US Poker players will soon be able to submit their Full Tilt Poker Claims to recover their bankrolls which have been locked up for almost 2 years. The US Department of Justice have appointed the Garden City Group to assist with repaying players.

The massive task will return funds amounting to $159 million to more than a million US poker players who were victims of fraud in the Full Tilt Poker debacle.

The Full Tilt Poker Claims Administration website will allow players to submit their Petitions for Remission claim and receive compensation if eligible. Read More …

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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Breaking News – Pokerstars Buys Full Tilt Poker, yes it’s finally official. PokerStars have acquired FullTiltPoker assets after reaching a deal with the Department of Justice which includes reimbursing players outside of the USA.

USA players funds will be handled and processed by the U.S. government, players from the rest of the world will have their funds available for withdrawal within 90 days.

PokerStars plan to relaunch the former number 2 poker site as a separate company and maintain segregated accounts ensuring players funds are available for withdrawal at all times.

Until now no official statement was released regarding the Pokerstars Rumor Full Tilt Poker Deal, a detailed PokerStars statement now features on the Full Tilt Poker homepage confirming all the rumors that Pokerstars Buys Full Tilt Poker deal is true.

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A new rumor surfaced this week alleging that Pokerstars have pulled out on Full Tilt Poker deal, and the deal was just a ploy to prevent GBT from acquiring Full Tilt Poker. As strategic as this rumor sounds, Pokerstars Head of Corporate Communications Eric Hollreiser retweeted, ESPN Andrew Feldman tweet which stated that ‘Twitter rumors of PS folding on the FTP deal is false’.

While no actual statement has been made as to how and when the supposed the Full Tilt Poker deal is to take place, negotiations and settlement discussions are an ongoing process.

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The Beta Version of PokerStars Zoom Poker was launched on Friday and now appears in the lobby, players can help test the new software which is currently only available as micro stakes poker games.

Over the weekend thousands of PokerStars players joined in on the fast-paced action, most had probably played FullTiltPoker Rush Poker and missed playing the new poker format, others were experiencing it for the first time.

If you have not yet played Zoom Poker on PokerStars check it out, highly recommended for adrenalin junkies and multitablers.

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