BlondeFish;373492 wroteAs a poker reporter, it would be good for you to find out what he plans to do about the > U$324,000 taxes withheld, with 8 months left to play after the WPT World Championship.
Wow, lots of tournament cashes around the world for an amateur middle-aged guy with a family.
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As a poker reporter one topic players don't really seem to go on record for is taxes...I tried to get Buchanan to go into it when we did his cover for PokerPro, as I'd been told he was one that they were trying to prove skill vs windfall on. As for withholding, I probably explain it like this to 4 recreational fans of the game a month -> if you win 20k, you might get it almost all back but if you win $200,000 just consider most of it gone.
Canadian bracelet winner Andre Boyer back in early 2000's brought it up in Montreal when did interview, long time pro Samuel Chartier who with others had some of Duhamel in 2010, Pudge who won 600k, my friends Khoa (11th in WSOP main and Umang (27th) I believe won $280 and more than $600k, shelled out $6k fees, pretty much kissing it good bye.
As Eric has said he's not going pro, imagine it be much the same. You freeroll to a point, as in you can play tons lose and then claim it back, but your still losing out of your profits and getting back your withholding...win again and cycle continues.
So I've pretty much stopped asking this as it just muddies the joy of the figure in the headlines...