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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 10-21-2007, 03:51 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 459
Posted By Mamet
Re: BEAT: Absolute Scandal on front page of Yahoo!

The best user comment (from the Freakonomics article linked at the bottom of the Yahoo one)

"Is anyone surprised that there is cheating in gambling? To this fellow from the midwest, it all seems...
Forum: Internet Gambling 10-01-2007, 07:38 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 85
Posted By Mamet
Re: what is the biggest pokerroom where you can play in euros?

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and if the rake would be capped at $3 and 3e it would make it more expensive to play at euro tables with the 40% higher rake

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This is technically true, but you're also...
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 09-28-2007, 12:53 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 157
Posted By Mamet
Re: Brag: Tripled my bankroll with a tournament score

His $1238 win gives him a $1838 bankroll, meaning he 3.063ed his bankroll. "Tripled" does not compute. Thankfully we have rothko here to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the 2+2 tradition.
Forum: Internet Gambling 08-03-2007, 01:44 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 1,225
Posted By Mamet
Re: WSEX: Official Monthly Thread: August. (#12 of 12.)

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They only cost you $25 in net rake per week to participate.

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Is this a requirement to play every week? The way I understood it before,...
Forum: Poker Legislation 05-19-2007, 10:37 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 58
Posted By Mamet
Re: no one from france is invited to the party?

Not a good idea. They'll notice you're playing from a French IP address, and ask for some sort of identification and a utility bill. Because it's Party they'll probably wait until you're trying to...
Forum: Internet Gambling 05-16-2007, 01:19 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 1,446
Posted By Mamet
Re: WSEX: Official Monthly Thread: May. (#9 of 9.)

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At full tilt you can at least play with the pros and stars has an incredible promotion going on. Is there any reason beside money to play there?

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Is there any reason...
Forum: Internet Gambling 05-16-2007, 01:16 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 1,446
Posted By Mamet
Re: WSEX: Official Monthly Thread: May. (#9 of 9.)

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How quick are wpx cashouts?

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I've cashed out 3 times via check, and received each of them in 10-15 days (real days, not business days)
Forum: Poker Legislation 03-20-2007, 04:27 PM
Replies: 3
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Views: 47
Posted By Mamet
Re: QFT

Some angry 2+2'er is going to come here, say something critical about your title, and then tell you to Quit F**king Talking.
Forum: Internet Gambling 03-16-2007, 10:46 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 131
Posted By Mamet
Re: Travelling around the world playing online poker

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Please stop making such general posts about European rules for visas. It is much more complicated, there isn't a common rule for EU, you aren't an EU citizen so the...
Forum: Internet Gambling 03-15-2007, 03:15 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 131
Posted By Mamet
Re: Travelling around the world playing online poker

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Could you cross from France to Switzerland for a day then return back to France and get a new tourist visa? I do that with my Mexico/USA situation.

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Crossing the borders...
Forum: Internet Gambling 03-14-2007, 10:18 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 62
Posted By Mamet
Re: rio planning for 10,000 entries into main event

The article does say "Organizers said today that the number was for planning purposes only, and did not reflect confidence that last year's 8,773 entrants would be topped"

It seems like wishful...
Forum: Internet Gambling 02-23-2007, 02:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 56
Posted By Mamet
Re: Anyone having trouble logging into WSEX?

Oops, now I see.

The "latest news" popup says:

The sportsbook system will go down for maintenance today at 10 am EDT. Alll sportsbook related systems will be unavailable as well as poker and...
Forum: Internet Gambling 02-23-2007, 02:26 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 56
Posted By Mamet
Re: Anyone having trouble logging into WSEX?

"Unknown: Unknown Error"

Me too. There are only 3-4 tables going right now, so it appears we're not alone. The strange thing is that it says there are 1008 players connected.
Forum: Poker Legislation 09-28-2006, 12:45 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 98
Posted By Mamet
Re: Italy to legalize and regulate online poker - pokernews.com

I think that this is very interesting news. In case nobody remembers, earlier this year there was a lot of buzz about the Italian government banning online gambling. I was planning on coming to...
Forum: Internet Bonuses 04-26-2006, 08:03 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 506
Posted By Mamet
Re: Vip for PP going to be up in hours

32810 points for $1830 bonus.

This is much better than my Accelerator bonus (Which was ~20k pts/week for ~$700) which I successfully completed every week. Unfortunately this new one is impossible...
Forum: Internet Gambling 03-12-2006, 12:01 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 92
Posted By Mamet
Bodog owner raided and under investigation

Here is the article from Yahoo:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060311/en_...G9mBHNlYwMxNjk3...
Forum: Internet Gambling 02-15-2006, 09:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 67
Posted By Mamet
Re: Please recommend a proxy to play from Italy.

I made a post about this in the Poker Legislation area (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=4587023&an=0&page=2#Post4587023) and someone living in Italy assured me that it...
Forum: Internet Bonuses 02-13-2006, 01:45 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 81
Posted By Mamet
Re: When does the first week of the acceler8tor promo end?

I believe it's 12:00 midnight east coast time on Tuesday the 14th.

I've finished my bonus already and didn't receive any popup or any notification letting me know I'd hit my target. This makes me...
Forum: Poker Legislation 02-06-2006, 11:14 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 180
Posted By Mamet
Re: Big problems in little Italy

Fantastic! Thanks so much for the information. I visited Rome last Christmas and absolutely loved it, and am looking forward to staying for a full year. Thanks/grazie again.
Forum: Internet Gambling 02-04-2006, 08:03 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 34
Posted By Mamet
Re: What details does Neteller check if they match?

Quick disclaimer... I am in no way an expert on any of this, so take my advice for what it's worth.

The poker sites will only check your name (and sometimes not even that) with your Neteller...
Forum: Poker Legislation 01-30-2006, 01:12 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 180
Posted By Mamet
Big problems in little Italy

Sorry for the pathetic attempt at being clever in the title.

A while back someone posted this article, related to online gambling in Italy:...
Forum: Internet Gambling 01-06-2006, 08:56 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 537
Posted By Mamet
Re: Party Pokers authority over obvious collusion

Yeah, he's talking about the sidebets.

I was thinking about doing this for a while too. Unfortunately, I realized that it's simply not worth it, even if you could escape all detection, because...
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