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Goodbye from Subject: Poker

Subject: Poker will not be publishing any more articles. Currently, Thomas Bakker and I are starting a poker security consulting company.1 As a result, I can no longer guarantee my independence as editor-in-chief. Subject: Poker‘s founding principle is independence, so it would be inappropriate for me to continue Subject: Poker. The website will stay...

Sun Feb 5, 2012 00:21
Judge Dismisses Most of FTP Class Action

On Monday, Judge Leonard Sand of the Southern District of New York dismissed many of the claims raised in a class action lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker, many of its companies, many of its owners, and others associated with the organization. The suit, which was originally filed on June 30th on behalf of all US players, lists thirteen individual defendants:...

Wed Feb 1, 2012 07:42
Chris Ferguson’s Secret FTP Bank Accounts and Threats to GBT Deal

From at least April of 2007, Chris Ferguson funnelled just under $60 million of his Full Tilt distribution payments into bank accounts held for him in the name of Pocket Kings Ltd,1 in addition to the roughly $25 million that the US Department of Justice reported that he received in their amended civil complaint. He successfully withdrew or spent about...

Thu Jan 26, 2012 04:03
Superuser Scandal Victims Sue Old UB

Correction posted 1/18/2011 12:18 AM EST. Eight poker pros and alleged victims of the Ultimate Bet superuser scandal have filed a civil suit against Excapsa Software, Inc., the company behind Ultimate Bet until 2006.1 The plaintiffs are Daniel “Ashman” Ashman, Brad Booth, Thomas “tommyboy83″ Koral, Greg “Captain Zeebo” Laverly, Dave Lizmi, Daniel “King...

Tue Jan 17, 2012 22:51
FTP and GBT Agree on Assets; DOJ Next in the Queue

Subject: Poker can now confirm that Full Tilt Poker and Groupe Bernard Tapie have executed an agreement to further the transfer of FTP’s assets to GBT. This agreement was necessary to pave the way for the US Department of Justice to take possession of the assets voluntarily being forfeited by Full Tilt. This was the next step in the complicated process...

Thu Dec 15, 2011 17:41
Elie, Campos Argue Motion to Dismiss

On December 1, oral arguments were heard in Manhattan Federal Court before NY Federal Judge Lawrence Kaplan, in the motion to dismiss the UIGEA, IGBA, and fraud charges facing two of those criminally charged on Black Friday. Before a gallery full of prosecutors, attorneys, law enforcement and journalists (including Subject: Poker), attorneys for John...

Tue Dec 6, 2011 01:09

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