Looking forward to a $5K PTS freeroll with 900 people in it next week!

(no I'm not)

well i won 14 BI HU against one guy when i was posting that lmao.. the tables are always fun when your hands hold up especially in PLO.

1) No I am not a pro poker player and never suggested I was.
2) you say I am wrong about something and also arguing with someone about something. I never made any statements so what can I be wrong about? I also was not arguing with anyone. I asked a few questions about irs & taxes.
I was trying to get some clarification on reporting to the irs. If I understand what has been said correctly the IRS wants their cut of any money I make even if it's illegal, but they want me to lie about how I made it?

I honestly thought you were trolling, but re-reading your post I guess I believe you that they were actual questions you wanted answered.

So I will try to re-answer your questions.

(1) No, you don't have to say where you won the poker/gambling monies. They don't know if its at a casino, online, home game. Only if you get audited I guess would they find out... but even if you were it doesn't matter. So no, your not lying at any point.

(2) your not doing anything illegal by playing poker online. It has never been illegal for the player. Therefore, in the eyes of the IRS it is 100% legit. So there is no reason to lie.

(3) The crack analogy was off b/c in that analogy you are doing something illegal. However, the point was that EVEN IF it is illegal the IRS wants their cut, they don't care. I honestly have no idea how you would file your taxes if you were a crack dealer, and I'm not particular interested in knowing how. The point is that the IRS wants their $$$ no matter what and its better to break just one law (selling crack) then to break two (tax evasion). But this doesn't apply to poker because your not breaking any laws (unless your not paying your taxes).

Cliffs: Your not doing anything illegal, and it doesn't matter if it came from an offshore site or from a live casino, its all the same to the IRS .. so no, you should NEVER lie to the IRS.

the worst part about taxing poker is that no transaction happens, the money being exchanged was already once taxed, and its dumb. gambling winnings should be tax free

drizzy is always welcome in the bovada thread lol

This is what I got via email.....For the Poker Bowl Promotion Qualifier Tournaments for week 2, the 100% New Player Qualifier Tournament is not included. It has to be either of the 3, $100K Special Qualifier 50 Seats Guaranteed, $100K Semifinal, $100K Cheap Seats. These can all be found under the $100K Guaranteed tab in the Poker software under Scheduled Tournaments.

GL

Does anyone have a suggestion for an online bank to use that will accept foreign checks? My Bovada check came in in USD from a Canadian check, but my bank won't accept it (Ally Bank). There's a local credit union that will take it, but they said it takes 6-8 weeks to clear. I'd prefer to just grab an online bank that will accept them if at all possible.

Definitely. I think Canada has it right in that respect.

Are US players eligible to win the 2014 punta cana poker classic main event satelites? Has anyone itt from the US won a main event seat before?

Of course or else they wouldn't advertise it on Bovada.

Thanks, I never received a response from them. Maybe now the team scores for the week will rise. Check out the standings, there is not a team above .50. If I understand the scoring correctly, that means that less than half have entered any of these qualifiers. NFC South is around .17 or something. :P

I plan to play in at least one. Got the free roll tonight first.

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Yeah, good to know the cheap seats and the quarterfinals count count. Would've be better know before I blew $22 on a semi yesterday :P
Worse than that, actually. I'm fairly positive that column is points, not touchdowns (worth 6 points). In other words, a 0.50 average means, that on average, each person has joined 1/12th of a sat. To be fair, though, most of the sats don't start until Thursday or so.

So NFC south is in last place?

anyone else experiencing ridiculous lag tonight? wtf I got monies to print, yo!...

yes and its happening on merge too

Wow, this poker bowl ticket actually turned out to be pretty good value. 84 people in a $5K tourney.

How do you know if you qualify for the freerolls? I can't even remember what team I picked.

You have to email support.. they'll tell you what team you picked.

Solid post.

I'm playing a $20 100k qualifier and the blinds jumped up 5 min early at my table. When it broke blinds were back at the previous level at my new table.

The poker bowl freeroll prize distribution is based on a 6-max tournament. But it's a 9-max tournament. Someone pressed the wrong button somewhere.

I failed to receive my week one $10 cash bonus even though I obtained the required poker points.

When the promotion launched, I was sure to align with a conference so that I would reap the $10 bonus and bonuses to come, but a Bovada custserv rep -- Simone -- told me that on her end I did not select a conference and that I would not receive the $10 cash bonus although I earned enough poker points.

Be sure that you get an e-mail saying you've selected a conference and/or confirm with a custserv rep to be sure you selected a conference to be eligible for the promotion.

I'm very confident I selected a conference and don't understand how I would select a conference if I wasn't -- for instance -- logged in. I recall logging in on my browser on Bovada's site, but apparently something went wrong somewhere.

Has anyone else not received their week one bonus even though they believe they selected a conference?

I received an email from Bovada confirming my selection. I never consider myself particularly special, so I would've guessed everyone who enrolled got one.

Something I always do is try to enter the promotion twice. It will pop up saying you're already successfully registered for the promotion which is a good way to double check.