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

[cambridgealex]

I wouldn't do this, but he can do what he wants I guess. It's not very community spirited, and not very generous, and not very classy. And it is pretty short-sighted in many ways. Plus not likely to make him especially popular. But I'm sure he doesn't care. Money money money innit.

The Vamplew thing was worse from what I heard. Apparently a regular poster on here lent him the money to buy into a tourney, vig free obviously. Vamplew cashed big. Then the same guy asked if he could buy some of the dollars, and Vamplew wanted to charge him vig. That is simply shocking and scummy and disrespectful. But again, I'm sure he doesn't care and just thinks well business is business. Money money money innit.

Is tuftat23 Andrew Teng then? Either way, not a very classy post to make. But then I imagine you are not a very classy guy. I'm sure you don't care though. Money money money innit.

Not even sure why I am bothering typing this tbh. Or why any of us bother to get upset by stuff like this. The gambling world is full of this sort of nonsense and much worse, and we can never change it. Just remember who the good guys are and look after each other. And try not to give up too much to the money money money guys.

This for me, good post.

[pleno1]

the is he paying tax on this is very interesting. especially as hes done it for years and mentioned specific numbers itt.

[pleno1]

should he be paying to UK or US?

[redarmi]

the is he paying tax on this is very interesting. especially as hes done it for years and mentioned specific numbers itt.

It certainly is.  If he had a couple more mates in poker then someone would probably warn him it might not be the smartest thing to do to mention it in public........

[Royal Flush]

Well done on a fantastic result Andrew. As for the other stuff I'm long past the point of caring what other people do. I'm sure I fall short of many peoples standards of conduct so I'm not going to pass comment on people who aren't my close friends.

Gl with rest of series.

[Doobs]

the is he paying tax on this is very interesting. especially as hes done it for years and mentioned specific numbers itt.

Yeh, and whilst we are at it, what about all the staking we buy and sell.  Nice little business there.  Wonder if mark up should be taxed?   People taking 30% on packages worth thousands going to be different? 

Don't think he'd have pushed any personal tax thresholds previously.  Assuming he us keeping some dollars to reinvest it us going to be pretty marginal here.  I am also sure there is a business vs just changing his money back question to get past too.  Something like selling coaching could be clearer businesses?

Or are we only discussing ways other people could be taxed?  The ones that do "scummy" things. 

[pleno1]

Absolutely anybody who does coaching should pay tax/loans off. When I did I was paying full tax back/top student loan tiers, everybody informed etc.

I don't think people playing poker should pay voluntary tax but those who are making a business should and he is obviously treating it like a business and making tens of thousands of dollars.

Unsure about stance of the markup situation. 

[nirvana]

tbh, that anybody even discusses another man's enterprise or how he deals with money transactions shows what a strange little world poker is.

Guy charges for services shocker - utterly ridic for anyone to criticise or even pass comment really if you stop and think about it

[pleno1]

Dry similar to markups in poker right?

[Rupert]

The whole "money money money" thing is a bit ridiculous given that the game of poker is literally designed to swindle your opponents out of their money with little to no value to society.

[rfgqqabc]

The whole "money money money" thing is a bit ridiculous given that the game of poker is literally designed to swindle your opponents out of their money with little to no value to society.

The game of life could be seen that way too but I still like to give help to others.

[TightEnd]

back to the action (temporarily no doubt)

overnight.....


- Gregory Kolo Wins Event #12: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em ($169,225)

- Paul Volpe Wins First WSOP Bracelet in Event #13 $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship ($253,524)

besting Daniel Negreanu during heads up play and denying KidPoker his seventh World Series of Poker bracelet


- Event #14: $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low

Players Left 27
Entries    1036

Greg Raymer and Maria o are among the final 27

Stephen Chidwick cashed 72nd, Matthew Asthton 107th

[TightEnd]

Event #15: $3,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em

Players Left 156
Entries    810


Top Chip Counts
Name    Chips
1    Brandon Cantu    244,700
2    Barry Hutter    201,100
3    Andreas Hoivold    195,200
4    Nick Guagenti    178,100
5    Davidi Kitai    141,900
6    David Chase    122,900
7    Benjamin Horgan    114,500
8    Michael Mizrachi    100,700
9    Byron Kaverman    100,000
10    Mark Dube    100,000

[TightEnd]

Event #16: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball

Players Left 96
Entries    348


Top Chip Counts
Name    Chips
1    Mike Leah    51,000
2    Layne Flack    42,300
3    Don Nguyen    38,000
4    Todd Bui    37,000
5    Tom Franklin    27,000
6    Ben Yu    21,300
7    Dan Smith    21,000
8    John Racener    21,000
9    Kevin Iacofano    20,000
10    Cathy Dever    19,600

[DungBeetle]

the is he paying tax on this is very interesting. especially as hes done it for years and mentioned specific numbers itt.

Why is it "very interesting"?  Seems very petty to raise this to me?