The 2014 WSOP Thread. tikay wins a bracelet, the rest is secondary

[Rupert]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

said on 2p2 5% over $10k, 8% <$5k and 6% inbetween
 

Lol I'd really rather share a table with 9 angleshooters than this guy

this just in: poker sites caught charging vig on tournaments and cash games

NO ONE IS SAFE, PLAY NO WHERE

[strak33]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

said on 2p2 5% over $10k, 8% <$5k and 6% inbetween
 

Lol I'd really rather share a table with 9 angleshooters than this guy

this just in: poker sites caught charging vig on tournaments and cash games

NO ONE IS SAFE, PLAY NO WHERE

Yeah but dont they offer vigback?

Everyone cries non stop about lowering the tounry and cash game "vig" aswell.

[Doobs]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

Where were the police when Stu Rutter reappeared after 12 months to sell on Blonde?

8% some markup mind.  Was thinking last year, you'd pay 3% with your average cheap forex dealer. 

[arbboy]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

Where were the police when Stu Rutter reappeared after 12 months to sell on Blonde?

8% some markup mind.  Was thinking last year, you'd pay 3% with your average cheap forex dealer. 

Totally this.  Cheaper rocking up at the Post Office or Thomas Cook at buying it at high st rates without even haggling.  Fair play to the kid if he shifts $450k at those prices.

[GreekStein]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

said on 2p2 5% over $10k, 8% <$5k and 6% inbetween
 

Lol I'd really rather share a table with 9 angleshooters than this guy

this just in: poker sites caught charging vig on tournaments and cash games

NO ONE IS SAFE, PLAY NO WHERE

Would you sell your dollars at 8%?

[Rupert]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

said on 2p2 5% over $10k, 8% <$5k and 6% inbetween
 

Lol I'd really rather share a table with 9 angleshooters than this guy

this just in: poker sites caught charging vig on tournaments and cash games

NO ONE IS SAFE, PLAY NO WHERE

Would you sell your dollars at 8%?

Only to you

[Rupert]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

Where were the police when Stu Rutter reappeared after 12 months to sell on Blonde?

8% some markup mind.  Was thinking last year, you'd pay 3% with your average cheap forex dealer. 

Totally this.  Cheaper rocking up at the Post Office or Thomas Cook at buying it at high st rates without even haggling.  Fair play to the kid if he shifts $450k at those prices.

Ya so the main market he's looking for is obviously not UK guys coming to USA. In the Mexican and to a lesser extent Canadian poker scenes there is a big contingent of American expats who are too lazy/trying to avoid hassle etc wanting USD. The online for cash markets over there typically see vigs of 10%.

[GreekStein]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

said on 2p2 5% over $10k, 8% <$5k and 6% inbetween
 

Lol I'd really rather share a table with 9 angleshooters than this guy

this just in: poker sites caught charging vig on tournaments and cash games

NO ONE IS SAFE, PLAY NO WHERE

Would you sell your dollars at 8%?

Only to you

Keep your wig on.

Am I not allowed to be critical of your buddy?

Spoken to plenty of people today who wouldn't do it and just don't like it.

[Rupert]

Down at Rio, doesn't seem to be much of a Brit rail for Andrew Teng.

Wins $446k and now selling his $$ for a 5% vig.

Goes without saying not many people are rooting for him.

said on 2p2 5% over $10k, 8% <$5k and 6% inbetween
 

Lol I'd really rather share a table with 9 angleshooters than this guy

this just in: poker sites caught charging vig on tournaments and cash games

NO ONE IS SAFE, PLAY NO WHERE

Would you sell your dollars at 8%?

Only to you

Keep your wig on.

Am I not allowed to be critical of your buddy?

Spoken to plenty of people today who wouldn't do it and just don't like it.

I was, of course, joking. You can criticise who you want, I don't care and he doesn't care. I just don't think it's a very good argument.

I think I've charged vig 2 or 3 times btw, people who I didn't know especially well but know better now and probably wouldn't vig them in future. I've also had people ask me for large amounts who I knew wouldn't be receptive to vig so just said no (it would have been at inconvenience and risk to me, I had never met these people but knew who they were). I've also done thousands of swaps vig free, both when it's benefited me, and when it's benefited them and definitely not me. I'm too lazy to pool all my funds into the vigging game, but thank the people who do for providing more options, particularly people like Gary Benson in more obscure locations who to the poker community a good service at a typically small cost.

[cambridgealex]

Agree with Cos, it's a total pisstake. 

If I got lucky enough to win such a large amount of money there's no way id charge a penny of vig. I'd be happy to help out my fellow poker players in the community who have in turn helped me out in the past. Eg random punter I'd never seen before in Marrakech selling me €5k at spot the other week.

In fact it'd probably help me to shift them back to sterling at spot anyway.

Don't remember Vamplews vig being 5%, more like 2, but might be wrong. Think 5% is ridiculous, when the high street is 2%, I'd rather give my money to Thomas Cook.

[tufat23]

I love you guys crying over Vig game every year. Such haters that I wanna make more money this summer after a big score, like you just cash big one time and quit trying to make a living.

I can shift 100s of k every wsop np at 5%, usually sell out so much I really think I might charge too little. Last year I ran out of money selling....

It's not like I'm multi after this cash or anything, and it's not like people have to accept whatever price I ask for.

Everyone I've ever dealt with has been pleased by my service, lmk when Thomas cook start taking stars/ neteller and then come by and hand you the money at the rio  the next day.

Saying that, 5% min Vig, more for smaller amounts. Get at me if you need a reliable source of USD cash in a short period of time.

[arbboy]

i aint no hater.  VWP i said if you can shift that much at 5% or bigger.  Toasty life.  All the best. 

[pleno1]

vig thing is wte, i dont like it, but business is business i guess.

really didnt like the interview on pokernews, came across awfully though imo.

[TightEnd]

Event #12: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em

Gregory Kolo Leads As Final Table Finishes With Eight Players


Top Chip Counts
Name    Chips
1    Gregory Kolo    633,000
2    Kazu Oshima    425,000
3    Dan Goldman    335,000
4    Ryan Schoonbaert    322,000
5    David Martirosyan    266,600
6    Ahmed Amin    242,000
7    Dean Bui    151,000
8    Tom McCormick    137,000

Dominic Rossookh finished in 19th for just over $5k, Kevin Allen cashed in 62nd, the only UK Cashers

[TightEnd]

Event #13: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship

big name final table

Top Chip Counts
Name    Chips
1    Paul Volpe    783,000
2    Jason Mercier    469,000
3    Daniel Negreanu    426,000
4    Brian Rast    390,000
5    Larry Wright    203,000
6    John Monnette    169,000
7    Abe Mosseri    162,000