Beat - The US Dollar
 

Just had this flash up on google bar:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7069087.stm

"The UK pound has hit its highest level against the US dollar in 26 years."

"The pound rose as high as $2.066 in earlier trading, before paring gains slightly to $2.064."

My expenses are in £s. My earnings are in $. Urgh. Poker is getting harder and the as the $/hr drops so does the value of that $. Double Urgh.

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move

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For all the negatives of the UK, i really do love everything about it, even the weather!

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play on party and keep your roll in gbp

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oh oops too late

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For all the negatives of the UK, i really do love everything about it, even the weather!

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Fk off man, i hate the weather here... [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

get up to go to work... *dark*

Come home from work... *dark*

weekends *grey and rains alot*

fuuuuuuu!! :>

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Brag: euros <3

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play on party and keep your roll in gbp

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His winrate is still in dollars.

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same situation. then plus is that its now cheaper to move up.

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The US economy is a joke. You heard it here first.

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play on party and keep your roll in gbp

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Is this 'native' gpb? Meaning, no conversion rates anywhere (if your neteller or whatever account is in the same), and if you sit at tables, it shows the amounts in GBP? Or how does that work?

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play on party and keep your roll in gbp

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His winrate is still in dollars.

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But his roll will increase in value relative to the $. So move up!

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I've noticed. My friend got layed off yesterday and I figure I have a month left.

But if you guys can play for a living so can I. At least until my savings runs out.

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play on party and keep your roll in gbp

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His winrate is still in dollars.

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But his roll will increase in value relative to the $. So move up!

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Are the players going to get accordingly worse?

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Same situation here. Aussie $ keeps strengthening against the US $ aaaargh lkajsdalasdsd....

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short the pound

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I don't mind... by the time I'm a big time poker pro my bankroll will be huge, in dollars, and the dollar will have gone back to £1.50 [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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play on party and keep your roll in gbp

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His winrate is still in dollars.

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But his roll will increase in value relative to the $. So move up!

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Are the players going to get accordingly worse?

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No, but he will hopefully have more motivation to move up because of the bigger bankroll.

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play on party and keep your roll in gbp

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Is this 'native' gpb? Meaning, no conversion rates anywhere (if your neteller or whatever account is in the same), and if you sit at tables, it shows the amounts in GBP? Or how does that work?

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The account can be in sterling (or euros) but the tables still play in US dollars - so the money gets converted back and forth as you sit at a table and cash out. It is the same conversion rate for buying into a table and cashing out.

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brag: us dollar > pound

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brag: us dollar > pound

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No

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brag: us dollar > pound

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huh

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beat: werms IQ

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The Canadian dollar just hit a 47 year high vs. the US Dollar.

From Canadian Press:
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The loonie soared to heights not seen in nearly half a century Monday, briefly rising above US$1.05 before settling just below that mark, at 104.96 cents US.


That's a gain of more than a cent since Friday's 103.93 close. The last time the currency was that high was 1960 - when John Diefenbaker was prime minister and Dwight Eisenhower was still in the White House.


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I don't mind... by the time I'm a big time poker pro my bankroll will be huge, in dollars, and the dollar will have gone back to £1.50 [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Trust me the dollar is going to continue to weaken, stars and full tilt players will see their bankrolls become more worthless.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6661/dollarpd7.jpg

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short it

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Bright side: bigger budget Vegas trips (also Japan/Mexico/Zimbabwe).

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Canack dollar is worth more now isn't it

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The amazing thing here is watching all the non-American posters gloat. I guess basing your national pride on exchange rates is one of those things every country in the world except America is into, like soccer or the metric system. Wonder how long it takes before you all break out in howls of impotent rage: "But, you're humiliated! You lost your life savings! How dare you not notice!"

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Same situation here. Aussie $ keeps strengthening against the US $ aaaargh lkajsdalasdsd....

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The amazing thing here is watching all the non-American posters gloat. I guess basing your national pride on exchange rates is one of those things every country in the world except America is into, like soccer or the metric system. Wonder how long it takes before you all break out in howls of impotent rage: "But, you're humiliated! You lost your life savings! How dare you not notice!"

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Maybe you did not notice but OP does not seem very happy about the fact that the US dollar is becoming weaker and weaker. Same goes for most of the nonUS poker players i would guess.

It would be great if Party chanced the currency in the real money tables for euros (we could still use the $'s as a substitute for play money). It sucks so much that my roll is constantly taking hits because the US cant keep their economy in balance. Not to mention that i'm sliding down in stakes because of this.

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Meh, you don't pay taxes on your earnings, right? Ill trade you situations.

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The amazing thing here is watching all the non-American posters gloat. I guess basing your national pride on exchange rates is one of those things every country in the world except America is into, like soccer or the metric system. Wonder how long it takes before you all break out in howls of impotent rage: "But, you're humiliated! You lost your life savings! How dare you not notice!"

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As a non-american poster, I agree its obnoxious.
Claiming americans are above this type of behaviour may be a bit rash though, I mean have you never heard an american crack a joke about Zimbabwan inflation or similar?

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As a non-american poster, I agree its obnoxious.
Claiming americans are above this type of behaviour may be a bit rash though, I mean have you never heard an american crack a joke about Zimbabwan inflation or similar?

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Nope.

Other countries losing wars, sure.

BTW, if there's any more domestic inflation than usual, I haven't noticed it. Which probably means this is purely an artifact of the currency markets; either the dollar was overvalued before or it's undervalued now.

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play on euro or brit sites?

i am seriously considering it - so far as I can see the £1/2 Crypto tables play much the same as the $1/$2 ones at Stars or FTP these days - I know the rake cap is £3 but that only adds a small amount to rake overall - compared to a 2.07 winnings multiplier anyway

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brag: us dollar > pound

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The amazing thing here is watching all the non-American posters gloat. I guess basing your national pride on exchange rates is one of those things every country in the world except America is into, like soccer or the metric system. Wonder how long it takes before you all break out in howls of impotent rage: "But, you're humiliated! You lost your life savings! How dare you not notice!"

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Are you retarted? We are COMPLAINING that our currencies are gaining in strength relative to the US $ because we play in US $ and hence our bankrolls are worth less. The gloating, at least on my part, is a figment of your apparently sensitive American ego.

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BTW, if there's any more domestic inflation than usual, I haven't noticed it. Which probably means this is purely an artifact of the currency markets; either the dollar was overvalued before or it's undervalued now.


[/ QUOTE ] LOL. There are more factors than domestic consumer inflation that affect the value of a currency. Ratio of foreign debt to GDP comes to mind.

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The amazing thing here is watching all the non-American posters gloat. I guess basing your national pride on exchange rates is one of those things every country in the world except America is into, like soccer or the metric system. Wonder how long it takes before you all break out in howls of impotent rage: "But, you're humiliated! You lost your life savings! How dare you not notice!"

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Are you retarted? We are COMPLAINING that our currencies are gaining in strength relative to the US $ because we play in US $ and hence our bankrolls are worth less. The gloating, at least on my part, is a figment of your apparently sensitive American ego.

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The subject line escapes you.

It was: "Re: Beat - The US Dollar [Re: leo.] "

So go read what leo. wrote.

Or don't. Just throw around insults.