Poker professional Phil Ivey won his seventh WSOP gold bracelet when he emerged as the victor in the $2,500 Omaha High-Low Split/Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split tournament. He collected $220,538 in prize money along the bracelet.
Ivey is now tied with Billy Baxter with seven WSOP titles and bracelets. Besides his seven wins, Ivey has made it to 19 final WSOP tables, and has finished in the money 33 times. His WSOP earnings are close to $3.5 million. He won three of his bracelets at the 2002 WSOP.
Ivey, who is 32, was born in California and moved to New Jersey as a boy. He began his poker career playing Seven-Card Stud in the Atlantic City casinos, where he quickly earned with a reputation as an online poker “savant.” He moved to Las Vegas when he was 24, and won his first WSOP bracelet in 2000 when he bested poker online legend Amarillo Slim in heads-up play.
Two other former WSOP bracelet winners, Carlos Mortensen and Russ “Dutch” Boyd, made it to the final table. Ming Lee finished second, and this was also his second WSOP final table. The event drew 376 players, with 40 cashing. The final table lasted six hours, with Mortensen and Ming surviving among the last three players.
Attractions in Copenhagen
In Wonderful Copenhagen you’ll see castels and old constructions and all forms of famous draws like The Little Mermaid, Stroget and the Crown Jewels at Rosenborg Castle.
The Little Mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen published the story, Disney made the movie and Copenhagen has the world well-known statue of the Little Mermaid. As one of the most shot statues in the universe and the most touristed tourer attracter in Denmark.
Tivoli
The worldwide renowned amusement ballpark, Tivoli, is settled in the middle of Wonderful Copenhagen, opened up it’s gates for the premiere time on August 15th, 1843 and was an instant success among the citizens of Copenhagen and the rest of Denmark. Tivoli receives more than 4.5 million visitors each year.
Kronborg
Castle
When Shakespeare composed the play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, he was thinking of Kronborg Palace located in Elsinore just 45 min. north of Copenhagen. Kronborg Palace is also mansion of Holger Danske, the fabulous guardian of the Danish Imperium. Besides, Elsinore lets you have a little trip to Sweden too.
1.1 Km of pedestrian street – Stroget
Stroget is the world?s lengthiest walking street and the absolute shopping center of Copenhagen. On Stroget, you’ll find Boss, Max Mara, Mulberry, Chanel and other fashion markers. Though Copenhagen is full of attractions, take a day off and enjoy the cafés and shopping in the middle of Old Town Copenhagen, or so to speak in Denmark, the Kings Copenhagen. Among the attractions on Stroget you’ll find old Christian churches, fountains and the town courtroom construction.
Attractions in Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen holds more Michelin eating places than any different city in Scandinavia and gastronome cookery holds extremely high standards. There are plenty of neighborly cafés, social meeting rooms and lunch eateries all over the metropolis and don’t forget to try out the established Danish open sandwiches – you’ll only find SEOand open sandwiches in Denmark. Copenhagen is a smaller city and you can get to most of the attractions by infantry or you can love a channel circuit around Copenhagen and the harbor. The channel circuits leads to such points as the statue of the Little Mermaid and Our Saviors Church.
Wherever you are with your retirement provision, don t be swayed from taking action, it s not too late. There are still steps you can put into place to improve the income you ll get when you retire.
Pensions are a very tax-efficient way to save. If you already have a pension, now would be a good time to talk to us about making a single premium investment to improve it, particularly as the close of tax yr is rapidly drawing near, or starting a self invested personal pension to improve your options. You will not have to draw all your pensions at the same time.
If you are self employed, you can contribute up to 100 % of the value of your relevant UK salary (salary and other earnings), up to a maximum of 245,000 for the 2009/10 tax yr rising to 255,000 for the tax year 2010/11. Contributions above this annual limit are allowed but will be taxed. You can invest into any number of pension schemes (personal and/or company) each year.
You ll obtain tax relief on your contributions, so if you are a 40% tax payer a 20,000 contribution would cost just 12,000. Basic rate tax relief is added by the government to all contributions at a rate of 20 per cent.
Forty% tax payers can claim up to a further 20 per cent tax relief via self assessment. If you earn more than 150,000 you will see the tax relief on your pensions cut from April 2011, tapering from 40 to 20 % for those earning more than 180,000. Wage Earners below 130,000 will not be impacted.
There s a lifetime limit on the size of your pension savings, which is currently £1.75m in the tax yr 2009/10 but rises to £1.8m for the 2010/11 tax yr. If your pot tops this, you ll incur tax charges of 55 per cent if the excess benefits are taken as a lump sum and 25 % if taken as regular income. The income will then be subject to income tax at your highest rate.
From 6 April 2010, the age at which you can start drawing your pension rises to fifty five. If you need to, pension benefits can be postponed until you are up to 75 yrs old. You may still be able to take your pension prior to age 55 in certain circumstances, e.g. if you retire through ill-health.
Consilium Asset Management Limited offer pension advice and retirement planning advice.
The value of investments and the income from them can go down as well as up and you may not get back your original investment. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. Tax benefits may vary as a result of statutory change and their value will depend on individual circumstances. Thresholds, percentage rates and tax legislation may change in subsequent finance acts.
