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.”
The online bracelet schedule for the Summer Online WSOP is comprised of 31 events running daily throughout July, which means tomorrow is the last event.
The marquee tournament is $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship, which takes place at 3 p.m. PDT on Friday, July 31.
No stage in poker stood as a bigger goal for a tournament player than the final table of the WSOP Main Event. For years, that meant going to sleep knowing you had the chance of a lifetime, to go down in poker history in the next few days as the cameras captured your every bet, raise and fold.
All of that changed in 2008.
The year after Jerry Yang's Main Event victory was broadcast to all on ESPN's standard tape delay, organizers made a decision to try to increase the excitement and anticipation around the final table: after the final nine was reached, play would be paused. At that point, everyone left would go home with 9th-place money and the players would reconvene a few months later to play out the final table on a short tape delay.
That lasted until 2016, and this is the history of the November (and October) Nines.
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