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Hi

Im Paul McTaggart, Ive been a mainly online MTT grinder for 2.5 years now.  I normally play on the euro sites but recently have been putting in a little more volume on stars.

The tournament-  As part of their online Grand Series of Poker festival, ongame run 18 events over 2 weeks and then a week later run the grand final.  The grand final is $5k buyin and $500k gtd this Sunday at 7pm.

Ongame give a ticket to the tournament to each of their event winners so as winner of event 12 (thin) I have a non-refundable ticket.

The tournament is gtd for 100 players, it will break down as 18 GSOP event winners tickets, 4 tickets for leaderboard freerolls (of which Im also in) and only 1 open sat for this tourney with 6 tickets gtd.  Thats maximum 28 qualifiers which might end up being less if anyone wins duplicate tickets, the rest of the field will obv be made up of direct buyins.  With this being the case, I feel like there will be a lot of regs out there not flicking in the $5k buyin due to the lack of qualifiers and I think there is a possibility of there being an overlay.

I have played more MTTs on the ongame network than any other network, have won more on there and have the most profit on there.  I have extensive notes on every reg/semi-reg that plays mid-high stakes MTT on the network and thousands of hands of experience against most of them.  Of the players already regged I recognize most of them.

Here is my P5s with most of my current screennames and a link to my Herbertmob  http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/bobafett/ (http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/bobafett/)
also here is a link to my ongame OPR  http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/ongamepoker/fettissick/poker/results/5C98B5475FA54DD5A495BC0917A9C045.html?t=2 (http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/ongamepoker/fettissick/poker/results/5C98B5475FA54DD5A495BC0917A9C045.html?t=2)

I am looking to sell off 40% of the action for this.  I think there is value if there is overlay therefore I am selling at 1.1 however if there is no overlay I will refund the markup and everyone will have their piece at spot.

40% @1.1=$2200
10%=$550
5%=$275
1%=$55

Can take transfers online on pokerstars to J-Rod Fett, at partypoker or bank transfer.  Bank transfer in ££ will be at xe.com rate.
Please dont send any money until I confirm you have a piece

Thanks
Paul

DMorgan 5% - recvd
Amatay 2% - recvd
Peter M (FB) - 2% recvd
Blonde PM - 2% - rcvd
Bjorn H - 1% rcvd
Ben G - 1% rcvd
Jambo - 3% recvd
Alan J - 1% recvd
J. Rann - 2% rcvd
Derek L - 5% rcvd
Iain H - 1% recvd
Fun4Fraser - 10% recvd
Leatherman - 2% recvd (and sent too much lol)
G2L - 3%

5 please met, sent on stars

booked

Sorry guys, had to edit my post, mis-calculated on the costs lol.  Dan, 5% is $275 not $225.  Let me know what you wanna do

2 pls

2% gone on facebook

booked

10 Mate

Shipped

recvd and booked ty

There is an issue with paying back should I cash due to this being played on the ongame network.

The poker site deals in $, however my base account is in Euros meaning I deposit and withdraw in Euros, normally through Moneybookers.

If I cash I wont be able to cover the payments from accounts elsewhere such as stars.  Also, by withdrawing in euros to moneybookers and then to my bank in ££ we will lose some as banks dont convert incoming transfers at spot rate and I feel that its fair that I shouldn't solely take the hit on the exchange rate.

So the payment options on any cash will be the following-
You can be paid in the same method you paid me up to a maximum of the amount you paid me
I can give you details of the exact skin I play on at ongame and when you open an account Ill send the exact $ value by the player transfer system
I can withdraw to moneybookers in euros ($ to euro transfer is practically spot, I just checked) and transfer to a moneybookers account.  Moneybookers charge 1% up to a max 0.5 euros on transfers, Im happy to chop this.
I can withdraw to moneybookers in euros at practically spot and then withdraw to my bank and bank transfer.  Whatever rate I receive is what Ill send out at.


Sorry for the delay in mentioning this, it didnt cross my mind until today but better now than it causing an issue later.  If anyone isnt happy with this and wants to cancel let me know asap and Ill refund their share.  If anyone has any ideas to get the euros off Moneybookers at a better rate than withdrawing to my bank let me know.

Cheers
Paul

Any left? If so will take 2%. Will be bank trans

yeah 5% left so 2% is fine.  Ill PM you bank details

tyty

I don't deal with much multi currency stuff online much at all but would I be right in thinking that you'd probably get a better rate by opening a moneybookers account in Euros and then depositing to another poker site before withdrawing than you would by withdrawing from moneybookers and taking their fees?

Alternatively, get you to send any returns to someone that has a moneybookers VIP account? Do they have lower charges or are you on a VIP account already Paul?

Fuck it. Rest- Can I send Monday though?

Sent fella

My Moneybookers account is in euros already.  The process of withdrawal will be moving the money from my ongame poker account (in dollars) to my ongame base account (in euros) and we will get spot rate on this.  Then withdraw to Moneybookers in Euros, where we wont lose anything.

Potential losses come from moving the funds off moneybookers.  To send from my account to another moneybookers account it costs 1% up to a max of 0.5 euros per transaction.  As Im willing to chop this with anyone who would prefer a MB transfer it will only cost you 25 euro cents and me around 3.50 euros maximum which Im fine with.  Alternatively I can send all funds that people want transferred to MB accounts to someone trustworthy with a MB VIP account (itll still cost 0.5 euros total) and they can transfer it out to everyone with no fee.  I think thats how it works but Id imagine MB have something in place to stop this sort of thing?

If you take a transfer to a euros MB account, the only ways you can get the money off without losses are, that I know of, if you have a euros bank account to withdraw to or if you want to deposit it to another site that takes euros to play on. 

On my stars account I cant deposit or withdraw in euros from moneybookers, otherwise this would be a good alternative.  When I emailed support asking why, they couldnt offer an explanation other than "you just cant"

Withdrawing from moneybookers to my bank only incurs a 1.80 euro fee which is a bowl and Im sure, split between everyone, nobody will actually miss it.  The big loss is that when my bank accepts a foreign currency transfer, it converts it at its own rate and not at spot therefore we lose some in their conversion.  Im pretty sure all UK banks convert at a similar rate so there is no way around this if you want paid in £ unfortunately

So the problem is with the conversion rate of the bank and not with moneybookers.

Yeah ok since its you thats fine.  You have 3% for $165

And with that we are SOULED OUT!

ty everyone and GL us

Sorry, I have the withdrawal process slightly confused.

If I withdraw to my bank from moneybookers, moneybookers charge 1.80 euros, convert the rest at their own rate and send to my bank in £, I withdraw around 1k euros by this method early September and lost around 5% against spot.

Alternatively I could withdraw directly from Ongame to my bank and the bank would convert it into £ and charge a small fee for the pleasure, however I believe this to be more than withdrawing from MB.  Im gonna find the last time I withdrew straight from ongame to bank and check how much I lost, will edit this post within an hour

U haven't won yet billy!!

Only joking, gl my little fishcake xx

depends what skin you use, but if you win, dont cash anything out, message me and il prb be able to sort

+1 Pleno if you can get MB$ msg me before you do anything.

I'll probs take a few k of MB € if you win for stars/£

No overlay

sigh out, pretty annoying as I had a few spots where I had to make sighhhhhh folds and just couldnt get above starting stack after that.

It made the gte so I owe everyone the markup back.  Ill ship back to the people that sent on stars tonight.

Small problem with the bank transfer people, my card reader is broke so cant set up bank transfers to new people on my online banking until the new one arrives.  I ordered it last Tuesday but I dunno how long it takes for them to come through.  You can either send me your bank details and wait till I get the new card through or I can send on stars or party.  Only 4 people bank transferred to me anyway so let me know.

Rupinder, you only owe $150

Yes Paul. You shall receive this tomorrow :)

How much is due too come back to me then fella?

Unlucky in comp.

All refunds have been sent now.

Thanks again for buying

Paul