In an interview that was released last week Patrik Antonius spoke out about the Full Tilt scandal and the money he will lose if the poker site goes bankrupt.
"This one person made an attack on me, saying I had only $100 in my account. He was right but he's not right that I'm not a very big loser in this," Antonius told the poker magazine in Cannes on Day 4 of the WSOPE Main Event.
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I think Patrik should worry about what other players owe him. If he did the things as they should be done when the subject is Money, he knows where this guys live, its not just having a nick and an email to get Money loaned from Patrik, is it?
Although 5mil is a LOT of money, he can hire a lawyer to get the money back either from the previous owners or the US Government so he won't be out of pocket for too long. I'm sure he could live for a while without it
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I think his worries about how other players are able to get this kind of "confidential" information is the most important point. What the hell is going on with this mess that these numbers are known to people who shouldn´t know squat?
This kind of garbage just makes me worry more whether Tapie will succeed in opening up the site again in a safe and responsible way in january.
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You also need to know that Patrik Antonius admitted in another interview that he only has 100 dollars left in his full tit poker account...
This is something really fishy if you ask me, i mean Patrik had over 1 million dollars in his ftp accoun in the good times, i wonder if he had some inside info and cashout hmm....
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I hardly feel sorry for the guy. For most pros, 5 millo may be a big chunk of change, but I'm sure he'll make it back. It's also a small drop in the bucket, compared to the 300 million the collective player base will be out. Not to mention me, and my 4 figure bankroll
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To loan $5 million to people that obviously are not such good friends as he might had thought its is own fault. i guess he'll at the very least learn a very valorous lesson... 5 million worth to be exact.
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$5 meeeellion dollars? FFS. What a lot of screwed up things are coming to light now that Full Tilt is down. Bernard Tapie Group has their work cut out for them, that’s for sure. On the other hand, though, if they can turn it around I think the site should be very profitable as well as good for online poker. Time will tell.
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Posted by mahdrof: $5 meeeellion dollars? FFS. What a lot of screwed up things are coming to light now that Full Tilt is down. Bernard Tapie Group has their work cut out for them, that�s for sure. On the other hand, though, if they can turn it around I think the site should be very profitable as well as good for online poker. Time will tell.
*CO-SIGN* completely . . . I have a few hundred in my roll on FT but I don't think I'll get it back as it is purely unprocessed deposits, plus I withdrew $400 of equally phantom funds.
I hate to bump a somewhat dead thread, but, do you guys think FT will be able to legally extract that money from me (as the bank account I have on file with them has since closed) once they begin repayment to US players? I don't have the ability to pay them back and frankly wouldn't even if I could until I can play on their site again.
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he's worried about 5 million dollars what about the millions full tilt poker stole from other people like myself full tilt owes me 150 bucks they were crooks and i doubt they will ever pay everyone their money back including me
