clear picture of what you want to visit, how long you will stay in Las Vegas, and where you will be spending the night. As long as you have a clear idea of these concerns, then your escape to Sin City will undeniably be one to remember.

As far as flights are concerned, this may take up most of your time to find the cheapest flight. Many airlines have been cutting down their flights recently, due in part to the financial and gasoline issue in the United States. Some good advice to consider is to compare travel packages from several different companies; a good example of these sort of packages may be hotel + flight + car rental for a certain price. Sometimes you may find that it is cheaper to purchase these separately. The price difference you might find could be big.

One suggestion that you may find valuable is to register for e-mail alerts from the Vegas hotels and airlines you are interested in. They will send you an e-mail when their best deals are available usually two months beforehand. It is a good idea to make sure that if you have already reserved a Sin City hotel room, continue to check the prices that they offer up till the day of your trip. The costs could change so if you see a price less expensive than the one you booked for, talk to the hotel about giving a discount.

Try to remember that the amount of visitors in Las Vegas is down at the moment, Sin City hotels and casinos are looking to attract clients. Today is the day to to make a reservation in one of Las Vegas’ hotels.