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I wish more people would play Isildur at his own game NLH, shame as i think he deserves it after playing everyone at PLO. but not going to happen as they know that Isildur would have the edge over most otherwise

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03-12-2010 , 11:22 AM

#5553

Masq

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They were playing 4. Clockwyze pretty much the best cap player around.

03-12-2010 , 11:23 AM

#5554

CliffLee

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Random question. Why is Maciek Gracz - a full tilt pro - playing 10NL, 6max NLHE ?! Weird.

There's also a huge waiting list to get onto the table.

03-12-2010 , 11:24 AM

#5555

Cortesi

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wow, Clockw is running good!

03-12-2010 , 11:24 AM

#5556

HopelessHousewife

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ClockWyze is from Canada right? I'm checking his PTR and he has Malta's flag. He moved there because of low taxes on gambling? Some1 correct me if i'm wrong, i somewhere read that u have to pay 10% from your gambling winning in Malta. Why not move to Monaco where u don't have to pay anything in taxes. Is Malta better (cheaper?) place to live than Monaco? Sorry for offtopic, just curious.

03-12-2010 , 11:25 AM

#5557

HopelessHousewife

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CliffLee

Random question. Why is Maciek Gracz - a full tilt pro - playing 10NL, 6max NLHE ?! Weird.

There's also a huge waiting list to get onto the table.

maybe because he gets payed $35/h and it's variance/risk free option to play NL10 for him. if i remember there was this chinese guy who's FTP red pro and he's always playing some micros.

03-12-2010 , 11:26 AM

#5558

Cortesi

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Broke, busto, bankrupt, finito...

03-12-2010 , 11:31 AM

#5559

luckyjimm

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Isi gone? I can't see him at any tables. HSDB has him down $36k for the day.

03-12-2010 , 11:50 AM

#5560

Redeye00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HopelessHousewife

Unless it's changed very recently poker is tax free in Malta. Info in an interesting thread called "Where to move to play online poker? (legally and tax free)", directly from a malteaser too!

Malta looks like an awesome place to be culturally.

03-12-2010 , 12:05 PM

#5561

HopelessHousewife

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Redeye00

Unless it's changed very recently poker is tax free in Malta. Info in an interesting thread called "Where to move to play online poker? (legally and tax free)", directly from a malteaser too!

Malta looks like an awesome place to be culturally.

thanks, will check that thread.

i just checked POKERBLUFFS PTR and all i can say is: "shiiiiiiiiiit happens"

03-12-2010 , 12:05 PM

#5562

luckyjimm

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Isi now showing as down $47k on the day.

My guess is that means he's only got $10k-$15k left in his account, so is effectively busto till his backer sends him more. Which, hopefully, will happen later today.

03-12-2010 , 12:23 PM

#5563

alwaysdegen

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Quote:

Originally Posted by luckyjimm

Thought most knew that isildur doesnt have a backer, this comes from reliable swedish sources.

03-12-2010 , 12:25 PM

#5564

Masq

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He's been moving money in and out of his account from somewhere.

03-12-2010 , 12:26 PM

#5565

peterpjames

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HopelessHousewife

maybe because he gets payed $35/h and it's variance/risk free option to play NL10 for him. if i remember there was this chinese guy who's FTP red pro and he's always playing some micros.

he was losing at 200NL the last time I remember

03-12-2010 , 12:30 PM

#5566

HopelessHousewife

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POKERBLUFFS: oh man
POKERBLUFFS: something is wrong today
POKERBLUFFS: im winning
POKERBLUFFS: call the cops

lul

03-12-2010 , 12:39 PM

#5567

IN THE OVEN

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Oh yes, Isil played some NLHE.
Sick hands.

03-12-2010 , 12:41 PM

#5568

Richard88

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HopelessHousewife

maybe because he gets payed $35/h and it's variance/risk free option to play NL10 for him. if i remember there was this chinese guy who's FTP red pro and he's always playing some micros.

Steve Wong and some sexton guy play 2nl+5nl 24/7,one tabling.

Don`t see why these are FTP pro`s either,cause they have some live winnings?

03-12-2010 , 12:48 PM

#5569

HopelessHousewife

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard88

Steve Wong and some sexton guy play 2nl+5nl 24/7,one tabling.

Don`t see why these are FTP pro`s either,cause they have some live winnings?

idk, most likely luckboxed some live donkament and got sponsorship deal. anyway, if he plays for 10h he's making $350 + 100% rakeback + winning in a day, i guess he could squeeze $400 in a day at those limits playing 10h. and if he's 1 tabling, i think most likely half of that time there's his wife or kids playing. i would do same lol.

03-12-2010 , 01:02 PM

#5570

donkeyboy123

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard88

Steve Wong and some sexton guy play 2nl+5nl 24/7,one tabling.

Don`t see why these are FTP pro`s either,cause they have some live winnings?

marketing ldo. ftp probably finds them for some sort of use

03-12-2010 , 01:31 PM

#5571

elrudo

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Hands off of Steve!

Steve Wong is a very nice guy, popular Dutch pro.

He's probably single-tabling the 2NL while driving as is shown from 39:25u in following clip:
KRO 'the reunion' with Steve Wong

baller

03-12-2010 , 01:33 PM

#5572

Burcak

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I think having your kid play 2nl for 35$/hour is a pretty good idea. The kid will learn the value of a day's labor, develop the notion of working hard for your lunch money, and will probably realize it's great to be a moron and still luckbox a tournament.

03-12-2010 , 01:37 PM

#5573

CliffLee

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HopelessHousewife

maybe because he gets payed $35/h and it's variance/risk free option to play NL10 for him. if i remember there was this chinese guy who's FTP red pro and he's always playing some micros.

Oh right, ok makes sense. You'd think that they (FT pro's) wouldn't bother considering they've made millions in live tournies etc. I guess maybe FT makes them do it just to attract people to the tables.

03-12-2010 , 02:14 PM

#5574

anakedcowboy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CliffLee

Oh right, ok makes sense. You'd think that they (FT pro's) wouldn't bother considering they've made millions in live tournies etc. I guess maybe FT makes them do it just to attract people to the tables.

this is one of the most naive things i've ever read.