The sale of Full Tilt is about to be finalized as a new agreement between the company and the French buyers Groupe Bernard Tapie has been made. The agreement states that all Full Tilt's shares, which are confiscated by DOJ at the moment, will be transferred to the new owners.
The current Full Tilt shareholders, according to different sources, have voted about the sale of Full Tilt Poker and most[...] Read more » The sale of Full Tilt coming to a close
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they are doing everything so slowly, looks like it'll be near march before they'll be able to open again. wonder where will they apply for new license now
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I hope it goes through and works out. 2011 was a horrible year for online poker so anything that brings the industry out of free fall is welcome news. Now the poker sites need to figure out how to operate internationally with the governments of the countries they are available in, before they get legislated into oblivion.
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Do you think the new owners maintain the "Fulltilt" name and have the same regulations as previously? I mean, will they allow U.S. players and does anyone think they will allow players to regain their BR?
I know the best policy is to sit and wait since none of us know what's going to happen or when, but just like to read others opinions or thoughts. Just hope for the best if and when FT has new ownership! Good Luck to all!
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That is great news to all of us and especially to those who have large sums of money on FTP, now they can withdraw their funds and start playing more comfortable.
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Posted by Greenmohave: Do you think the new owners maintain the "Fulltilt" name and have the same regulations as previously? I mean, will they allow U.S. players and does anyone think they will allow players to regain their BR?
I know the best policy is to sit and wait since none of us know what's going to happen or when, but just like to read others opinions or thoughts. Just hope for the best if and when FT has new ownership! Good Luck to all!
Sorry missed your comment as was to engrossed it the insightful news. Yes they will absolutely keep the FullTilt name, commercial sense. US players will not be aloud, European players will get most if not all of their BRs back, the US will have to apply via the DOJ, who will be cunts. FT will return, when would be a guess, lots of stuff for them to sort yet and indeed lets hope for the best.
Posted by mahdrof: 2011 was a horrible year for online poker so anything that brings the industry out of free fall is welcome news.
Bafff ... 2012 will be worst, at least in Spain. Say your farewell to spaniards because we won't be able to play outside Spain anymore. My FT's money would be the best Santa's gift for this Christmas
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Posted by DaMessiah666:
Posted by mahdrof: 2011 was a horrible year for online poker so anything that brings the industry out of free fall is welcome news.
Bafff ... 2012 will be worst, at least in Spain. Say your farewell to spaniards because we won't be able to play outside Spain anymore. My FT's money would be the best Santa's gift for this Christmas
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Well I had around 500 pounds on fulltilt going through a withdrawal and like 100 in my account when it when tits up, i just hope i get it back Anyone wanna take a risk and buy my FT account lol? I bet i get screwed out of my money becaiuse its just my luck lol..
Not exactly the latest news, I was aware of this agreement four days ago. And yes, anytime the DoJ is involved, getting anything accomplished takes forever.
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I just hope they get back online working & pay people's money back! Would love to play there again, it was my first online poker site where I played...
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I would have bought the whole company, if it was possible to pay with FPP:s.
I had like 1 200 of them...
(By which I mean that the brand can't really be worth that much anymoore. As soon as they open for business everybody will be withdrawing, and then they will have an upward slope to get the players back. It has been a little too long. I remember the rushtables after the first incident, sometimes you had to wait to get dealt, and that was nothing like this core meltdown.)
It seems that any spanish could play outside Spain, something similar that happened previously in France and Italy. And many other drawbacks like paying taxes before playing, money limits on cash and tournaments. So ... take us all the money while you are able to do it!
