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Forum: Brick and Mortar 10-25-2005, 11:29 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 166
Posted By giantsrule
Re: live NL win rate

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i hear a good win rate is between 5-10 big blinds

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If you search you should be able to find info, but note when people talk about BB/hr or BB/100 I believe BB refers to big...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 10-24-2005, 01:20 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 1,111
Posted By giantsrule
Re: AP club just got busted

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Though you are not required to hand over an ID you are required to identify yourself and falsely identifying yourself would be a violation of law

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100% false...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 10-20-2005, 01:00 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 1,111
Posted By giantsrule
Re: AP club just got busted

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...the players were released after about 2 hours.

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So the players were released free and clear with no charges whatsoever right? Not only not arrested but also not given a...
Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em 07-18-2005, 05:16 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 100
Posted By giantsrule
Re: biggest leaks in NL?

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what the general thoughts are on the most common big leaks and errors that NL players make.

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how about calling far too many pre-flop raises
Forum: Brick and Mortar 07-13-2005, 05:43 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 284
Posted By giantsrule
Re: New York Poker Players To Protest NYPD Raids

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The loitering ticket for the purpose of gambling is of questionable constitutional validity according to this source. Scroll all the way to the bottom.
New York Gambling Laws...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 06-17-2005, 01:13 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 161
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC Player - quit? - low content

People sometimes get so carried away with citicizing others on this forum. He said 5-5 which I'm sure refers to NL. So it's 15BBs/hr that he's claiming, not 75BBs/hr. (BB being a "big bet" which...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-31-2005, 06:15 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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because they claimed they were really just a lottery that looks like a slot machine.

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Did they actually claim slot machines to be like lottery but with...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-31-2005, 06:06 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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Ok, so hold'em is just a lottery that looks like poker. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Works for me
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-31-2005, 06:02 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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The problem is that people typically don't know what a "player" actually is, under NYS Penal Law, because they have never heard of subsections 3 and 4, of Section 225.00, of the NY State...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-31-2005, 05:23 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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The NY State Constitution gives Albany rather incredible powers in regard to regulating gaming, and unless they say "poker is legal,".....

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It's much worse than that. The NY...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-31-2005, 04:46 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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There is a judge on duty in NYC 24-7-365. 24 hrs to be arraigned.

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No, there isn't.

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Arraignments are open 365 days a year. Manhattan use to be...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-27-2005, 01:05 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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If I remember correctly NYPC asked for a social security number when I first joined last year.

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Yeah and I guess you filled it out. Next time leave it blank. But...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-27-2005, 12:49 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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It's illegal not to carry ID.

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No it's not.

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Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-27-2005, 12:33 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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any resulting IRS complications for the players?

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I can't imagine NYPD communicating with the IRS about players, but even if they did I don't think you'd have a problem...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-27-2005, 12:01 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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I am not an attorney, however this is the only section that pertains to players (http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/New-York/) : ( another link)...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-27-2005, 11:46 AM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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It's illegal not to carry ID.

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No it's not.
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-27-2005, 11:44 AM
Replies: 197
Views: 937
Posted By giantsrule
Re: NYC poker raid?

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Technically the police can hold you for 24 hours regardless of whether are not you have an ID. My assumption is that IDs were checked so that the police could check whether there were...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-26-2005, 04:22 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 134
Posted By giantsrule
Re: Vegas Trip Report May 12th-14th (Long)

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can you smoke cigars in the palms room?

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No.
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-25-2005, 02:58 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 308
Posted By giantsrule
Re: Buy in at 4/8

Buy in for $200 and make it all white or red and white (say $100 of each) whichever you personally prefer. If you have no preference then maybe go with all white since some people feel soooo strongly...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-25-2005, 02:39 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 115
Posted By giantsrule
Re: Poker bill introduced in NY

A little article in the Post about it yesterday said it's got no realistic chance to become law.
Forum: Brick and Mortar 05-04-2005, 04:39 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 250
Posted By giantsrule
Re: \"Doing Business\" at poker rooms

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Im sure it has negative EV but i dont know exact way of calculating it.

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As others have said it is EV neutral. A few months ago there was a thread on this where someone...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 03-25-2005, 01:27 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 82
Posted By giantsrule
Re: Vegas Tourneys.

I thought Luxor was $25 not $100???
Forum: Multi-table Tournaments 03-25-2005, 01:18 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 99
Posted By giantsrule
Re: question on dealmaking and taxes

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Yes, the threshold is $600. I thought the rule applied to all gambling, so no idea why it would be applied differently to sportsbook bets.

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Thanks. I could be wrong about...
Forum: Multi-table Tournaments 03-24-2005, 06:21 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 99
Posted By giantsrule
Re: question on dealmaking and taxes

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Probably, they already had the w2-g's made out for any spot that paid over $599...



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Do you only get a W2-G if you win $600 or more? Less than that is there no tax...
Forum: Multi-table Tournaments 03-23-2005, 12:53 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 48
Posted By giantsrule
Taxes--winning amount when tax paperwork starts?

In a cheap MTT (in Vegas) what is the threshold amount that, if you win at least that amount, you have to fill out tax related paperwork and the casino reports it to the IRS? I tried searching and...
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