The 45th Annual World Series of Poker for 2014 tournament started on May 27th and has been rolling along nicely without really catching fire in the imagination of the poker world. The first thing that made big news was Vanessa Selbst becoming the first female to win 3 bracelet at the WSOP. This also put he into the […]
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Too Scared Of Full Tilt
Fair play to them they are giving it a go, but I wont be joining up to soon. Why? Well it has not got enough incentive to join. Basically they need to pay me to join and so far there is nothing there that gives me free money. So why should I go out of […]
Full Tilt Affiliate’s Get Stuffed!
As you may know, life is very difficult at the moment. The economy is nearly anaemic, jobs are hard to come by, business is struggling and some are failing and going bankrupt. So when you here of a take over of a very successful company and the bills are not going to be honoured then you […]
Money Flying Around
With money flying around over ‘Black Friday’ (when the FBI shut down 3 major online poker rooms in May 2011), and money laundering charges are being settled ($731m has been agreed so far between the US Justice department and Pokerstars and Full Tilt), it is finally good to see that the US is getting the […]
When Is A Ponzi Scheme Not A Ponzi Scheme?
The fall out from Full Tilt Poker continues and now includes the arrest of Raymond Bitar, the CEO for Tiltware the company behind Full Tilt Poker. Mr Bitar is accused of running a ponzi scheme in which new investors/players pay money so that the existing investors/players can get paid. With these types of schemes the […]
PokerStars To Take Over Full Tilt?
With Bernard Tapie no longer in the running to buy Full Tilt Poker it now seems that PokerStars have possibly done a deal with the FBI to take over the site! Bernard Tapie attacked the FBI in a statement saying: “Groupe Bernard Tapie regrets to announce that, after seven months of intensive work, our efforts […]
What Happens Now?
The trial involving the people who are accused of facilitating payments to PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker in their online poker business has begun. John Campos and Chad Elie are up before the beak with Chad Elie now requesting a plea bargain to help reduce his sentence. Chad Elie will now get between 6 and 12 […]
Problems In The US Poker World
According to Gambling 911 Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker have had their accounts frozen < LINK > to the tune of $30 million dollars. Now in the world of online poker this is massive news and the reasons for this is unclear. So the best thing to do is withdraw your money if you can […]