Just shipped the 9:00pm $11 rebuy on wsop for $1,350.00!!! Great start to NJ Poker

congrats Brilliant !!!
nice score !

Tyty sir

So you're saying if you have a WiFi connection showing NJ you're good to go?

I'm wondering the same thing myself. It seems the $1,500 giveaway and $1,000 giveaway have both vanished for the time being. Those were the two i was mainly using for easy tournament credit money. Im assuming they want to limit the amount of "monopoly" money in circulation until the player base picks up some more. The only real option if you were unable to get money on the site is to do the qualifiers to the Millionaire 10K Semi every Sunday.

Sorry double post.

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Does anyone know if there is some sort of threshold at which you must pay taxes on your winnings? I've got lots of time to dedicate to tournaments this would be useful to know.

According to US Law, you must pay taxes on ALL winnings.

For Poker Tournaments, On net wins of $1-$5,000 it's up to you to report to the IRS.

On net wins of $5,001 plus, the online casino (just like the B&M), is required to send a W9/W2G form to the IRS notifying them of your obligation.

For Free roll tournaments with a payout of $600 and greater....the Casino (B&M or online) may also be required to submit forms to the IRS.

Maybe I'm just young and naive but the way i see it is as follows.

This isn't a job where your risk adversely gaining money. Yes poker is beatable to a small margin of the player base but for the majority of people that will be playing these sites (recreational players) you must risk your personal income to gain anything. Everyone is already basically paying taxes through a trickle down effect. The casino takes a cut out of your winnings in the form of rake and in turn the government taxes these casinos for operating. This just feels like double taxation to me on games that seem to have higher rake than what i remember in the days of full tilt. Really doesn't seem fair unless your talking strictly about taxing people who make a living playing.

/rant

Find it funny that WSOP and 888 run a daily $100 GTD freeroll while ultimate is trying to run a daily 100GTD where you pay $1 to play. If Ultimate wants to get any action on their site they should be offering free rolls left and right. Bet Fair should be offering $100 GTD freerolls on the hour they probably still wont run rofl.

... thus there is no reason for Betfair to be offering freerolls.

Ultimately Ultimate may not find a niche in NJ no matter what they do. Why burn money chasing a losing proposition?

Boom....great job!

That was a tad better than my win the other night

I still seem to have it, although I've added some money since to play at higher stakes.

Use Easy Check method if you have a checking account. Look at one of your checks. There are 3 numbers at the bottom. The first group is your routing number. The second is your account number.

They are willing to eat some losses for the time being so that the overlay draws in more customers. They won't be making money for at least a year. Most businesses don't in the beginning. It's just the cost of establishing a market.

First mention of Betfair in a while. Any one know what is happening? Are they opting out of online poker?

The website is showing a bonus and tournament offerings but is also displaying this - "Account is not accessible at present. Self Excluded players will receive their funds automatically while excluded players will have their funds locked. Please contact customer service for further information."

Know they were supposed to liquidity partner with Golden Nugget but doesn't seem that is happening. Golden Nugget's website still says "We'll Be Back Soon". They have never started.

Only way to get info is to email customer service. Live Chat is supposedly available 9 AM - 2 AM. And call between 5 PM and 2 AM? Not too much confidence that any one is going to play during the day??

BetFair as well as Golden Nugget is late out of the gate, and way behind the 5 other sites. It may be time to scratch?

Welcome to Casino Business 101. The casinos are offering a service, a fun way to lose money. As the old AC saying goes, the Trump Taj Mahal was not built by winners.

Online Poker is the impetus, but the casino games should be a moneymaker, no pun intended. The taxation question is moot. If you want to play the game you pay the price of entry.

Higher rake versus Full Tilt? Are you kidding? You didn't play on FT if you are as young as you say. How did that work out? Still waiting.

Gamblers are gamblers. Poker is still an easy way to make a hard living for those that choose. Unfortunately, for every Phil Ivey there are 1,000s of Brad Booths. And we only see and hear the winning stories.

Online regulations have the same impact as B&M's regulation. Gambling is a revenue producer for all involved except......

Why do you think the sticking point in law's passage was the fear of creating a society of broke gamblers. Why is it that everywhere you look there is a an 800 number for Gambler's Anonymous, and the sites MUST make it very prevalent in ads (TV, radio, print, online, etc.). It is just like the warnings on a pack of cigs.

Play at your own risk, but have fun!

Yes,

I have a similiar issue on party $5 sitting in my account it tells me I have insufficient funds on party.

Separate issue with borgata I asked them about my $20 bonus they have advertised on there site after signing up for my borgata account expecting it... I mean why wouldn't i...

She proceeds to tell me this offer was for the first 1,000 people who sign up. I asked why the offer is still up on the site and in addition why is this not mentioned in the fine print. She just apologized and offered a deposit bonus... Kind of scummy if you ask me. Then I get an e-mail that my inquiry has been upgraded to an investigation. Classy move borgata I hope they put 85 man hours in to the investigation of the missing bonus $20 bonus.

" BetFair online chat is working. NOT LEAVING MARKET. Adding new Poker players daily. Problem with login. No solution to lack of players. Adding Bonuses, etc.

Most of them are. They also have a WTA for their Sunday $200 entry fee every 2 hours or so.

I still have no luck getting on Borgata, WSOP or 888 anymore in Essex county in the burbs. All of my neighbors' signals are fair to weak and thus having trouble validating 3 wifi signals for geo-location. This sucks, now I have to go to Barnes & Noble to play in some tourneys tonight. Has anyone been able to get access from their ipad and not their laptop or vice versa from their home in the Willowbrook Mall area or any other quick fix solutions? Hope they get it fixed soon!

lol

Might be worth a shot with the bear extender(link below is for the windows version). I ordered one for my mac. Hopefully it gets here soon and I can report back. I seem to have location problems from my living room and from what I could gather, this small device can help.

http://www.amazon.com/BearExtender-P.../dp/B006K5LBA2

This is probably because Marriott is headquartered in Bethesda, MD. I assume that all of their internet traffic is routed through some data center there.

So....anyone know any hotels in NYC that are headquartered in NJ??

It's probably not that simple...

I'm unable to deposit on Borgata. I guess I can say the bank name since this is legal it's Bank Of America. Maybe it has something to do with my account being registered with them from NY. I called them and said that they were told to block all internet gambling transactions. I explained to him how this is now legalized but that seemed to be irrelevant. Has anyone else been able to deposit with a NY account from this bank on borgata/party?

I was able to deposit no problem on wsop, but on here I've tried every method and been declined.

There was an article I think on PocketFives that said wifi hit spots are supposed to make a decision on internet gambling and that most banks were unaware of it being legal in NJ and B of A is one of the banks that will continue to ban their debit cards for use. Most visa prepaid cards do not work and MasterCard is the way to go.