Posts Tagged ‘black friday’
The breaking (yet wholly expected) news in the poker world is that Full Tilt has lost its e-gaming license. After a six day closed to the public hearing before the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) in London, the extent of Full Tilt’s deception to players and the Commission Read the rest of this entry »
Nevada was hit hard by the economic crisis that began a few years ago. Some casinos were knocked down or abandoned; others never got built. Lots of people found themselves unemployed in a region where gambling money was the staple economy. Since Black Friday there has been talk about Read the rest of this entry »
Well it’s been a few days since the license hearing for infamous poker site Full Tilt began in London and some poker news outlets are reporting on a potential buy out of Full Tilt by French investors. Although that buy out will depend on how the license hearing in London will go. Read the rest of this entry »
Just a few days after the Black Friday scandal broke I had a feeling Full Tilt wasn’t telling the whole story. The last few weeks and months have proven me right but the extent of the lies is deeper than even this cynical poker fan imagined. Turns out (is anyone really surprised) Read the rest of this entry »
For amateur poker players like myself the events of Black Friday have been frustrating but not economically crippling. For professional poker players who play to pay their electric bill and save for retirement the Big Three issue is much more series. With the American online market Read the rest of this entry »
Oh Full Tilt, Full Tilt, Full Tilt. One of the Big Three poker sites that fell on Black Friday and full of excuses for not refunding money to players despite the fact the other two sites have begun to return money. The company behind the poker website that had its assets frozen on Read the rest of this entry »
Another casualty of Black Friday PPN or the Poker Pros Network is leaving American jurisdiction in order to comply with the law enforcement of April 15. A part of the Cake Poker network, PPN has switched over to European play only.
The graceful exit will become official on August Read the rest of this entry »
Personally, since Black Friday I feel the poker world is looking for ways to fill the gaps of time when most players used to be online at Full Tilt, AB Poker or PokerStars. The Global Poker Index is a new way of tracking professional poker players and providing weekly top point scorers Read the rest of this entry »