扑克是一个完全公平的游戏，你可以在一个公平的竞争环境与你的对手相互竞争。

　　无论你是多么强大，无论你是男性，女性，黑肤色或白肤色，追求最好的五张牌绝对是万众一心的。

　　虽然这是事实，但你来自哪里仍然可以影响您的奖金。

　　WSOP决赛的奖金支出本身是相同的，但你能获得多少则完全取决于你所在国家的法律。

　　例如，亨氏获得了价值870万美元的一等奖池。

　　我们不是在谈论他的胜利，但事实上他得到完完整整的870万美元。

　　德国和美国签署了一项条约，德国玩家在美国赢得的任何收入都是免税的。

　　因为赢得的任何金钱是免税的，所以亨氏完整地得到了整个战利品。

　　相比之下，有些玩家就不那么幸运了。

　　在WSOP决赛中名列第二的马丁，将不得不支付五百四十三万三千○八十六美元的个人所得税给捷克政府。

　　在WSOP决赛获得第三名的玩家将不得不向美国政府支付他的4012038美元的个人所得税。

　　这表明亨氏是多么幸运。

　　如果他是生活在爱尔兰，他的870万美元的奖金实际上只值680万美元。这其中巨大的差异，纯粹依靠你所在国家的法律。

　　译文：

　　Tax On Poker Winnings A Whole New Gamble

　　One of the most basic appeals of poker is ability to compete against your rivals on a completely fair an even playing field.

　　An environment where it doesn’t matter how big you are, how strong you are, whether you’re male, female, black or white, where it’s solely one mind against another with the best five cards wins.

　　While this is true the aftermath of the WSOP Final shows that where you come from can still have a big impact on your winnings as a poker player.

　　The payouts themselves are the same, but how much you get to keep depends entirely on the laws back at home.

　　Pius Heinz for example has had a win that’s bigger than the majority of first prize pools anywhere in the world.

　　We’re not talking about the $8.7 million that he won but the fact he gets to keep every single cent.

　　Thanks to a tax treaty signed by Germany and the US any income earned by a German in the US is free of tax.

　　In addition to this any money won gambling in Germany is tax free so Heinz will keep his entire loot.

　　Compare that to the fortunes of some of the minor place getters from the WSOP Final.

　　Martin Stazko who finished second will have to pay $814,963 of his total winnings of $5,433,086 to the Czech government.

　　Ben Lamb who finished third will have to pay $1,524,011 of his $4,012,038 winnings to the US government.

　　Mark Gianeetti will need to pay 35% of his $3,012,700 to the US government.

　　That’s still less though than the sixth placed Eoghan O’Dea from Ireland who has to pay 40% of his winnings to the Irish government, totalling $695,018.

　　This shows just how lucky Pius Heinz is.

　　If he were to live in Ireland his $8.7 million prize would actually be worth only $6.8 million, a huge difference relying purely on the laws of your nation.

　　Still, taking home any money at this sort of level sounds pretty appealing.