I will be playing in the WSOP Main Event!

[WuDu]

7,221 entries in total for the Main Event with a prize pool of 67,877,400 $. Actually that's a pretty cool deal, 9400 +600 $. Too bad the tax-man grabs a huge chunk of it if you win...

[GotWhatItTakes]

 

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@WuDu wrote:

Too bad the tax-man grabs a huge chunk of it if you win...

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Not if you are using some tricks. Possible for various countries. But if you are american you are doomed :laugh:

[WuDu]

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@GotWhatItTakes wrote:

 

Not if you are using some tricks. Possible for various countries. But if you are american you are doomed :laugh:

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Just in case someone from the tax office reads here as well, I'm pretty sure @GotWhatItTakes speaks about tax avoidance, not tax evasion...😏

Point is, tough to "use some tricks" if the WSOP wants a tax # from you or otherwise they just deduct 30 % of your winnings...

[GotWhatItTakes]

You just need a ITIN number and be part of the countries that have a treaty with the US. Like Germany does, so does Austria.

I think the older belgian guy who final tabled the Main Event recently kept 100% of his winnings, so did Pius Heinz (german ME Champ).

[WuDu]

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@GotWhatItTakes wrote:

You just need a ITIN number and be part of the countries that have a treaty with the US. Like Germany does, so does Austria.

I think the older belgian guy who final tabled the Main Event recently kept 100% of his winnings, so did Pius Heinz (german ME Champ).

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You always learn something here. 👍

So what do you do with the 100 % WSOP prize money? Have them sent it straight to Vontobel? 🆒

[GotWhatItTakes]

I would take the cash and run to Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

Hint: If you don´t know Zihuatanejo, go watch "shawshank redemption". Best movie there is, you won´t regret it.

[cris1285]

Is @Magicadil there? No update from his side since he announced that. I hope he made it, and run golden. :cash:

[MarcoV]

Let's all congratulate @balticblonde who just made it into the money in the main event - well done! ✋

 

[startelver]

He was posting on the forum a week ago , nothing heard from him since....

 

[WuDu]

@balticblondeis currently sitting at #933.That's cool...:cash: 73.000 in chips left with 4K/8K blinds. But I guess these rankings are a little sketchy.

@GotWhatItTakesand she's 9 spots ahead of Mario Basler! :wow:

For those of you wanting to check for players yourself, all participants are listed here:

WSOP Main Event Results

 

 

[BonusPater]

Kenny Hallaert - if you've attended a Unibet Open recently, you must have seen him, as he's the tournament director - is currently 17th :)

[GotWhatItTakes]

@testuser1, wow now he is 4th. 

Back to back final table incoming?! :happy:

[cris1285]

Let`s go @balticblonde and Kenny :popeye:

Btw i saw a "magicadil" playing jackpot freeroll yesterday on a different site,  so lets hope 1, he is not the real and only one 2, he did it in his break. We need some updates @Magicadil about your LV experience, we all excited too, hopefully you really could make it. 

[MeX10K]

Nice man GL&HF in Vegas :D :D :D

[startelver]

Not the first time Kenny Hallaert running good at WSOP , he final tabled last year and cashed out  $1.6 million. 

And now in 3rd place after day 4 , could he possibly repeat last year ?  

 

 

 

 

[BonusPater]

We've actually got the man himself here on the site @SpaceyFCB :)

A shame with Daiva, but still a really solid result :popeye:

[WuDu]

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@testuser1 wrote:

We've actually got the man himself here on the site @SpaceyFCB :)

A shame with Daiva, but still a really solid result :popeye:

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Would be really cool if @SpaceyFCB would do an AMA about the WSOP sometime in the future. One thing that really interests me is how he decided to play once he was in the money and in the top-10 on the leaderboard.

I mean, are you playing it safe making sure to pick up more prize money as other people are getting eliminated or are you getting more aggressive as the game goes on?

[WuDu]

Main Event is over and the winner made 8,15 million $ before taxes.

http://www.wsop.com/news/2017/Jul/9286/SCOTT-BLUMSTEIN-IS-THE-2017-WSOP-MAIN-EVENT-CHAMPION.html

I'm wondering how much of this insane sum he can really keep for himself. We'll probably never know...

[MoreTBC]

1. Tax Man $7,659,195
2. Stott Blumstein $4,310,571
3. Benjamin Pollak $3,500,000
4. Dan O tt $2,600,194 
5. John Hesp $2,600,000
6. Antoine Saout $2,000,000
7. Jack Sinclair $1,200,000
8. Damian Salas $997,500
9. Bryan Piccioli $791,023
10. Ben Lamb $591,517

[WuDu]

For those of you being disappointed about the missing trip report in this thread, I want to encourage you to check out @whereisrivaldo and his blog: https://www.unibetcommunity.com/t5/Blogs-Stories/BLOG-whereisrivaldo-s-year/m-p/102381#M1804

Great blog that deserves more readers, especially since he actually really went to Vegas to play a WSOP event this year, instead of pretending to do so... :Thumbsup:

[FeelsBadMan]

Well this thread was made ages ago, with no updates since then. And I seem to remember that he quit playing as much poker at some point. So I see no deception/pretending here. Other people dug up this thread from the grave.

But I will agree that @whereisrivaldo 's blogs are a great read :Thumbsup:

[4soul]

and with you in that photo of corse :D