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Will $82m in Full Tilt Repayments give Online Poker a Boost?
By now, much of the poker community has heard that the US Department of Justice has approved $82 million worth of Full Tilt Poker repayments. Over 30,000 players will be receiving money back that was previously locked up on Full Tilt. With the US DOJ’s approval now official, the Garden City Group can begin distributing…
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Next Stop for PokerStars: The State of New York
Not long ago, the Rational Group was dealt another crushing defeat in America, when New Jersey decided to suspend review of their online gaming application for two more years. The stated reason why is that they don’t like Isai Scheinberg’s involvement with Rational, or his unresolved case with the US Department of Justice. The real…
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Chris Moneymaker talks Possible Full Tilt Sale, Improving his Game
Unlike some WSOP Main Event champions, Chris Moneymaker has really withstood the test of time. Once a little-known account from Tennessee, the 2003 Main Event champ has carved out a very nice poker career for himself. Moneymaker recently sat down with PokerListings to discuss how he’s managed to stay in the game so long, as…
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Ray Bitar avoids Jail Time – A Travesty or Humanity?
Disgraced Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar finally had his day in court, and he got about as light of a punishment as he could’ve hoped for. Bitar was credited with “time served” before sentencing and won’t have to do any more jail time. The reason why is because he needs a heart transplant and…
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PokerStars, Full Tilt Deal would be Huge
These past couple of days have been pretty hectic throughout the poker community with lots of talk surrounding PokerStars bid to buy Full Tilt. Now you may already know that, for the past several months, Groupe Bernard Tapie had been pursuing a deal with the US Department of Justice to buy Full Tilt Poker for…
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Full Tilt Poker seeking US Online Poker License
Proving that anything is possible, Full Tilt Poker reportedly has a very good chance to get a US online poker license if the game is ever legalized and regulated in America. Full Tilt’s lawyer Jeff Ifrah came out with this news after his dealings with Groupe Bernard Tapie and the US Department of Justice. He…
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Full Tilt Poker License Gone: Blame Game Continues
The suspense over the Full Tilt Poker and Alderney Gaming Control Commission meeting finally ended last night with the AGCC permanently revoking FTP’s license. Their license was suspended on June 26th, and Full Tilt Poker had been eager to see what their fate would be. But as many people on the outside could have guessed,…
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DOJ really after Merge Network?
One of the biggest poker stories to surface in the month of September is how the US Department of Justice is supposedly targeting the Merge Gaming Network, which includes Lock Poker, Carbon Poker, RPM Poker and others. The story broke from a website called Subject Poker as the writer, Noah Stephens-Davidowitz, said that a source gave…
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PokerStars Software goes Down
One of the chief reasons for PokerStars’ perch above the online poker world is that they are such a reliable company. Unfortunately, this reliability was put in some serious jeopardy after the software crashed last night. The PokerStars software stopped working around 18:30 ET, and the nearly 50,000 players online were puzzled about what to…
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Real Reason for PokerStars, Full Tilt Crackdown
Last Friday marked a dark and tragic time for most US poker players because it seems like everybody has/had a PokerStars or Full Tilt account when the US Department of Justice decided to shut the sites down. Immediately, people pointed the blame at the US government and cried that our liberties and freedoms were being…