The new Full Tilt Poker is set to reopen on 6^th November 2012 under the new owners PokerStars amid a wide range of controversy and without US players.

The latest controversy stems from Full Tilt Poker not paying affiliates their outstanding commissions and all previously referred players will not be carried forward, while this news was somewhat expected to some extent, they added further insult to injury by emailing their intent of a policy to remove amounts already paid into affiliates player balances from their player balances/bankrolls.

The Rational Group which operates PokerStars have denied any accountability to the debt owed to Full Tilt Affiliates despite the agreement reached between themselves and the US DOJ which clearly stated that the company must make available to foreign players all balances that were held in the Full Tilt accounts within 90 days.

The Full Tilt Poker affiliate website will remain inaccessible until they establish a new affiliate program which hints of a cross PokerStars / Full Tilt one access affiliate site where both brands will be promoted from, set to open sometime in 2013.

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In this opinion article we suggest that you Cashout your Full Tilt Poker Bankroll and don’t continue playing on the new site. Why you ask? When Full Tilt Poker re-opens on 6th November it may appear to be the same poker site with the latest technology and best online poker bonuses and promotions.

This will not be the case, when FullTilt returns it will be under the ownership of PokerStars.

We can however thank PokerStars for saving FullTilt and refunding a large percentage of players from around the World.

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Full Tilt Poker Relaunch date is still set for November 6th, PokerStars have been really busy working behind the scenes to ensure the New Full Tilt Poker is ready for the relaunch. Full Tilt Poker have also acquired their license to operate from the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission.

A new count down timer appears on fulltiltpoker.com counting down the days till the poker room is back online, with less than a month to go many poker players have been anxiously waiting for this day since June 2011.

Gus Hansen has been confirmed as the brand ambassador and face for the new Full Tilt Poker. Popular promotions will also been returning including the Full Tilt Online Poker Series FTOPS XXI which is scheduled for December 2012.

Full Tilt Poker will be managed separately from PokerStars both sites will continue to operate as they always have with different promotions and tournaments, after all they are separate companies.

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The new Full Tilt Poker has landed quite literally, server racks and equipment that make up the Full Tilt Poker servers were flown from Guernsey to the Isle of Man in anticipation of FullTilt’s 6^th November relaunch date.

The server equipment was too large to fit onboard a regular aeroplane, so the new owners PokerStars opted to transport the 30 tons of hardware via a massive privately chartered Hercules Aircraft which touched down safely on Friday.

PokerStars head of corporate communications Eric Hollreiser mentioned in an interview with Isle of Man News – MTTV that all outstanding issues with the DOJ had been resolved and that PokerStars are committed to reopening Full Tilt Poker within the 90 day period ending on 6^th November 2012. The equipment landing plays a significant role in ensuring that Full Tilt Poker opens in time.

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The long awaited question of when will Full Tilt Poker open has finally been answered, add 6th November 2012 to your calendar as the date that Full Tilt Poker will officially reopen and be ready for action once again as an online poker room.

Full Tilt Poker will this time however be under totally different management and all player balances will be restored except for US and regulated European regions.

The newly formed Full Tilt poker management team will be independent of PokerStars and based out of Dublin, Ireland meaning they will not follow the mould of Pokerstars in terms of promotions, marketing, and tournaments but will instead be left to create their own brand to compete with Poker Stars.

USA players will look to the DOJ to repay their outstanding balances and will no longer be permitted to play at the re-launched FullTilt site.

Players from France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Estonia and Denmark the European regulated regions will be assisted by their regulators with plans in place for those regions to allow transfers of Full Tilt Poker balances to a PokerStars account in the region.

Luckily for all players who were owed money by FullTiltPoker, PokerStars reached an agreement with the US DOJ that grants all Full Tilt Poker assets to PokerStars. Part of the agreement reached includes the payment of all Full Tilt Poker players worldwide within 90 days.

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