Are you travelling to WSOP 25?
I remember having a great first time last year and thought I could maybe plan a couple weeks every year if the schedule
When I go to a store I also buy what I want. As long as it's Canadian made. I also go where I want for vacation, just not the US. See, I am free to decide I don't want to go to the US or buy American made products.
I know you think you made a point, but you really didn't.
With that being said, good luck at the WSOP.
Thank you, I’m going to have a blast. If there are long lines and huge fields I’m coming back here to blame you
I am Canadian and plan on being there. Bringing 6 friends and staying in a sweet Airbnb. Trump is a strong leader unlike our past prime minister and our current one as well. I just hope Trump's vision and guidance will light a fire under our politicians butts and they will get in line and follow suit.
I am Canadian and plan on being there. Bringing 6 friends and staying in a sweet Airbnb. Trump is a strong leader unlike our past prime minister and our current one as well. I just hope Trump's vision and guidance will light a fire under our politicians butts and they will get in line and follow suit.
Now I’m confused. I was thinking wearing a 51st state T shirt during the WSOP would be frowned upon but now you have me thinking it might be encouraged.
Now I’m confused. I was thinking wearing a 51st state T shirt during the WSOP would be frowned upon but now you have me thinking it might be encouraged.
Just go with your normal MAGA cap that will piss enough people off anyway 😃 I'm just sticking with my LGB button - I know how many friends I made at the tables and what enlightening conversations it created. LOL
I guess we will get an influx from Western Canada and lose the Eastern contingent. Hope they all come or stay away whatever they feel is the right thing to do. But no poker and no hockey is going to make for a long summer for our Northern friends. We will see the real impact on the US economy come next winter and see if the snow birds find a new place to warm up. Again on a personal basis it has little or no impact on me and truly feel everyone should do as they choose. Now if we could just piss off all of the Northern Europeans maybe Phil H will reconsider playing the Main Event 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VQwirb0...
Again - I don't want to get too political here and I respect that everyone has their own view.My view is that the President is actively trying to damage the Canadian economy. I don't believe the impetus for him to stop doing that can come from outside the USA via negotiation or counter measures; it must come from inside the USA. To do that, the USA economy must feel the pain of
Not that many Canadians come to the WSOP based on the tax implications. Every year people come up with reasons why they think the numbers of WSOP entrants will diminish and every year they are wrong as the numbers continue to go up year after year. And if the numbers do dip down(I don't think they will) it does not effect me one bit. I am not going to be upset that instead of say 5000 entrants in a tourney one year they get 4,500 the next, as the prize pool is still a sh&#@ ton of money.
The WSOP tourney is by far the best and most popular tourney in the world and that is the reason why it is so well attended. Vegas, if you don't know how to get deals or discounts, I suppose can be expensive, but you need to look for the deals. To me it gets more fun each year as I so enjoy poker and enjoy Vegas even without poker so to be here and be in tournaments is just a bonus.
I hope you can see that this type of protest or stance won't change anything that Trump or any other politician does or have an effect on Vegas tourism as I assume that is your goal here.
Perhaps you would be better suited (if you care that much) to get into politics and see if you can make a difference that way.
What? Non professional poker playing Canadians get their winnings tax free. Seems like an extra reason for Canadians to play the WSOP. Yes, the casino withholds a % for tax at first, but you can get it all back after filling out some paperwork.
What? Non professional poker playing Canadians get their winnings tax free. Seems like an extra reason for Canadians to play the WSOP. Yes, the casino withholds a % for tax at first, but you can get it all back after filling out some paperwork.
Ha Ha, That would be nice, They have to pay 30% tax on the spot. You can get a certain percentage back based on gambling losses. If your losses = your winnings, yes, you won't have to pay taxes!
I hope you can see that this type of protest or stance won't change anything that Trump or any other politician does or have an effect on Vegas tourism as I assume that is your goal here.
You sure about that? Many European countries also issuing travel advisories towards the US this week.
I am a rec player who is going for the first time ever to play WSOP (from abroad). And even if I would have gone regardless of who won in November, I was personally very happy with the election results. But since I am not American nor live in the US, it obviously doesn't impact my life too much.In general though, this take is so *insert particular words here* that I have issues
If anything effecting US citizens not Trump.And let's be real we're all typing on devices made at best with sweatshop labor so whatever little boycott someone might make bc they don't like trump is virtue signaling.I like going to Hawaii. Say they get a governor I hate and I'm in no actual danger by going there. I'm still gonna go. All me not going might to is punish the locals
I get where you guys are coming from.
That being said I probably just wouldn't have as much fun. I tend to get hung up and worked up about ****.
I just think i wouldnt really be able to enjoy myself as much as usually.
I refused to go to the philipines for example while duterte had death squads shooting "drug dealers".
I wouldnt have been in any danger. I still would have been able to smoke weed at a pool and enjoy the sun but then how much are you really enjoying yourself?
Kind of the same situation here. I dont think I would be in any danger or anything like that but would still feel uneasy just because the whole situation is a **** show.
My country tells me not to travel to Mexico because it's too dangerous........I go every year lol. So much fun
Not at all the point though is it? Some people ignore travel warnings, which again is completely irrelevant. It's the idea that European countries en masse are now issuing travel warnings to the US and this will absolutely affect travel to the US. To deny this is just silly.
I hope you can see that this type of protest or stance won't change anything that Trump or any other politician does or have an effect on Vegas tourism as I assume that is your goal here.
Wrong. Politicians will absolutely care when tourism suddenly makes 60+ billion less than previous years. Cities that normally get a lot of Canadian tourists are already complaining about all the cancellations and lack of reservations. Add to that that Europeans will now also not go.
Yeah, you're wrong.
I find it odd to be fixated on American politics towards Canada when your own government has killed your economy slowly over time. I know America has issues and when they do I blame my own politicians. Trump will be gone in 4 years, and the next President will reverse most things he's doing now just like he reversed most of what Biden did. It is a never ending cycle. I don't really see any point in letting it consume you
This is obviously just a false statement on both fronts. Thousands of Canadians come to WSOP every year. In 2023 (I couldn't find data for 2024), Canadians made up about 4% of the main event. You may say it's not a ton - I say its a $4M reduction in the prize pool, and it is the second largest country participation after the USA. Half of McCarron Airport ads give a number you can call for help in getting any collected tax back - it's not some secret.
I hope you can see that this type of protest or stance won't change anything that Trump or any other politician does or have an effect on Vegas tourism as I assume that is your goal here.
I think you are greatly underestimating how serious an issue this is for Canadians (and other countries), and the fact that if I'm right, there will be an effect on tourism and the economy that may cause the President to reconsider.
However, if you're right...cool. Maybe it's a small group of people outside the USA that care, or maybe the President is convinced of the correctness of what he's doing enough to carry forward no matter what. I'm only doing what I feel is right, and if someone else wants to do differently, it's none of my business.
I find it odd to be fixated on American politics towards Canada when your own government has killed your economy slowly over time. I know America has issues and when they do I blame my own politicians. Trump will be gone in 4 years, and the next President will reverse most things he's doing now just like he reversed most of what Biden did. It is a never ending cycle. I don't re
I find it odd you're pretending Canadians haven't had a problem with their own government for many years. You're either clueless about Canadians and Canadian politics or ignoring this on purpose to make a point that doesn't exist.
There's a reason Trudeau resigned. Canadians en masse were more than done with him.
Then orange man came in and started disrespecting Canadians by threatening to annex them and/or make their lives worse by implementing nonsense tariffs over 40 lbs of fentanyl seized in the last 2 years.
Again. If you believe actively choosing against going to the US and choosing products that are American made is ''consuming me'' you have a problem. Not me. These things take a few minutes max.
I find it odd to be fixated on American politics towards Canada when your own government has killed your economy slowly over time. I know America has issues and when they do I blame my own politicians. Trump will be gone in 4 years, and the next President will reverse most things he's doing now just like he reversed most of what Biden did. It is a never ending cycle. I don't re
Close to 40% of Canada's economy are exports to the US. Canadians have a right to be angry.
You sure about that? Many European countries also issuing travel advisories towards the US this week.
I find it odd to be fixated on American politics towards Canada when your own government has killed your economy slowly over time. I know America has issues and when they do I blame my own politicians. Trump will be gone in 4 years, and the next President will reverse most things he's doing now just like he reversed most of what Biden did. It is a never ending cycle. I don't re
I posted earlier and for some reason I don't see it but what I said was that Canadians do have a problem with their own government, Trudeau resigned for exactly that reason. Canadians en masse were more than done with him.
4 years is a long time.
Deciding to not visit the US and spend my money there + not buying American made products isn't consuming. It takes a few seconds here and there.
Might be hard to understand for an American because many of you seem to enjoy the talk of wars and annexing countries but a lot of Canadians are actually insulted by the annexation threats. As they should be.
So, until orange man changes his tune. **** Trump and **** the US.
I've decided not to go this year. Not because of Trump, I travelled to the US when he was president before, but because the border police are out of control. I've seen news reports about Brits, Germans, and Canadians being detained at the border for weeks, even when they have the resources and are willing to just book a flight and leave. Travelling to the US especially with lots of cash doesn't seem like a good idea right now.
Seems like they will go after anyone and are totally out of control.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/world/ger...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ger...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/ne...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/mo...
I've decided not to go this year. Not because of Trump, I travelled to the US when he was president before, but because the border police are out of control. I've seen news reports about Brits, Germans, and Canadians being detained at the border for weeks, even when they have the resources and are willing to just book a flight and leave. Travelling to the US especially with lot
All of these people were detained or good reason, read the articles. Don't get the US wrong, we love to have people visit or come to this country, you just need to have up to date correct visa's/paperwork. We are being overrun with illegal immigrants and people coming into the country who don't have their sh#@ together. Not our problem, we have to draw the line somewhere on our checks and balances. Many of these people that are not compliant, are entering and committing crimes of all nature, and we just need to make sure that everyone is 100% ok, not 75% not 99% but 100% to protect everyone who is in our country.
Now to get off politics and back to the reason this relates to the subject of this thread.
If you are an upstanding citizen and have correct passport/documents you will have no problem coming into the US and playing in the 2025 WSOP, so please come and then you can be assured (because of these measures) you will be safe.
If you want to protest and not attend that is ok too, go ahead. IMO their will not be a reduction in the total entries of this years WSOP and no repercussions will occur. In just seems you will be cutting off your nose to spite your face.
What are the "good reasons"? They all seem like weak reasons to me, especially for citizens of supposedly friendly countries.
But my fear is not about being denied entry, it's the fact that they basically disappeared all of them rather than just denying entry and making/letting them just turn around and buy a ticket home.
What are the "good reasons" for why they had to be held in group cages and some of them shipped around the country while their relatives didn't even know where they were? When they could have just turned around and gotten on a flight home?
As a traveller, that's what I find terrifying about these stories. And the fact that so many of you in the US think that there can be good reasons for arbitrary detention, disappearances, and the torture and appalling conditions of detention centres is also not enticing.
I don't see how there could be any good reasons for any of this, which is why I won't risk it. Keeping people locked 30 to a cage on cement floors, freezing with no beds/blankets and almost no water and food for no good reason is not ok where I come from. What is with you Americans that you think it's ok to treat anyone like this, much less people who have committed no crime and just want to go home?
Plenty of good tournaments here in Europe without having to risk being treated this way. Maybe you all don't care, but this is how everyone I know sees the US right now. At the very least, these stories are very bad PR for the US travel and hospitality industry. Plenty of other places in the world where we can go and not hear stories like this.
All of these people were detained or good reason, read the articles. Don't get the US wrong, we love to have people visit or come to this country, you just need to have up to date correct visa's/paperwork. We are being overrun with illegal immigrants and people coming into the country who don't have their sh#@ together. Not our problem, we have to draw the line somewhere on our
Hardcore denial going on. I get it. Your country is turning into the Soviet Union ran by a dictator. I’d be upset too.
The Canadian woman that was detained for 2 weeks was not detained for a good reason. There is never a good reason to put a Canadian citizen in some shitty prison for 2 weeks.
The Canadian woman that was detained for 2 weeks was not detained for a good reason. There is never a good reason to put a Canadian citizen in some shitty prison for 2 weeks.
Why was she detained? I never heard this story.
There’s a paywall.
I’m hearing more stories of noncitizens traveling out of the US having trouble getting back in. Been trying to warn relatives that now is the time to get naturalized...
Burglary tourism from South American gangs is on the rise so South American poker players traveling out of the US with wads of cash should exercise extra caution.
im talking out of my ass but i think tourney and side games are going to be a bit tougher this year than in previous years, dont see as many recs going.
still think the under 1k events and the milly maker are going to be obv as awlasy + ev as is a lot of events butnot as + ev as in years past due to not as many recs imo
