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…
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…
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…
GBT “Reasonably Confident” and “Focused Exclusively” on Completing Tilt Acquisition
As we’ve recently written, we’re hearing major conflicting reports as to whether or not Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) actually completes their acquisition of Full Tilt Poker. One very well-placed source we spoke with…
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,…
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…
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…
