Timex's Well

[timex]

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- Would you ever consider staking a non-full time somewhat low volume MTTer? Why or why not?

If MLG wanted staking, I'd stake him, in general, not too often, just because its tough to turn a profit a large % of the time over the short run.

- In 50 words or less, instruct on the best way to invest $200K that you just won in the Stars Million.

Back decent players in more Stars Millions, play the WCOOP, and all the majors that are good.

- Could anyone be great at this game?
Obviously not anyone, but I think most people could become quite good.

- Am I overrated, underrated, or not even rated?

I'd say not even rated since I see you play so little, I've never really heard anyone talk about how bad you are or how sick you are, so I think not even rated is the best answer.

- Have we ever once been at the same friggin' table in an MTT?

Mayyyyybe once, not sure.

- Gigabet's 'Almost There With Success and Failure'... philosphical genius or literary farse?

That was probably before my time, but given what I know about Giga, I'll say false.

- Largest amount of money you've ever walked around with on you?

All this week I've had a bank draft for 45k GBP's which is more or less cashable by anyone but will leave an obvious money trail. Hmm, I guess like 25-30k or so, at my dads company, lots of people buy cars in the US since some models are like 20% cheaper there, so he buys and sells US dollars at par to prevent me from having to pay the like 3% vig or w.e for changing to Canadian.

- Who's better at poker, me or Yuv? How about Bondgirl or Yuv? My mom or Yuv?


Yuv, Bondgirl, your mom


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[kutuz_off]

Are you sure there are no taxes on your winnings in Canada? Because I've read that Canada taxes "professional" gamblers, defined as those who derive more than 50% of their income from gambling.

What are the best strat/psych threads/posts on 2+2 and other internets that you keep as bookmarks or in your collection or whatever for rereading once in a while?

[TomHimself]

are you gonna just transfer all the money u have in ur poker accounts to the new ones? basically how are you going about setting up the new accounts

[kleath]

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Are you sure there are no taxes on your winnings in Canada? Because I've read that Canada taxes "professional" gamblers, defined as those who derive more than 50% of their income from gambling.


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Gambling

1. An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance.


Losing and chance dont apply to what timex does.

[ADLinden]

triscuits or wheat thins?

[mflip]

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are you gonna just transfer all the money u have in ur poker accounts to the new ones? basically how are you going about setting up the new accounts

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What's the reasoning behind creating new accounts when you turn 18? It's possible to just change your date of birth right?

[MattSuspect]

Really interesting read Timex. Happy Birthday and best of luck in your live tournaments.

[MLG]

thanks for all the love. i think you're a pretty unique individual. what do you think it is about you and your upbringing that you think has allowed you to handle all this wealth so maturely?

Obviously you have a pretty amazing bussiness sense. Did poker give you an outlet to excercise some pre-existing business skills, or did your skills develop as a result of needing to manage your money?

What is it about my game that you respect so much?

[Matt24]

howd you come out for WSOP? Any players you decided not to stake who then had a huge score soon after?

[jtown1010]

It seems pretty common for extremely young and succesfull poker players to generate a lot of animosity and jealousy on poker forums. In your case, everyone seemingly holds you in very high regard. Besides being a very nice guy, what do you think sets you apart from your peers in terms of the respect most people on the internet have for you?