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The US government is after payment processors, owners of US accepted poker sites, and domain names, not the players. Update: Both Pokerstars. The poker sites still partially display an FBI warning symbol s. Under this code, they were legally if you want to call it that able to take control over the domain names of the website owners. This is how they shut down and took the domains.
Updated: You can now cash out of Pokerstars. You can not cashout of Full Tilt Poker yet. There are various finger pointings going on including Phil Ivey accusing Full Tilt of slowing down payments purposely.
Update: Both pokerstars and full tilt poker have announced all your funds will be redistributed. They are working out a game plan to do so in an orderly fashion.
Over the next five years, Full Tilt would grow to become a huge brand recognized worldwide. Together with PokerStars, they pretty much reigned supreme in the United States online poker scene. On the surface, everything seemed fine. Games were running around the clock, the action was hot, and players were getting paid. However, as time went by, it was becoming increasingly obvious that something was not right behind the scenes. It was in that early signals indicating the company was experiencing some difficulties had started to appear.
It was during this period that the room let go of many sponsored pros. The brand name, which enjoyed an impeccable reputation up to that point, was losing its credibility. Actions like this were not something anyone would expect from Full Tilt poker room during its glory days. It was in that the Full Tilt Poker scandal broke out in full force.
It was easily the biggest moment in online poker history and the one that Full Tilt would never recover from. While losing access to Full Tilt was inconvenient, players were much more worried over what would happen with their funds. Many players had a lot of money in their poker accounts, and the future looked very uncertain.
In the coming months, troubles continued to pile on for Full Tilt. Not surprisingly, players from all over the world were outraged while the DoJ amended its original complaint, adding three names to the lawsuit: Ray Bitar, Howard Lederer, and Rafe Furst — three main stakeholders in the company.
Looking deeper into the Full Tilt Poker scandal , the investigation discovered that the room had many trademarks of a Ponzi scheme. They were hoping funds help by payment processor would eventually come through, and all would be fine.
Apparently, those hopes never materialized, and then Black Friday hit, and the room was out of time. To many, this was a very scary reality. With Full Tilt being such a signature name in the industry, many players had their entire bankrolls there.
Their future and livelihood were threatened, while those who caused the entire situation deflected blame and passed it onto payment processors or other individuals within the company. Despite all the problems, Full Tilt was still a famous brand, and perhaps there was someone out there willing to take it on. The first potential investor to come a-knocking was Bernard Tapie Group from France. For PokerStars, this was an excellent opportunity to do away with their biggest competitor up to that point and create a lot of goodwill with the player base.
The purchase was finalized in July of And so, after waiting for almost a full year, the rest of the world players were finally given their money back. PokerStars fully came through on its promise, and players could withdraw their funds shortly after the deal went through with no issues. In the next few years, former Full Tilt players who wanted to receive their funds had to register their details online and wait patiently to begin the repayment process. Over the next few years, remission payments to the players were made, and it was a very slow and rather painful process.
Those with larger amounts had to go through loops and hoops, but eventually, a majority of those who had money locked up by the Full Tilt scandal were reimbursed. In the end, the Full Tilt Poker story had somewhat of a happy ending, given the circumstances. Immediately after the purchase, PokerStars was pretty clear that they had no intention of rebuilding the brand. For a while, players could still use the Full Tilt Poker software, and it was possible to connect your PokerStars and Full Tilt accounts and easily transfer funds between the rooms.
However, this was fairly short-lived. Full Tilt, as you once knew it is no longer there. Full Tilt was such a huge part of poker history, so it would be a shame if the name was completely forgotten. But the name is pretty much all that remains.
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