If you’ve ever walked down the hallways of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino during the normal World Series of Poker (WSOP) each summer, you’ve no doubt passed by Ray Kondler, who when he isn’t playing poker is manning the booth for Kondler & Associates, CPAs, the poker tax experts.
Kondler is the president and owner of the company, which is a full-service accounting and financial consulting firm located in Las Vegas, NV and outside Atlantic City, NJ. The firm specializes in both individual and corporate tax preparation, and has been involved in the gaming industry for a decade. This experience is the foundation for their deep understanding of the industry and exposure to diverse gaming taxation scenarios.
As a Certified Acceptance Agent, Kondler & Associates has helped hundreds of non-U.S. citizens receive ITINs and tax refunds for excess money withheld. For more on the poker tax experts, If you would like to receive more information about our services or schedule a free visit their website PokerCPA.com.
As mentioned above, Kondler enjoys competing for WSOP bracelets from time to time, and the online events are no exception as he’s in today’s field playing under the screen name “rayk111.”
When Florida's Marvin "mkarlins" Karlins, better known to the poker world as the "Duckman" given his affinity for pocket deuces, heard there was going to be a World Series of Poker (WSOP) online series, he was quick to leave his home in Florida and set up shop in Las Vegas.
The 78-year-old Karlins has a passion for poker, which is a welcomed escape from his highly-successful professional career, which includes serving as a Professor of Management at the University of South Florida. He has written two dozen books and over 200 articles in professional, academic and popular journals. while also serving an international consultant to major companies specializing in the aviation industry (he worked with Singapore Airlines for 20 years).
In the poker world, Karlins has amassed $316,690 in live earnings including a career-best $119,957 for finishing fourth in the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville. As for online play, this summer’s WSOP.com events are Karlins’ first foray into the online poker landscape, and he's still looking for his first deep run, which very well could come today!
The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) online bracelet events are running now through September 6th. The series is comprised of 85 WSOP gold bracelets on the digital felt across two different clients: WSOP.com and GG Poker.
Each week, we’ll highlight a “Hand(s) of the Week,” which very well could include bad beats, lucky suck outs, and game-changing swings. In the first week of the 2020 WSOP online series, we shared two big hands played by
For this week's edition, we examine a trio of hands including one between two legends of the game in Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu and Phil “Lumestackin” Hellmuth. It happened in Event #20: $500 PLO 6-Handed and only one of them would survive.
"kbbreaker" raised to 900 from early position and then called "wiscomurray3's" 2,597 three-bet jam from the next seat over.
"kbbreaker":
"wiscomurray3":
The flop gave "kbbreaker" a set of kings but it also gave "wiscomurray3" straight and flush draws.
The turn completed "wiscomurray3's" flush but it also gave "kbbreaker" a full house and "wiscomurray3" re-entered the tournament after the meaningless completed the board on the river.