High Stakes Poker Season 8 has been cancelled by GSN. The High Stakes Poker show was a real highlight for poker fans when it started but it is another victim of Black Friday and the Full Tilt Poker Fiasco. Even worse High Stakes Poker may have been a charade and a fitting tribute to all … continuation reading bet
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Ultimate Bet hacked – entire UB player database stolen
Ultimate Bet hacked as the entire Ultimate Bet poker player database ‘stolen’ and has been released on the internet! Ultimate Bet player details were posted and hosted on a site that included every players details apart from financial information such as Credit Cards or Bank Accounts. Ultimate Bet and its partner site Absolute Poker have … continuation reading bet
Is Phil Ivey broke? Or a bluff in his Divorce Strategy play?
Is Phil Ivey broke or doing what he does best and bluffing and gambling but this time against his ex wife? Was Black Friday and the Full Tilt shambles part of his Divorce Strategy play? Back in July pokerQ4 reported Phil Ivey was Busto (broke) and this was part of the reason for his now … continuation reading bet
Ferguson & Lederer To Run It Twice Part II
From part one. The FTP crew know they’ve made a million mistakes. Once they’ve offloaded the company assets to Tapie and Co what’s to stop them going back to the drawing board and starting again? Let’s face it the FTP client and the software within was easily the best available. The promotions were great too … continuation reading bet
Ferguson & Lederer To Run It Twice
Ferguson & Lederer To Run It Twice? With Full Tilt seemingly on the cusp of being sold to Groupe Bernard Tapie, and you can see what we think of that here, it’s perhaps time to take a look at the future plans of Ferguson and Lederer. It seems that despite the reputational damage done both have so far got away … continuation reading bet
Saint Bernard Or Rottweiler? Groupe Bernard Tapie Sinks Teeth Into Full Tilt
Full Tilt is still in the news this week as their Dublin arm – PocketKings.ie – saw the loss of 180 jobs, Black Friday finally taking its toll in one of the biggest lay-offs in the poker industry since the UIGEA. If you visit the website you will see several smiling faces and links to … continuation reading bet
Merge US players accepted again – will DOJ use Queensberry Rules?
Merge – US players accepted again on the Merge poker network. The Merge poker network has just made the announcement that they will allow new players from the US to sign up and play through their skins on the network. That is unless an American player is from the states of Louisiana, Kentucky, Washington DC, … continuation reading bet
AGCC – Full Tilt players Pontius Pilate?
The Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC ) has sentenced Full Tilt Poker players to either a slow death or set the scene for a miraculous rebirth from beyond the grave. It appears that the AGCC has washed its hands of the Full Tilt fiasco which was not fully the AGCCs fault but it had to … continuation reading bet
Merge Gaming Network Unravelling
Merge Gaming Network Unravelling. Following PokerQ4′s article last month on the upcoming travails of the Merge Gaming Network Subject: Poker have revealed that the DOJ will finally turn our hypotheses into reality in the very near future. In September 8th’s article Subject: Poker cites sources claiming that the US Attorney intends to ‘seize the assets of … continuation reading bet
Full Tilt Poker hearing 19 September
Full Tilt Poker Hearing 19 September – the Full Tilt Poker Hearing scheduled for 15th September has now been delayed by 4 days to 19 September by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission’s (AGCC) . The Full Tilt Poker Hearing 19 September will also be held at a different location as the delayed Public Hearing will be located … continuation reading bet
Full Tilt Release Latest Statement on Player Funds
Full Tilt announced on the 30th August 2011 a statement as to why they have been unable to pay back their players after having their US operation shut down back in April 2011 (Black Friday), and more recently a full revocation of their license from the Alderney Gaming Commission in July. In a statement released … continuation reading bet
Segregation – it is black or white
Segregation – it is black or white – either a poker sites player funds – your poker bankroll – is segregated from the companies operating money or it’s not. If players funds are segregated then they are much safer. But how do you know if your poker bankroll is safe with the numerous poker sites … continuation reading bet
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