Interview with Pokrparty.

https://www.highstakesdb.com/6927-in...ty-kaczka.aspx

love it, enjoyed watching his runs back in the day

also love it

I am from Michigan and Indian somehow...so I messaged the tribe I belong to about the new Michigan online poker bill.

I am going to come up with some sort of response, but I would prefer for it to be effective.

If anyone has tips for how to respond to this email hit me up:

My sent email and his response:

Mr. Burton

I am a member of the Sue Saint Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

This matter concerns me greatly. I would like to know sir what it means
for the tribes to waive partial sovereignty in order to allow other casinos
or their own tribal casinos to regulate and legalize online poker!


I have been forced to live in Costa Rica and Canada as an online poker
player at Pokerstars.com.

Every other 1st world country in the world has legalized online poker.
America invented texas hold'em! Online poker should not be illegal.

Please support SB 889 and get back to me on your thoughts on this bill.

http://www.onlinepokerreport.com/206...ative-hearing/


If you are also more interested here are very authentic and highly academic
studies into why online poker is a safe bet and why it should be made legal:


http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfinger/2013/06/30/
online-gambling-a-pastime-whose-time-has-come/#ab41e7f1d07c

"

"Mr. Adelson views a societal train wreck waiting to happen referring to
is predicted wave of new gambling addicts online wagering will facilitate.
To the contrary, an enormous Harvard Medical School 40,000 person study
concluded the overwhelming majority of online gamers play in a very
moderate manner, spending minimal amounts on gaming. Further it is far
easier to police addiction on the internet versus at a live casino.""
http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2015/on...er-regulation/


Have a good afternoon, I hope to hear back from you,




Response:
I have been asked to respond to your email expressing support for the legalization of internet poker and, more specifically, for SB 889 now pending before the Michigan legislature.

The Sault Tribe has been carefully watching developments in the field of internet gaming including the introduction of SB 889 in the Michigan Senate. While we would certainly would welcome new opportunities for the Tribe and its members in this arena, we do not support SB 889. In its current form, the bill would require the Tribe to surrender its sovereign immunity, subject itself to licensing and regulation by the State of Michigan, and make very substantial payments to the State. As we learned from our unfortunate experience with the Greektown Casino in Detroit, this would leave the Tribe vulnerable to the whims of the Michigan Legislature which could choose at any time to modify its regulatory requirements and could arbitrarily increase the amount of taxes and fees that would have to be paid to the State.

We will continue to monitor this situation closely and will make every effort to protect the best interests of the Tribe and its members.

Thanks you for taking the time to share your views on this important subject.

Sault

ugh, get your tribe correct to get respect...though YOU ALREADY BLEW IT, imo

AADynasty

what are you trying to accomplish with your reply?

I'm not exactly clear on everything but you might tell your tribe that you believe it's better for the tribe (regarding internet poker) to have a smaller percentage of something than a huge percentage of nothing. I say "nothing" because it doesn't look like the tribe is ready to start online poker anytime soon.

I also wouldn't mention Adelson anymore.

Matt Hawrilinko's parody to American Pie on Limit Hold Em. Anybody? Kerowo?


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Circa 2008.


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I'm biased, buts it's worth looking for.


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Does anyone follow the bachelorette (ABC show)? Can anyone clarify what the poker dispute was about on the last aired show June 27, 2016?

Do you seriously watch that crap?

bwahaha - Sam watches that show ... sometimes

Not super fond of this season because of all bad blood - some season's it's not like that ...

Kind of tuned out when they started to bicker over the poker, so only managed to catch that Aaron Rodgers' brother was playing poker, and then someone didn't like how he was playing and then went to tell Jojo ...

Threads made about this now. LOL

No sign declaring check and raise permitted.

I have no idea where the Ivey advantage play thread is, but in the NYTimes the story of the mystery Asian lady:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/ma...ml?mwrsm=Email

Interesting read, thanks for sharing.

Series of slow mo tricks 1st, then full speed same tricks, same order:



Solid imo (and Im old haha)

Do you think Johnny ever played 300/600 at the Taj before the movie Rounders came out?

Maybe

ostensibly

indubitably

Who is this?



Thanks.

I recently returned from the native American Meskwaki casino in Tama, Iowa where I played in an MSPT event. In my view, they are overcharging the players in some of their events.

They had several tournaments they advertised as "$65 Multi-Table SUPER Satellite - 20% advance to $250 Qualifiers".

They also had qualifiers that were advertised as "$220+30+10 MSPT Main Event Qualifier - 20% advance".

The receipt for the $250 qualifiers showed:

Buy In - $220
Player Fee - $0
Administrative Fee - $30
Buy In Amount - $250

($220 went to the prize pool)

Players were charged $250 to enter and then when you got to your table you had the "option" of giving the dealer $10 for a "dealer appreciation add-on of 2000 additional chips.

These forced tips are fairly common any more. Technically they are "optional" but in practice they are competitively mandatory. I'll leave whether these are fair or deceptive to another thread.

Disregarding the "optional" add-on cost, if you played a $250 event you got a receipt for $250.

My problem was with the $65 events. Their receipts show:

Buy In - $50
Player Fee - $4.00
Administrative Fee - $6.00
Buy In Amount - $60

($50 went to the prize pool)

Players were charged $65 to enter and then had to pay another $5 at the table for their "dealer appreciation" add on chips.

I thought they had made a mistake and went back to the podium. Told them I had paid $65 which I thought was the entry fee plus the add-on "tip". I was told there was no mistake, that's how they did it. I pointed out that I had a receipt that, for tax purposes, showed I had paid $60 but actually cost me $65.

I realize I don't get a receipt for the "dealer appreciation" tip since technically it is optional and not a charge to enter.

I asked others at my table what they had paid and all said $65 plus the $5 add-on.

Some may consider this nit-picking but it actually has a major effect on the cost of play.

Say you played 1000 of these in a year at a cost of $65,000 (disregarding the add-on) and cashed for a total of $65,000. You would have had a break even year.

But come tax time, you are required to show $65,000 in income to the IRS and are only allowed to deduct $60,000 in buy ins, resulting in a $5000 gain in income on which you must pay 40% in taxes (ymmv).

So, by having a break even year, you will owe the IRS an additional $2000

Have any of you encountered this at other casinos? It's bad enough to pay the exorbitant rake involved in these small tournaments but I'd at least like to get a receipt for the actual amount I am charged to enter.

The MSPT advertises heavily the fact that their Main Event structure was designed by Allen Kessler and is "Chainsaw approved". I doubt he would approve of this hidden cost in their satellites.

Allen?