Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-20-2007, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 2,204
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-19-2007, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 2,204
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-18-2007, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 4,089
Re: NYC Poker Robbery and Shooting
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http://www.observer.com/2007/poker
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It's funny that I know exactly who "Seal" and "Annoying Old Man" from the short descriptions in the article. I would dispute some of...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-12-2007, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 523
Re: 1/2 NL winrates?
1000 buy in for 1/2 NL? I'm guessing that raises of $25-$40 preflop are common.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-12-2007, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 354
Re: Start spreading the news... (NYC Poker)
When he contacted me, I strongly suspected that the tone would be negative. He's a NJ reporter covering the death of a NJ man at a NYC poker game. The Rounders angle is much more interesting than...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-07-2007, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 813
Re: Ever Been Threatened in a Card Room?
Threatening to sue is a bitch move.
In my experience, people who are going to do something, just do it. They don't threaten to do it. If you want to alter where you play based on that...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-06-2007, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 122
Re: Getting Money out of the Country for Poker
1. Open an account at a bank with branches/ATMs in Australia.
2. Wire funds to the casino
3. Covert your cash into something that is universally recognized as valuable. Suggestions: diamonds,...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-05-2007, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 165
Views: 4,089
Re: NYC Poker Robbery and Shooting
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Not much new information (other than the possible link with another robbery), but Gothamist (http://gothamist.com/2007/11/05/poker_shooting.php) supplies links to many other articles.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-05-2007, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 165
Views: 4,089
Re: NYC Poker Robbery and Shooting
I'm so sorry that my comparison didn't meet your standards. Perhaps I should have compared to the scores of robberies involving convenience stores, pizza parlors and other cash businesses.
BTW,...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-05-2007, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 165
Views: 4,089
Re: NYC Poker Robbery and Shooting
Any place with lots of cash/valuables is at risk of being robbed. Bank robberies happen every day, but I don't have any fear of stopping by my local branch.
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Forum: Home Poker
11-04-2007, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 695
Re: Home Poker Game in NJ
I don't know how thuggish the people you play with are, but I don't worry about that with the people I know from the poker scene. Also, I don't know how it works in Jersey, but in NYC we generally...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-04-2007, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 695
Re: Home Poker Game in NJ
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The robbers got away with a few thousand - I find it hard to believe it was such a high stakes game if the robbers could only manage to steal a few thousand.
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I was there....
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-03-2007, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 165
Views: 4,089
Re: NYC Poker Robbery and Shooting
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Here is some more info about Frank in another news article
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2007/11/stevens_professor_killed_in_po.html
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The...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-03-2007, 01:03 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 4,089
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-03-2007, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 4,089
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-03-2007, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 4,089
Re: NYC Poker Robbery and Shooting
I was there. There were four robbers with guns. The guy was shot in the side of the chest. He looked like he was in pretty bad shape. The robbers were there at least 10 minutes and stuck around 3...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
03-10-2006, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 186
Re: All In Card Club in NYC Busted
I was there. The story is accurate except that the raid occurred at 10:40 pm. During my interview, they asked me to ID the guy behind the desk and my dealer (I couldn't remember either of them). ...
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