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I'm interested in any input anyone has on this too. I'm considering depositing for the full bonus amount and am wondering if others have, and if so whether they found it easy/normal/difficult to clear.

There was definitely something in the air this weekend. Must've been because there were a couple of tournaments going on, Pete Giordano and a couple of other tv faces whose names I don't know were there. It must have encouraged the well-bankrolled to tee it up. As an interesting aside, some of the $1/$3 and $3/$6 tables were playing surprisingly tight, only 3 or 4 to the flop. Just goes to show . . . anything can happen at any limit.

I'm reminded of the line in the movie Wall Street when Gordon Gekko says, "A fool and his money were lucky enough to get together in the first place." I s'pose that's a fortunate thing for the good players at those stakes!

Everyone gets tired of bad beat stories, sometimes we sympathize, sometimes we don't. No one enjoys getting sucked out on, and the standard temptation for some is to move up to (supposedly) less fishy tables. Well, before you do that, consider this: Yesterday I was playing some small stakes at the Turning Stone, finishing up a modest winning session, talking to my fiance who was ticked about a beat she had just taken at another table. This guy sitting behind me at another table was eavesdropping and leaned over and said, "You should go check out the $20-$40 over there." He proceeds to tel

The law is clear: A U.S. citizen must pay tax on any income from any source unless it is specifically exempted (military pay for a soldier stationed in Iraq would be one example). If you are still enrolled as a full-time student, graduate school or otherwise, its much simpler, and perfectly legal, to just put "student" as your occupation. If you choose the "I'm still a student" route, none of this is deductible. Once you choose the "professional gambler" route, there may be options open to you in terms of deducting certain expenses as a self-employed business expense. You would definitely w

If you're ever in Upstate NY (the Finger Lakes region specifically) in the summertime, there's fabulous golf in the area. Not to mention the scenery, the wine trails, the lakes ... oh man, I can't wait till summer!

For anyone following along, especially any christian who is still reading this, Smash's numerous posts have provided an invaluable insight into the thought process of the atheist. Since he's decided that there is no God, he has elevated himself to the level of highest moral arbiter in his universe. After all, to be able to declare with certainty to know what CANNOT POSSIBLY exist takes a level of knowledge beyond any mere human's. And since there is no God, the atheist feels most confident that whatever he thinks is right. The easter bunny analogy is pathetic, by the way. The easter bunny

This is factually untrue. You will say "no it's not", I will say "yes, it is", and we will carry on ad infinitum. You are in the position of trying to prove a negative (an impossibility). You are entitled to do hold this position ... it's called faith. You have faith in what you believe to be true, and I have faith in what I believe to be true. Sooner or later, we will both find out who was right.

Heh. It's CBS, "the network of forged documents". Need we say more?

Nice try. You continue to wander aimlessly in vain search of a coherent thought. First, you claim that there is little or no "credible evidence" that Jesus ever existed when there is far more evidence of his existence, both physical and word of mouth, than for any other single individual in history. Then, having lost that argument, you cleverly shift the argument to whether or not there is a God at all, taking the untenable position that you "find it laughable" that there can be one; putting yourself in the, once again, untenable position of knowing with certainty that something of such cos

This thread is becoming a little long to keep up with so a couple of parting thoughts:To my fellow followers of Jesus Christ: Never become discouraged when speaking the Truth, only read and remember Luke 10:10-12.To any truly curious/agnostic/on the fence/interested folks: Daniel's offer is a good one, it might be worth taking him up on it.To the strident atheists among us (you know who you are): When you declare something - anything - to be impossible, you are, in effect, claiming to know everything. The only way anyone can be 100% sure that something cannot possibly be is if they themsel

FWIW, I'm gonna go with call. If you fold, you're left w/6k in chips. At $1800 each round that gives you only 3-1/2 rounds, 7 hands, to make the inevitable stand. You might pick up a better hand to make that stand with, then again, you might easily not. 7-8 sooooooted supposedly draws the best against monster hands, so may as well take a shot and hope its a coin flip.

There are, literally, thousands of manuscripts, some dating back as far as the second century A.D. that refer to the life and words of Christ. Furthermore, these manuscripts were discovered in vastly different parts of the greater Middle East and Eastern Europe, penned by people who never came into contact with each other, and they agree with a level of accuracy that is statistically impossible were the subject (Jesus) an invented figure. There is, in effect, more credible evidence of the existence of the Man called Jesus, than there is of the existence of George Washington. In a court of l

What started out as a fairly contentious debate has turned into one of the most enjoyable threads I've read in a long time!Now ... how would y'all rate a steel cage royal rumble between Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine and Daredevil?

They run WPT satellites from time to time and WSOP satellites should be running in the next couple of months, if you're interested.

To be clear: The law requires all winnings to be claimed, regardless of whether or not they are reported to you on a 1099 or a W-2G, regardless of whether it is cash or not. Everyone, of course, has the right to take the illegal route, people do it every day.

Three reasons come to mind: 1) Ego. We've all got it. He wanted to stick up for himself.2) Business. A highly popular, world class player (Daniel) had, in Sklansky's mind, inpugned his ability. He might have considered that he needed to defend himself or his track record in order to keep selling books, lectures, etc.3) This one is a little "out there" but I actually think it might hold the most truth. Sklansky is a pure math guy, a math "geek" if you will (and I mean that in a good way). My experience with pure math types is that it becomes the basis for everything they look at or deal w

There are other threads that deal with this issue but here's the skinny: For those concerned with what the law says about gambling winnings, the law is clear. All gambling winnings must be reported as ordinary income on line 21 of Form 1040. If (and only if) you itemize your deductions (if you file Schedule A) you can deduct gambling losses up to, but not in excess of, your gambling winnings.

Does Shana Hiatt play? The topic doesn't say they have to pros. Now HERE'S an interesting matchup!

Erin Ness, the Maxim photographer's assistant who got all kinds of face time in the '04 WSOP, would make this competition interesting.

Point taken.

Thanks for the input everyone. This is actually a concept that I am familiar with. I manage some money in a handful of equities accounts so I am familiar with letting the long term guide one's expectations and focusing on just "making the right moves". However, in some instances it's justified to "let your foot off the accelerator" based on market conditions or what not. I was just wondering if this way of thinking has a place in poker.Again, thanks for the thoughts!

I'm interested in what folks here do (if anything) about big UP swings. A lot of attention is paid, rightly so, to managing variance, and handling the down swings ... bankroll management, fighting back during a down session, etc. My question is, does anyone here use an upside cutoff, or a "quit while you're ahead" point? Let's say someone has a goal of 3-4BB/100 and in the first couple dozen hands they find themself up 15-20BB . . . should they quit for the day since, statistically speaking, they are now due for a bad run which brings them back to the median? Or is it better to keep going

The Turning Stone is a solid 7+ hour drive from Pittsburgh but they have tourneys going on all week long and they are 18 and over (because there's no booze). Here's a link to their weekly schedule:http://turningstone.com/calendar/poker/

It depends which Niagara based casino you're referring to. "Casino Niagara" on the Canadian side didn't offer Hold 'em the last time I checked, but that may have changed. The "Seneca Niagara Casino" is on the U.S. side of the falls and has a decent cardroom which is open 24 hours a day. I was there on New Year's Day and it was (not surprisingly) packed by 10am. The lowest limit they were offering that day was $2/$4 (half-sized blinds).Turning Stone is east of Syracuse, NY, a pretty good hike from Ontario, but it's also a decent place. Cardroom opens at 11a (I think) and the lowest limit i