Federated Sports+Gaming Bankruptcy Details Emerge
UPDATED: 03/05/12 Details are emerging from Federated Sports+Gaming bankruptcy filing. Wicked Chops Insider has obtained information from court records that indicate the company is in an even more dire financial position than first…
Heartland Poker Tour Sued Federated Sports+Gaming for Non-Payment
More details are emerging from the Federated Sports+Gaming bankruptcy filing. According to court records (and credit 2+2 poster pacecar86 for the link), All In Production, LLP, the parent company of Heartland Poker Tour,…
Sources: Pinnacle Entertainment Got “Cold Feet”
According to multiple sources, Pinnacle Entertainment got “cold feet” in recent weeks as they pursued an acquisition of Epic Poker. Epic’s parent company–Federated Sports+Gaming–filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday. In the bankruptcy filing,…
Updated Online Poker Legalization Barometer – A Big Plunge
Online poker’s 2012 legislative chances took a hit last week. Since we debuted our legislative barometer, we’ve maintained a greater than 50% chance that online poker gets regulated at the Federal level in…
In or Out: Conflicting Reports on Tapie and Full Tilt Poker
We’ve rewritten and changed the title of this post a half dozen times in the past week. So instead of waiting to form a firm opinion as to what the hell is going…
Caesars IPO Should Have Little Impact On Online Poker Plans
Big news today as Caesars Entertainment (CZR: Nasdaq) IPO’d. The stocked opened trading on Wednesday at $9 per share and closed up 71% at closing price of $15.39. Good news for some for…
Full Tilt Practically Drawing Dead to Relaunch by March
In a recent interview with Gaming Intelligence, Laurent Tapie said that he hopes to have a re-branded Full Tilt Poker launched by March 1. Ok then. There’s a better chance of Layne Flack repaying his debt…
The Real Motivations Why Groupe Bernard Tapie Threw Tilt Debtors Under the Bus
On Thursday, PokerStrategy.com published an interview with Groupe Bernard Tapie lawyer Behn Dayanim. In it, Dayamin mentions that the complicated acquisition of Full Tilt Poker was in “serious jeopardy” in part due to a…
The Poker Rumor Mill: Week of January 23, 2012
Starting this week, we’ll be rolling out a new Poker Rumor Mill feature. These are nuggets of information that don’t necessarily warrant a full post, but will be passed along to our Insider…
Exclusive PokerVT Content: Jason Somerville Hand Review
New Wicked Chops Insider benefit: twice monthly we will upload free PokerVT lessons for our subscribers. Along with the content, we’ll provide special discounts to PokerVT subscriptions. The first course is behind the…
