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Will be playing Fri/Sat/Sun.
Have to come back to the Bramptons Friday night so if anyone is looking for a carpool Friday let me know.
Poast here to hook up for dirty Seneca buffet.
Will be playing Fri/Sat/Sun.
Have to come back to the Bramptons Friday night so if anyone is looking for a carpool Friday let me know.
Poast here to hook up for dirty Seneca buffet.
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If youre coming from the GTA and dont want to drive let me know.
I have to come back for Friday night, and will head back for Sat.
I might head down from KW...but I might take you up on that offer and come back to TO first. Will have to figure out the plans for that weekend first and get back to you.
I called and they are not at all worried about reaching capacity. My suggestion would be to be there by 915-930. Most of the players are registering last minute, so you might want to beat the rush.
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Fallsview where there are way more fish at 2/5+.
I'm out for Friday, but I might still be in for Sunday.
Wednesday $120: 16.7% rake, Patience Factor = 7, Skill Level = 4.
Thursday $120 SNG: 16.7% rake, PF=4, SL=2.
Friday $230: 13% rake, PF=11, SL=6.
Saturday $570: 15.8% rake higher than the $175 tournament! :rolleyes: 8500 chips, SL=6.
Sunday $175: 14.3% rake, PF=11 & SL=6, but I'm playing in a rake-free game that day which is obviously much better.
I am about 70% for Friday, I'll PM you later and maybe we'll grab lunch.
Buddy, I may play Friday if you need a drive. I will leave Toronto around 9:30-10am. I assume you can find a ride back ok? PM me if interested.
The last time somebody f*cked me up relating to poker, I was so mad and went to Fallsview Casino and promptly won a WPT seat on my first try. With Seneca, I don't even want to contribute the $90 rake to the casino on Saturday so I just want to do the U$540 transfer then I will never play at Seneca ever again.
Please PM me if you are playing on Saturday, or if anybody has ever complained through the National Indian Gaming Commission. I may post the details later after I have done the transfer. A friend has also gotten screwed by Seneca and the lawsuit has gone to court.
I plan on playing. Why don't you want you voucher? Are they transferable?
Can you be a little more specific? Was it a ruling in the cash game or did they try to withhold 30% of the satellite value? It would be good to know for us players planning to play in the $230 tournament tomorrow. btw, how much was the satellite?
If anyone is going sunday let me know...heading out from Toronto
sorry to hear you got screwed by seneca
Lets begin with the tournament today.
- Busto in Level 6 when I run QQ into a well played (imo) set of 5's.
I sit down to play in a $60 sat for Saturday's $540 event. Commence steamroll. Win. Profit. But no.....
TD: Come with me to the cage Sir.
Me: OK.
Cage: Drivers Licence please.
Me: I only have my passport.
Cage: You are Canadian?
Me: I hope so.
Cage: You have to fill out a Form 1042.
Me: Wat.
Cage: And you have to pay $162 to get the voucher.
Me: Wat.
Cage: The taxies.
Me: What if I dont pay?
Cage: You forfeit the voucher to the second place finisher.
Me: Wat?
Cage: You are better off just buying in.
Me: You do bad math. Why wouldn't I just sell it?
Cage: If you sell to a Canadian they have to pay tax too.
Me: Wat?
Luckily one of the 5-10 cannons bought it off me for $520.
/Rant
I was not really upset - just confused.
I have technically not yet "won" anything. I can see if you could opt out of the voucher for cash how a tax may be applied - but this makes no sense.
Fallsviews is the place to go i guess.
Telemarketer; Congradulations Sir, you just won an all expense paid trip to the Dominican
Average Joe; Sure I did...what's the catch?
TM: no catch sir. Simply give me your credit card information and pay the taxes and you're off to the sunny south
AJ ; thought so...good bye
On to the tournament. For a $205 + $25 tourney, the structure was really decent w the 30 minute blinds. It started right on time and they were very strict w the breaks, etc. There ended up being 80 players for a total prize pool of $16,000. First paid $5995.
I managed to make it to the final two tables and when the blinds were 800/1600 w 200 antes, I pushed my $16k on a flop w second pair and ran into the other caller w the top pair. Didn't improve and my tournament was over in 18 place. Eventhough I didn't make the money, I was happy w my overall play. And it was a good group of players.
Back to the cash games and I put my name on the $100 max and $200 max and get stuck back at a $100 table. I lose another $85 chasing opened enders, etc. and finally get moved to the $200 max which I like a lot better (and do better for some reason). I grind back my cash game loss and tournament buy-in in about three hours and end the day down $8 US with basically a free tourney.
Although Blondefish has some issues w Seneca, I still have to say they run a decent tournament and it seems to be very well run. Good luck to those playing in the $500 tournament today. I think they are expecting about 100 players for Saturday since it is the weekend. They were running the $500 satellites all day w lots of interest.
Future Satellite Idea - I spoke to the person at Seneca (by phone) about the 'personal poker party' at Seneca. Basically you can run your own SNG for any entry fee you like. She said there had only been two in the past and the buy in range was 60 & 90 each. The sweet thing about running your own SNG is that the rake is fixed at 4% max. So next time a bunch of forum members are playing in one of the Seneca tournaments, instead of wasting our money playing their satellites with 15%+ rake, we can just organize our own.
The only catch, not sure if they will withhold the 30% as we are all Canadians which would make the total rake effectively 34%. I will find out if the 30% withholding will apply to a private tournament. Sounds like, depending on the buyin, the format/structure will actually be better than the satellites anyways. Food for thought.
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I guess if you have a good chip lead in the sat, you could make a deal with the second player player to sell it to them for cash and that way you avoid the tax issue all together.
The US-Cda Tax treaty allows residents of Canada to apply for their TIN (Tax Identification Number) and file 1040NR form in order to claim back all their withholding taxes. Individuals may choose to apply themselves or simply enlist the help of a boutique firm for a nominal fee to file the return on your behalf.
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Like can we get an ITTN number ahead of time, carry it with us and stop the casinos from withholding?
I think the TIN is like our SIN and this will not stop them from withholding. Especially at Seneca where they are likely fearful they will have to remit on your behalf if they don't withhold.