sick ****...

when i was leaving PCA, i of course withdrew the 10k from my PS account that I was told I could bring back into the US without filing paperwork...so i take my happy ass to the airport with the 10k brick in my pocket...and i obv smuggle a box of cubans back in my check bag...

when we go thru customs, my girlfriend and i go up together, and i've got the 10k in my chck bag, and another like 1100 in my pocket...spending money in various random wads of 20's and 100's and 1's and 5's that like somehow made it through the week without getting spent...

we go up to the guy and hes like...so you're one of these poker kids huh?...i guess since my new carry on bag (thanks pokerstars) was less than inconspicuous...(30 other ppl in line for security also had the bag)...so anyway he's like you got any drugs, cash, insects, etc...you know the whole drill...and im like...uh cash...hes like how much...and im like 10k...and hes like u sure you got 10k...and i was like yes...i have exactly 10k cash, its in my bag, would you like to see it...hes like no that'll be just fine...you're coming with me...and i was obv like jesus christ...he had asked my gf if she had any cash...and obv she answered truthfully and said...umm like 90$...so anyway...they take us to this dark lil room where they are holding nenad medic hostage (guess he had a pokerstars bag too)...so my girlfriend and i walk in...and hes like, "they got you too?" and i was like...**** i hope not...and he laughed etc etc...so i hand my gf the wad of 1100 in my pocket...im sure its on camera from the customs inspection room, but whatev...im like, might as well try...cuz nenad informs me that they take from you anything above what you report...

so we wait there for like 45 minutes...i talk to serb a bit, and im like...dude, if we're back here much longer...we're gonna miss our flight...and hes like, "yeah, my flights at 4:15..." I look down at my watch and notice that is 4:45...what a funny guy...anyways, they come back into the room and get us separately, and they start interrogating me about how much money I have in my bag...and im like 10k...i already told the guy...this is after waiting for an hr...so im like, look in the bag, we are gonna be late for our flight, etc...but respectfully obv...so this new customs guy goes thru the routine...do you have any insects, or petri dishes, or innoculating loops, or whatever...money, cigars, etc...and im like...uhhh i got some cigars in my check bag...and hes like what kinda cigars...and i tell him that they are montecristo #2's proudly...not realizing that you can't bring back ANY cubans into the US...when i've been outta the country with my dad, he's always brough a box back...so he's like, YOU HAVE WHAT in your bag...and i was like umm..a box of montecristo's from the hotel...and the customs agent gets like offended, and i guess he decides not to go through the hassle of making them retreive my check bag, but he asks why i'd be so bold...and i was like well, the merchant at my hotel said that we were allowed to bring 1-2 boxes back into the US...and i believed him...and the guy asks, "was he wearing one of these?" and points to his US customs badge...

so anyway...he decides to be an ******* apparently and brings over some paperwork, and hes like i need you to fill this out...its the paperwork required if you bring over 10k into the US...and i was like..ummm i only have 10k, and i did that on purpose, so that I wouldnt have to fill out any paperwork...and he was like, well what if i drop a penny in your bag...and i was like...well what if i drop a $100 on the ground!?

anyways, your story is way sicker, but i figged i'd post mine too

You know isa not a idiot, once they took my money into a bag, i yelled to the people in the bagage area nd asked them to call police , real airport security and police came and basically told me to suck a ....... they were real dea,


i went threw the extra security screening at exray, every thing was fine. i just got profiled for buying a ticket last minute for cash and the dea guys had a chip on there shoulder.


yeah i check pms, no word on jay..

Arrrrghhhhhhh!!!!!! should've came back to vegas with the girlfriend LOL love u viff

should of gone in the familly bathroom with me for real good bye kissing love you to miss E!!

jcmoussa and farr have a good story about the nassau airport and having 10100$ on you

i would rather have this happen than get out outed for 360 fwiw

still sucks though, i imagine you will get it all back so long as you are not a drug dealer

I would have such a hard time not going off on the custom guys who act like dicks just cause they can. I'm pretty sure anyone in the whole security process at airports act like *******s just to make themselves feel important while making 25k/yr.


btw viffer r u the guy who I see in the P towers gym also with a trainer? if so, Hi.



edit: love the "what if I drop 100 on the ground" line.

HAHAHAHAHHAl;fdjkasflk;ja;lkjf;s LOOLOLOL

viffer owns

so i havent played online in for ever no limit
so im sitting in my hotel and decide to play 25-50 first hand i post and


PokerStars Game #24323159293: Hold'em No Limit ($25/$50) - 2009/01/27 6:09:11 ET
Table 'Agrippina' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: BigSanta ($5720 in chips)
Seat 2: x JD KILLERx ($5225 in chips)
Seat 3: Prefontaine ($6504 in chips)
Seat 4: Viffer ($3105.75 in chips)
Seat 5: maximum123 ($5354 in chips)
Seat 6: pompen ($6419 in chips)
Seat 7: straate ($19842 in chips)
Seat 8: ADZ124 ($5781 in chips)
Seat 9: mbolt1 ($7991 in chips)
pompen: posts small blind $25
straate: posts big blind $50
Viffer: posts big blind $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Viffer [Ks Kd]
ADZ124: folds
mbolt1: folds
BigSanta: folds
x JD KILLERx: raises $200 to $250
Prefontaine: raises $950 to $1200
Viffer: raises $1905.75 to $3105.75 and is all-in
maximum123: folds
pompen: raises $3313.25 to $6419 and is all-in
straate: folds
x JD KILLERx: folds
Prefontaine: folds
Uncalled bet ($3313.25) returned to pompen
*** FLOP *** [2h 2s 3h]
Viffer said, "wqetf"
*** TURN *** [2h 2s 3h] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [2h 2s 3h 2c] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pompen: shows [As Ad] (a full house, Deuces full of Aces)
Viffer: shows [Ks Kd] (a full house, Deuces full of Kings)
pompen collected $7708.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7711.50 | Rake $3
Board [2h 2s 3h 2c Tc]
Seat 1: BigSanta folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: x JD KILLERx folded before Flop
Seat 3: Prefontaine folded before Flop
Seat 4: Viffer showed [Ks Kd] and lost with a full house, Deuces full of Kings
Seat 5: maximum123 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: pompen (small blind) showed [As Ad] and won ($7708.50) with a full house, Deuces full of Aces
Seat 7: straate (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: ADZ124 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: mbolt1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

this should teach you not to overplay one pair in NL.
should wait for str8's and flushes before committing to playing a big pot.

is this 10k rule only for flying into the US? Or also flying within, from state to state? I was under the impression you could fly state to state with any amount of cash

thats my understanding. and if u have a wad of cashu should never take it out of ur pocket. just show it to security when they ask u to empty ur pockets. they dont want u pulling it out either, etc

edit
ps i backpacked round india with my roll

Hate to point it out, but he had a full house dude. A friggin' boat!

threatnasty....wtf are u doing

how is the 25k/yr relevent? either way they do a more important job than you or i.

lol, we can completely derail this thread....or

just bump rich poker player extravegence [sic]!

telling a relevant story and humbly stating that mine is nowhere near as bad as viffer's...?

if this is bad ettiquette, then plz, lets get a mod to move it to a new thread..."inspired by viffer's story...ITT we post our Nassau stories"

certainly never intended to offend you, bakes

no i more meant taking 10k when you knew you had 1100 on you and bringing back cubans...lolllll theres one every year at PCA ;|

ohh...that...well i'm obviously an idiot...but like...i figged there were much bigger deals...

and later asked my friends if they had any trouble, and they were like umm no, i didnt even get asked if i was carrying money...so wtf?!

fwiw, everyone leaving on that last day, the sunday, was getting taken into the back room...its like the nassau airport knew about the poker tourney ending...my friends that were not harrassed at all left on friday night (yellowsub, tbthanx, etc.) nice of them to tell me they only take back like 9k tho...

My friend far got 10k confiscated all becUse they found a
1k Atlantis chip that he didn't even know he had on him. He still hasn't gotten the money back. **** that stupid ****ing island.

wow, glad they didnt find my 1,100...i dont have 10k's to be losing to customrs

what happened was terrible, but this isnt a point against america as compared to almost every other countryin the world america fares very well on these issues (whatever issues they might be)

true that

in the Philippines if u bring more than 250$USD in filipino pesos (thats 10000 pesos) out of the country and you get caught, the police bring you to the bathroom and will ask you for a bribe of about 1/3rd of what you're carrying in pesos.

they allow you to carry 10k US but if you carry more they'll tax that too.

Actually, no. We have a much crazier drug jihad in America than most of Europe, for example. There is a reason why we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.

OP got off light, imo. At least they didn't deliver him a box of weed (that nobody ever saw) and then shoot his dogs.

youre a ****ing clown