Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-30-2007, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,984
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-30-2007, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,561
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
11-29-2007, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,048
Re: Vegas Open?
They have a contract that handcuffs the WPT? I know MGM-Mirage is handcuffed.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-29-2007, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 936
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-29-2007, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,984
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
11-29-2007, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,048
Re: Vegas Open?
HSP doesn't provide much exposure for the casino. It always seems to be held in a suite, which could be anywhere, for all the viewer cares.
TV poker is on the downslide, but if Venetian really,...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-29-2007, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,226
Re: Career Question- State School vs. Big Private
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Transferring would help my GPA alot. I have friends at clemson back home who (atleast so far, they are sophmores) say that college has been MUCH easier than high-school (I made almost...
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
11-29-2007, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 608
Re: Bellagio 5D, time at the tables per day?
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thanks JP, 12 hours at the tables is likely to inspire a muderous rage with the wife. 8hrs I probably could have managed
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Tell her if you win, you'll give her a hundred...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-29-2007, 02:05 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,118
Re: Ben Stein: XLF - Financial SPDR
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He's been saying that for awhile. And he's been wrong the whole time. If he thinks people hate financials now, he'll get a real eyefull 6 months from now. ...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-29-2007, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,481
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-29-2007, 01:57 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,224
Re: who\'s buying Citigroup
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Too good to be true? The company takes out what amounts to a subprime mortgage, and pays 11% interest. That sure sounds like desparation. Too good to be...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-29-2007, 01:54 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,224
Re: who\'s buying Citigroup
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Too good to be true? The company takes out what amounts to a subprime mortgage, and pays 11% interest. That sure sounds like desparation. Too good to be true, lol.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-29-2007, 01:34 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,691
Re: Changes to Bay Area NL games?
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It sounds pretty bad to me. $12 an hour is the equivalent of 2 1/2 raked pots at the "normal" games. I know...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-29-2007, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,669
Re: N9ne Steakhouse in Vegas.
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I've eaten at pretty much every upper level place in Las Vegas, and for steak by far the best place I've eaten is Stripsteak at the Mandalay Bay.
I thought Aqua at the B was sub par, so...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-29-2007, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,525
Re: Comps at the Wynn (and/or Vegas in general)
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I usually play 1/2 with $5 chips and I found the 1/3 game played noticably smaller. While I'm use to $10-$20 preflop raises the 1/3 game had standard preflop raises to $9-$15.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 825
Re: goal setting; the short term
If you're just going to leave your money sit in index funds, then no, that is not a reasonable goal. Unless you can control the market, how can you say you're doing well or lousy if you're at the...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,954
Re: Is This Insider Trading?
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1. Favorable clinical trials at my company haven't been announced yet. So I can't buy the stock. But I short a competitor's stock.
2. I'm at a pay phone and I...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,118
Re: Ben Stein: XLF - Financial SPDR
He's been saying that for awhile. And he's been wrong the whole time. If he thinks people hate financials now, he'll get a real eyefull 6 months from now.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 775
Re: How dodgy is the Citibank-Abu Dhabi deal?
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There are a few big differences in the issues
1) The citi issue is a mandatory convertible to common shares and the CFC issue is not. More risk on this citi convert to the equity...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,224
Re: who\'s buying Citigroup
Too good to be true? The company takes out what amounts to a subprime mortgage, and pays 11% interest. That sure sounds like desparation. Too good to be true, lol.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,481
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,226
Re: Career Question- State School vs. Big Private
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I don't think switching will have as much an impact on your GPA as you might think though. For the early engineering classes, I imagine they ask pretty much the same questions on math and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 03:50 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,307
Re: CNBC
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Maria Bartiromo & Erin Burnett get me every time. CNBC provides little information of substance, it's an entertainment station in the same way ESPN is. You have countless "experts" who...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-28-2007, 02:10 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,691
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-28-2007, 01:58 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 512
Re: Five Diamond Next Week
I've noticed very little difference in the past. Maybe only a couple guys in any rooms I've played in that weren't ordinary tourists. WPT isn't exactly the WSOP. The crowd it brings is small.
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