A bit of good news for Full Tilt Poker fans, if there are any left, the Ivey vs. Tiltware lawsuit was dismissed on 30 June 2011; the case was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice by Phil Ivey. It is rumored that a group of European investors are interested in purchasing a majority stake in Full Tilt Poker which would be one step closer to seeing all USA FullTilt poker accounts paid out.
PokerStars have benefited the most from Full Tilt Poker’s closure, they have seen a surge in their player numbers since Full Tilt Poker closed; they have reportedly claimed 66% of FullTiltPoker’s players.
The big question everyone is now asking is: When will Full Tilt Poker open again?
Big news today is that Full Tilt Poker have been shut down by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, evidence of the closure can be seen on the Alderney Gambling Control Commission website via a media release today.
The Full Tilt Poker Super Sit & Go Madness promotion takes place this weekend (10-12th June), players can win their share of cash and prizes all weekend long. Play SNG poker games on FullTiltPoker where there is more than $100,000 up for grabs plus FullTilt Poker gear to be won in the madness raffle.
Sign-up to Full Tilt Poker and get 100% first deposit bonus up to $600, regret no USA Poker players allowed since Black Friday.
No major changes thus far in regard to the USA poker ban with all the big rooms still closed to the US market but some rather interesting developments have evolved during the course of this week.
UB/AP have now reached an agreement with the US government in which the US Attorney’s Office has agreed to provide all necessary assurances that third parties may work with Absolute Poker to facilitate the return of funds, currently held by third party processors, to players located in the US. However many in the know are somewhat skeptical that UB/AP have enough funds to make the payments to all their US based players.
US Attorney Preet Bharara confirmed that an agreement had been struck between the US government and Absolute Poker “Absolute Poker of Costa Rica agreed to return funds owed to U.S. customers and prohibit deposits of American players.”
Absolute Poker has not requested the return of their seized domain names in www.absolutepoker.com, www.ultimatebet.com or www.ub.com. Both Pokerstars and FullTilt Poker were returned their .com domain names as part of the deal with the US DOJ.
After nearly a month since the US poker ban known as “Black Friday”, FullTilt Poker and UB/Absolute Poker are in the same position since the USA poker room closures in that neither of them offer their gaming services to the US market and both sites have failed to repay their US players their outstanding balances to date.
PokerStars on the other hand seem to be rapidly gaining trust amongst non-US players as they have overcome the payment hurdle, the main reason they could do so is because the player funds are held separately from the main PokerStars account which is enforced by their licensing agreement with the Isle of Man as such PokerStars have already begun paying back the owed money to their former US players.
Most European poker players can only dream of going to Las Vegas for the 2011 WSOP, here is your chance to experience the World Series of Poker from the comfort of your home. Full Tilt Poker are running the Mini Series of Poker which is an online replica of the exact WSOP schedule with buy-in reduced to 1/100th of the actual events.
Get a 100% first deposit bonus up to a maximum of $600, minimum deposit is just $10. FullTiltPoker no longer accept US poker players but welcome players from around the World including France and Italy where they have acquired licenses to operate.
A bit of good news for Full Tilt Poker fans, if there are any left, the Ivey vs. Tiltware lawsuit was dismissed on 30 June 2011; the case was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice by Phil Ivey. It is rumored that a group of European investors are interested in purchasing a majority stake in Full Tilt Poker which would be one step closer to seeing all USA FullTilt poker accounts paid out.
