Last week at the World Series of Poker we saw the return of Jesus, Chris Ferguson showed his face for the first time since Black Friday and played the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship event.

Following the release of Howard Lederer’s apology statement to the poker community prior to the start of the WSOP, it was expected that he would make an appearance.

Lederer registered and played the $10,000 2-7 Single Draw Championship event, his presence has upset many players who were affected by frozen Full Tilt Poker funds.

Since both players have broken the ice by playing events at the 2016 World Series of Poker, we can be sure to see them seated at other events in the series.

Neither of the former FullTilt owners are responding to questions from the media stating that they are just there to play or that statements have already been given.

2016 WSOP Lederer & Jesus Returns

Five years after Black Friday we have finally received a Howard Lederer Apology Statement to the poker community for the Full Tilt Poker saga.

The apology comes shortly after the Full Tilt merger with PokerStars last week, players are now playing on the PokerStars network with thousands of players online.

Howard’s sincere apology seems genuine as he has had time to reflect on his actions and how he let down the entire poker community. The Howard Lederer files, a series of video interviews by PokerNews seemed to upset players more with his smug attitude and denial of wrong doing.

Maybe he plans to return to the live poker circuit releasing a statement just before the 2016 World Series of Poker.

Howard Lederer Apology Statement

The Howard Lederer Files is the first interview with Howard Lederer since Black Friday, PokerNews.com gets an exclusive in-depth video interview.

Lederer sat down and answered every question thrown at him, and sheds some light on the way the Full Tilt Poker operated including payment processing, segregated player accounts, and everything from the start of Full Tilt Poker and events leading up to Black Friday.

The Howard Lederer Files will be released as a six or seven part video interviews, the Howard Lederer Interview was recorded at The Palazzo, Las Vegas.

With the Full Tilt Poker Deal completed, and players getting repaid when the New Full Tilt Poker launches on 6 November 2012.

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All In – The Poker Movie is out now in movie theaters across the US, the film focuses on the game of poker throughout the ages, and more recently the way the US government destroyed the poker boom.

The documentary shows how online poker became the victim of greedy politicians who took away the rights and freedom of US citizens to play a game which is part of American history.

Winner of the best documentary by CineVegas film festival directed and produced by Douglas Tirola. Download All In – The Poker Movie in digital format which is available directly from the official website.

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Mike Matusow is the first Full Tilt Poker pro to speak out about Black Friday, Full Tilt Poker situation and players being paid out. In a recent interview with QuadJacks which featured Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu and Tony G some interesting topics are discussed which may help shed some light.

While most of the FullTilt Poker pros & owners have all remained silent since Black Friday which is possibly the worst way to deal with the situation.

Mike Matusow aka The Mouth answers all the questions thrown at him and gives his honest opinions.

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