DaFuc? $40,000,000 GTD, $10,400 Buyin WPT Championship Event at Wynn - Page 5 - Poker News

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Rickroll was confused why people thought he was a weirdo and acted like it was none of his business. So a few people including myself clarified why they more or less appropriately felt that way

I was speaking to a dealer who deals in another poker room in Vegas. He told me last year he dealt the Wynn WPT tournaments and averages 60 something an hour and expected more this year bc they got rid of some smaller satellites where the tips weren't as good.

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12-20-2023 , 10:21 AM

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Artur is an absolute monster. I think him and Mikita are the best in the world at the moment.

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12-20-2023 , 04:46 PM

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the lack of coverage is really telling for the poker industry failing at media

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12-20-2023 , 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Avian

the lack of coverage is really telling for the poker industry failing at media

More telling about how boring it is to watch tournament poker in 2023.

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12-20-2023 , 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Avian

the lack of coverage is really telling for the poker industry failing at media

Not sure what you mean, the whole thing has been live-streamed on Youtube.

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12-20-2023 , 08:12 PM

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brianr

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18k watching

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12-21-2023 , 09:52 AM

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Andrew Lichtenberger/Lucky Chewy lived up to the moniker by running hot yesterday. He starts today's final 6 table with over 140 bbs, and being someone who seems an all around good dude is who I'll pull for today.

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12-21-2023 , 09:54 AM

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namisgr11

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Originally Posted by Defarse

Artur is an absolute monster. I think him and Mikita are the best in the world at the moment.

Solid call on your part, with Artur making the final 6 of the WPT Championship and Mikita winning the milly buy-in.

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12-21-2023 , 10:23 AM

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WPT Championship started with 3,835 entries and down to the final 6 which includes Lucky Chewy, Chris Moorman, Ben Heath, and Artur Martirosian. I don't think I've ever seen a large field event have a final table as stacked as this.

I watched some of the One Drop...........Dan Smith is just so insufferable. Whining for someone to bring him earplugs. And complaining about something else.........it's always something.

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12-21-2023 , 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Avian

the lack of coverage is really telling for the poker industry failing at media

LOLOL!!!!!! This single tournament has been streamed for over 36 hours on YouTube. And the final table is today.

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12-21-2023 , 11:09 AM

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Help!!. Watching one drop on youtube 4 left Mario v Isaac 9K5c board
Mario Ac,7s
Isaac Jh,10d
Hand never completed next clip heads up!! what happened to Smith & Haxton?

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12-21-2023 , 01:28 PM

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Is there a single good reason, any reason at all, why they are running this the week before Christmas? Insane timing for a $40M gtd event. Series should start the first week of January with the main mid-late month. Do that and they would have no issues with overlay.

Another big benefit to running it in December vs. January is tax purposes. Anyone who is up for the year basically gets a 20-38% discount on the buyin since they can write it off if they lose.

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12-21-2023 , 01:40 PM

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Another big benefit to running it in December vs. January is tax purposes. Anyone who is up for the year basically gets a 20-38% discount on the buyin since they can write it off if they lose.

That is only true if one is registered, or whatever the term is called, as a professional gambler as an occupation. The casual or non-professional gambler gets no such write-offs. Not sure what % of the field is filing taxes as a professional gambler as occupation.

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12-21-2023 , 01:56 PM

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And they would have to be playing when they otherwise wouldn’t

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12-21-2023 , 02:12 PM

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This isn't true. All that is required is that the player is itemizing deductions. A casual player can deduct losses against gambling winnings. They can't net out wins/losses, can't claim travel expenses, and can't carry forward losses.

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12-21-2023 , 02:12 PM

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And they would have to be playing when they otherwise wouldn’t

I won a tourney in 2011 and played the WPT December at Bellagio based on the discount and wouldn't have otherwise played it.

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12-21-2023 , 02:45 PM

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I won a tourney in 2011 and played the WPT December at Bellagio based on the discount and wouldn't have otherwise played it.

I didn’t say it couldn’t happen

But take it to the BBV forum

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12-21-2023 , 03:08 PM

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That has been cool that WPT has streamed most of the event for free and the one drop yesterday.

I never realized they did this. They won't stream the final 6 today though right? Saving it for the TV broadcast?

If that is the case, do we know what the air date is?

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12-21-2023 , 03:22 PM

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I'm guessing they stream it. The One Drop final table was also a TV table but was streamed.

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12-21-2023 , 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Defarse

I'm guessing they stream it. The One Drop final table was also a TV table but was streamed.

Filming the one drop is the dumbest thing ever. How many entrants were there ? 17?

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12-21-2023 , 07:13 PM

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Not true.
Anyone who has write-offs above the standard deduction would get this benefit.

So if some casual player with a mortgage for example binked a decent score this year he's better off playing in Dec 2023 than Jan 2024.