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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WCOOP 2012 is scheduled to take place in September, start qualifying for your seat to the Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker today. The online poker tournament series features 62 tournaments spread out across 22 days including the High Roller tournament and WCOOP Main Event.

The WCOOP 2011 series generated more than $47 million in total prize pools in the Pokerstars tournament series, the Pokerstars WCOOP 2012 schedule has been announced along with event dates and times set for the 2-23 September 2012.

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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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There has been some new light shed on the Pokerstars buying Full Tilt Poker rumor, Ray Bitar was arrested at JFK Airport for his indictment charges from Black Friday. The Full Tilt Poker founder has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and willingly turned himself in as part of the process of repaying players.

In an email Ray Bitar sent out to his Dublin staff he revealed that the “deal with PokerStars will very soon make our goal a reality” in repaying players and “PokerStars to guarantee all July salaries” for his staff.

According to the Associated Press the US Gov were working in conjunction with the the Irish authorities to have Ray Bitar extradited. Bitar could be sentenced up to 145 years in prison for charges of fraud.

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Get a free Poker Stars Micro Millions 2 tourney ticket worth $3.30 when making a deposit of $20 or more on PokerStars. The Pokerstars Micromillions II schedule has been released and features 100 Micro Stakes Poker tournaments.

The online poker tournament series kicks off from the from 12th – 22nd July 2012.

Sign-up for a free poker account using the marketing code below, deposit at least $20 using the pokerstars bonus code ‘MICRO’, this offer is only valid till the 10 July 2012.

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