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Oh I really cant say I played at the site just when it started I think 3-4 years ago. Back then you got double of the tourney buy-in if you busted a pro, but only in some tourneys.
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Wow, that´s a nice extra incentive! Some sites which do not have pro´s playing, sometimes have special promotions, where if you hit a mistery Sit n Go table for example, you´d receive double the prize if you made in ITM.
Always nice when you can get a little something extra for playing well.
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LOL I just wrote a serious long answer been writing for the last 15-20min and when I finally was done and pressed post the site had logged me out and erased my message I will write again later but right now im on serious tilt....grrrr
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Hehe yeah you are right I was actually begon to do that but I forgot...playing the same time dohhh I was trying to anwer xxxI's question about tax in DK. @xxx..The tax system only knows what you inform them, but it's illegal not to announce winnings from non EU countries, because if you win outside of EU the money has not been payed tax of. If I get money from non EU accounts regularly they will investigate my account and ask for transfer script from Neteller or what ever people use. If they find that you have received money that you should pay tax of that you havent told them, you will get fine double the ammount+pay the tax. Danish tax system just got a special department that controls internet/cyber-money and they are very thorough If you win 400$ a month it's 4800$ a year which should make 2880$(60%) to the tax system if the winnings come from a non Eu-site. This is alot of money just from 1 amateur player out of extremely many in DK seen in aspect of the small population of 5mill. So sadly they go for the small fish too As long as money is on Neteller tax dont know anything about it, I can win on non EU site and move them to EU site and play with them but the problem is to withdraw the money, untill 6 months ago Neteller had a card that you could use in ATM's without connecting it to your bank account....but now the first thing they do if you want a card is to make a small deposit on your account and in that way danish tax system nows you got a Neteller account to investigate I Dont know how long time Neteller keeps history of transactions? Right now only way to play on non EU sites without having tax breathing down your neck is to have a Schweiz bank account with visa card
EDIT: forgot about the tourney....I never met Gus in tourney was at same table as Chui for a short while but never got to play a hand with him. I came in the 750K through FTP satelites two satelites in a row and I got a ticket for 750K. So I spend a weekend earning my ticket and then I played 7 hour's or so to go out on buble when A-10s re-raised all-in pre I had QQ and I called
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Finland
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I think it's pretty boring to watch those "pros" playing online games... You can not even see their cards... unles they go to showdon... wich is rare. So it aint fun.
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It can be boring, yes... it all depends on what you are looking for. When it comes to entertainment, it really is a drag... much better to watch the WSOP on ESPN, but sometimes, certain types of people are looking for the aspect of the online game itself. All the pre-flop action, flop etc... How do regular amateurs react to a pro´s raise and so on. Sometimes if you´re really paying attention and somehow it does make it to the showdown, you can really pick up many things from that. Boring... yes.. useless, never!
And to top that off, it is free, you can check it out at anytime you desire. It´s not like they are your average player... they are professional poker players, they do this for a living, so we are bound to learn even if is a little bit!
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wow sounds like that DK tax force is on the ball lol looks like no gettin around them eh wow that sucks tho.. here in Canada we dont have to pay any tax on our winnings :d including gameshows, lotteries or anything so its good here
and still thats pretty cool playin with chu well sittin there with him
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I have been wathcin them playing. 1 of my favorite players on full tilt is ''ziigmund'' ''The OMAHA KING'' BTW today i play against gus hansen in private tournament
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Posted by TabOut: I have been wathcin them playing. 1 of my favorite players on full tilt is ''ziigmund'' ''The OMAHA KING'' BTW today i play against gus hansen in private tournament
You played today against Gus Hanson? Gus is one of my favourite player. How was it? Did you lost? Can you tell something about his gaming?
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yea im a really big fan of gus hansen! hes just sucha great player... im kind of jealous that you got to play against him... let us no how both you and he did! what was his style like? just on tv.. irratic?
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Man the good thing about having a huge bankroll is that u can trap PPL think u r playing too loose, like phill ivey hes calling and loosing but from nowhere he gets the double of the money he started playing becouse ppl get the wrong ideia of his game... Nice to watch, bad to loose ehehhe
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Check this out guys, Gus makes great call : Full Tilt Poker Game #5172685245: Gus Invitational (37513257), Table 11 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:59:37 ET - 2008/02/08 Seat 1: Shamua (11,245) Seat 2: Gus Hansen (8,180) Seat 3: frederik222 (2,903) Seat 4: zapp04 (3,540) Seat 5: flashpeople (2,195) Seat 6: AkelaDK (2,940) Seat 7: TabOut1 (2,150) Seat 9: jarjarbing (1,675) Shamua posts the small blind of 50 Gus Hansen posts the big blind of 100 The button is in seat #9 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to TabOut1 [Jc 6d] frederik222 folds zapp04 folds flashpeople folds AkelaDK folds TabOut1 folds jarjarbing folds OlandoDK sits down OlandoDK adds 9,416 Shamua calls 50 Gus Hansen checks *** FLOP *** [7s 4s 3h] Shamua bets 200 Gus Hansen raises to 700 Shamua calls 500 *** TURN *** [7s 4s 3h] Shamua bets 700 Gus Hansen calls 700 *** RIVER *** [7s 4s 3h Kh] Shamua bets 1,000 Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act Gus Hansen has requested TIME Gus Hansen: there is no way I have the best hand but very curious Gus Hansen calls 1,000 *** SHOW DOWN *** Shamua shows [2c 7d] a pair of Sevens Gus Hansen shows [7c 5h] a pair of Sevens Gus Hansen wins the pot (5,000) with a pair of Sevens
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I noticed on full tilt that Mike Matusow practically play there constantly. You are almost certain to find him any time, he is like a machine lol. Would love to try my luck with Gus too
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So is Phil Ivey, he has his own Heads Up table in the HE NL section. He is on quite frequently, but many people miss him because since it´s a 2 player table, when it´s full it doesn´t appear on the list, you have to uncheck that option, so it shows full tables. Well, good luck
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mike matusiv has bad temper then hes is very bad player but when mike is calm down he can play top10 poker the he is the worlds top10 list in poker player who are good he can fold KK in Q high board and he can fold QQ and he is unstoppable ut when bad beat hits hes worlster that my grandma...
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That's what I like about FullTilt hehe. So many pros playing around and even in low limits from time to time ! Great stuff from these players and you can have some very nice chats with some of them
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I decided to post a quick note here, just to reactivate this thread. It seems that many people want to watch them live but didn´t know how, so this is the thread some of you asked me about. Just look up there to find out how.
You just need to get used to it.
I was trying to anwer xxxI's question about tax in DK. 
If you win 400$ a month it's 4800$ a year which should make 2880$(60%) to the tax system if the winnings come from a non Eu-site. This is alot of money just from 1 amateur player out of extremely many in DK seen in aspect of the small population of 5mill. So sadly they go for the small fish too 
As long as money is on Neteller tax dont know anything about it, I can win on non EU site and move them to EU site and play with them but the problem is to withdraw the money, untill 6 months ago Neteller had a card that you could use in ATM's without connecting it to your bank account....but now the first thing they do if you want a card is to make a small deposit on your account and in that way danish tax system nows you got a Neteller account to investigate 
BTW today i play against gus hansen in private tournament 
