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Nate

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Apr 16, 2011 8:59 AM
I have a college buddy that has qualified I think twice for the WSOP and a few caribbean tourneys. (I butchered that word I'm sure but I'm lazy.)
Apr 16, 2011 8:59am
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Fly4Fun

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Apr 16, 2011 11:03 AM
I have 3 college friends who currently live in either NY or Boston solely making their living off on-line poker. Hopefully they didn't have too much on there.
Apr 16, 2011 11:03am
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karen lotz

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Apr 16, 2011 11:23 AM
Saw a tweet from poker stars saying all money is safe. I would assume it's the same for full tilt and absolute as well. We will be able to access it eventually.
Apr 16, 2011 11:23am
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sportchampps

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Apr 16, 2011 3:06 PM
ppa is getting a law suit together poker players alliance
Apr 16, 2011 3:06pm
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dwccrew

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Apr 16, 2011 3:52 PM
justincredible;742493 wrote:A family friend won a $100k tournament online. Moved to Vegas shortly after. Not long after that he won a $100k tournament there. He's back home now, not sure what happened to all the money. Hopefully he banked most of it.

Hopefully that is the case. Often I have seen quite a few of my friends that play poker build up big bankrolls (between 50k and 100k) and lose them when going out to vegas. I have won some and lost some playing online and live poker and I am sure most would agree that there is a big difference between the 2.
Apr 16, 2011 3:52pm
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gport_tennis

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Apr 16, 2011 5:20 PM
justincredible;742493 wrote:A family friend won a $100k tournament online. Moved to Vegas shortly after. Not long after that he won a $100k tournament there. He's back home now, not sure what happened to all the money. Hopefully he banked most of it.

I can almost guarantee that he lost all of it plus a little

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Apr 16, 2011 5:20pm
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dave

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Apr 16, 2011 8:06 PM
got $560 on tilt right now, hope I can get it back. Used to keep about 2-3k each on stars and tilt til I got married 2 years ago. If I had that much on there now I'd be freaking out.
Apr 16, 2011 8:06pm
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June18

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Apr 16, 2011 11:09 PM
Kinda glad they stopped taking echecks on poker stars a month or so ago. I would probably have a hundy or so in there but I didn't feel like paying money to wire money to my account.
Apr 16, 2011 11:09pm
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dwccrew

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Apr 17, 2011 4:41 PM
June18;742848 wrote:Kinda glad they stopped taking echecks on poker stars a month or so ago. I would probably have a hundy or so in there but I didn't feel like paying money to wire money to my account.

Pretty sure they will re-imburse your wire fees. They always did when I would wire money.
Apr 17, 2011 4:41pm
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June18

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Apr 17, 2011 4:59 PM
Good to know. I hadn't tried. I will keep that in mind if they stay up and running
Apr 17, 2011 4:59pm
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ptown_trojans_1

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Apr 17, 2011 5:16 PM
Buddy lost $350 at pokerstars. He is pissed.
Makes no sense really.
Apr 17, 2011 5:16pm
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karen lotz

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Apr 17, 2011 5:29 PM
It's not lost yet. At least that's what I'm hoping...
Apr 17, 2011 5:29pm
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TBone14

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Apr 18, 2011 11:58 AM
dwccrew;743175 wrote:Pretty sure they will re-imburse your wire fees. They always did when I would wire money.

You are correct. They should always re-imburse fees for wires and Western Union transfers.
Apr 18, 2011 11:58am
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karen lotz

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Apr 22, 2011 2:46 PM
http://www.thepokerpetition.com/
Apr 22, 2011 2:46pm
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karen lotz

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Apr 22, 2011 2:48 PM
karen lotz;742483 wrote:Yeah if you work at it you can definitely make good money from it. A buddy of mine qualified for a live event in wales in two weeks. $20k buy in. 6 person table. Winner wins $120k. There will be 5 full tilt pros and him.


Got a text from this guy while he was sitting on the plane ready to depart for London. Said he had just been notified the event had been cancelled due to the this whole thing. He wasn't sure if he will see the $20k buy in that he won or if the event will eventually be rescheduled.
Apr 22, 2011 2:48pm