Now, Why Didn’t Full Tilt Poker Take the PokerStars Deal in Summer 2011?
With most of the legal jeopardy and fallout from the Department of Justice indictments waning, there has been an uptick of information coming out regarding the goat rodeo that was Full Tilt Poker operations post-Black Friday….
Jeffrey Pollack Isn’t Dead in Poker?
(alternate headline: It’s Time to Short William Hill Stock) After Federated Sports+Gaming crashed and burned more spectacularly than any company in poker history, many wondered if Jeffrey Pollack, Annie Duke, and others would…
Phil Ivey to Play 2012 World Series of Poker
The 2012 WSOP is just a few days away. Last year, the WSOP started off with a bang. On the first day of pro play, Phil Ivey issued a statement saying that due…
The Latest on the PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker Acquisition
We’re two weeks out from when news originally broke about PokerStars acquiring Full Tilt Poker. While no officially announcement has come from either PokerStars or Full Tilt regarding the progress of the deal…
Will The Palms Have to Honor Epic Poker’s $1M Freeroll?
Well this is interesting. While we can’t get any official word yet, we are hearing significant chatter among players and local Vegas gaming sources that the Palms casino may end up having to…
Full Tilt Poker Near Relaunching, Latest Developments
All systems point to “go” for the relaunch of Full Tilt Poker. On February 14th last month in Dublin, Ireland, the company incorporated itself as “New Full Tilt Limited” with Laurent Tapie listed…
Confirmed: RaiseOnce on PokerStars is Phil Ivey
File this under “unshocking” but we’ve confirmed through sources that RaiseOnce on PokerStars is in fact Phil Ivey. Back in 2010 when Full Tilt Poker was still actually in business, RaiseOnce won a…
Groupe Bernard Tapie Meets in Dublin, Deal Getting Closer
Well, it’s the end of March. And despite Groupe Bernard Tapie‘s public proclamations about completing the Full Tilt Poker acquisition and relaunching the site in March clearly not coming to fruition (something we said…
Full Tilt Poker Gearing Up For Relaunch; European Balances Honored, U.S. in Question
For the past few months, we’ve been fairly out-spoken in our belief that the Groupe Bernard Tapie – Full Tilt Poker acquisition was going to fall through. Recent developments, from GBT outing of Tilt debtors…
Brodsky, Pritzker Gone: Federated Sports+Gaming Lose Key Board Members
In the wake of their Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, Federated Sports+Gaming, parent company to the Epic Poker League, has lost two of its most influential Board members. Two weeks ago, Chicago billionaire J.B….
