'Black Friday' and associated fallout megathread

[beantownmaniac]

They don't really have 200k players online, it is that there are 200k players sitting at tables. So if someone is playing 24 tables, they count as 24 players to that count. The number is still higher than what I would assume it would be. For me it is at 151k right now though, US central time ~11am

Here's a site that tracks online poker traffic

http://www.pokerscout.com/Webmasters.aspx

 

[Poker Orifice]

They don't really have 200k players online, it is that there are 200k players sitting at tables. So if someone is playing 24 tables, they count as 24 players to that count. The number is still higher than what I would assume it would be. For me it is at 151k right now though, US central time ~11am

The tournament entry numbers don't seem to be hurting any (especially earlier in the day (EST) time).
FTP tournament entry numbers are suckin' real bad!!! The nightly $23KOguar. ($75buyin KO's), usually pays out the Top45players with ~350-400+ entrants (held at same time as Midnight Madness mtt). Now it's like the $5,500KO guar. & pays out the top9-12 players. What a joke! Have noticed some names of MTT regs. from canada, who'd previously done decently.... now they're on a ton of final tables (doubt they're hurting from this).
FTP seems like a completely different site now (just thought I'd let the US players know what it's like on there these days). RUSH micro tables are way different from what they were before (although I rarely played them)... now it's like the 5nl tables avg. pot is like .38cents (or it was). By comparison, you can find 2nl tables on 888Poker with avg. pot ~$1. SNG' play is way different now too.

 

[DetroitJimmy]

You wanna see a joke PO, move to America. I would almost kill to play at a site that has more than 10K players right now.

 

[spstevens]

After reading both links my conclusion is that poker being a multi billion dollar indusry operating mostly in the open ie: advertising , tournaments , TV shows etc. with very little goverenment opposition and unclear legislation the government has created the very things they now claim to dislike. It would have made sense to clear up any laws and regulations and avoid the current mess.
On a personal level I hope those responsible for the weaselish attack meet up with a version of themselves in some karmic turn of events.

 

[absoluthamm]

Here's a site that tracks online poker traffic

http://www.pokerscout.com/Webmasters.aspx

Yes, I've seen that before, doesn't change anything I said...

 

[pokerchris]

Just saw this recent summary of the news on Black Friday & the DoJ.
YouTube - Party at the DOJ

GARBAGE

 

[Sven Deuceman]

have to agree ft is a canadian paradise right now. smaller payouts to be sure but the fields are a lot softer.while i do miss you americans i can't say my br isn't happy. has any1 gotten any word from ft on when they will be releasing your funds?

 

[onemorechance]

GARBAGE

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[The Dark Side]

have to agree ft is a canadian paradise right now. smaller payouts to be sure but the fields are a lot softer.while i do miss you americans i can't say my br isn't happy. has any1 gotten any word from ft on when they will be releasing your funds?

I was told we would have news early this week.

 

[JOEBOB69]

I was told we would have news early this week.

Link please.

 

[juice561]

yay me and FT lol

Hello Jude,

We sincerely apologize for the delay and appreciate your patience. We are currently receiving a large number of emails and are responding to each one as quickly as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience which may have been caused by your check bouncing. We are working as a priority to determine the status of any uncleared checks and once confirmed we will return the funds to your Full Tilt account balance.
full tilt poker is diligently working on facilitating the withdrawal of funds for US Players. This is our top priority and we?ll have a further update in the week commencing Monday, May 2nd.
Thank you for your patience.
Regards,
Emmet
Cashier
Full Tilt Poker


got this about an hour ago

 

[dare22]

But the money from us players are safe and the poker rooms will give them back when the investigation will end

 

[dare22]

On full tilt my uncle's account has shut down because in his player information was that he is from USA and he didn't edit that information. He is from Macedonia.

 

[juice561]

maybe

On full tilt my uncle's account has shut down because in his player information was that he is from USA and he didn't edit that information. He is from Macedonia.

not about where you're from but where you're currently located i might be wrong though

 

[onemorechance]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article1166818.ece

Borgner, who says he hasn't made a cent on Absolute Poker, said, "I hope the company survives. I'm not sure it can at this stage."

 

[absoluthamm]

GARBAGE

Is that all you say?

 

[JOEBOB69]

Is that all you say?

Yes i put my vote in for ban because i have seen alot of this from pokerchris.

 

[nc_royals]

FT cashouts vs. PS cashouts

Both FT and PS are being investigated by the same Justice Department....

Why then would one (PS) tell us that we must cash out all our funds....
and the other (FT) tell us that are funds are tied up at the moment and cannot be touched?

 

[ALL IN CLUBS]

Because Ftp wants to collect a little interest holding our monies for a month LOL

 

[scottieb668]

i so miss fulltilt with rush.... and there software was one of the best.... Well maybe in a year or 2 it might come back... Until u will see me on carbon... Thanks all.. scottieb6699

 

[alaskabill]

Both FT and PS are being investigated by the same Justice Department....

Why then would one (PS) tell us that we must cash out all our funds....
and the other (FT) tell us that are funds are tied up at the moment and cannot be touched?

The prevailing theory is that Stars kept players money separate and secure. On the other hand Tilt may have mixed players funds with operating funds. If that is the case than players's money may be caught in the seizure.

Tilt has great intentions, Stars runs a great business.

 

[dmorris68]

The prevailing theory is that Stars kept players money separate and secure. On the other hand Tilt may have mixed players funds with operating funds. If that is the case than players's money may be caught in the seizure..

I don't think that's it at all. From what I understand, according to the laws governing the countries where both operated, the funds had to be kept separate and were.

What appears to be the difference is that PS is more concerned with getting players their funds quickly and worked with DOJ to make it happen, while FT seems more inclined to take a wait-and-see approach as if they're going to fight the charges like AP/UB are doing.

 

[alaskabill]

I don't think that's it at all. From what I understand, according to the laws governing the countries where both operated, the funds had to be kept separate and were.

What appears to be the difference is that PS is more concerned with getting players their funds quickly and worked with DOJ to make it happen, while FT seems more inclined to take a wait-and-see approach as if they're going to fight the charges like AP/UB are doing.

Well, if that's the case, I applaud FT's willingness to mount a vigorous defense, but that shouldn't keep them from working to honor cashout requests. They shouldn't take a "wait and see approach" with other people's money.

 

[Debi]

Weeeeeeeeeeee - my $6k from PS just hit my bank account!!!!!!

 

[juice561]

Weeeeeeeeeeee - my $6k from PS just hit my bank account!!!!!!

you gonna share?

congrats