| This is a discussion on Full Tilt Poker Sold to French Investors within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; Full Tilt Poker has been sold to French investors according to several sources. The buyers are the Bernard Tapie Group who formerly owned Adidas, who ... |
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| Full Tilt Poker Sold Full Tilt Poker has been sold to French investors according to several sources. The buyers are the Bernard Tapie Group who formerly owned Adidas, who promise to pay all players in full. Things are looking a little better for players. With Full Tilt being sold to new owners, they will want to try to rectify their reputation and paying out must be their first priority. Quote:
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| Encouraging--Fingers crossed, not counting my money yet. Don't they still have to acquire a license? Quote:
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| Associated Press also said buyer was Bernard. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...L ATE=DEFAULT (When I put "A""P" it changed it to Absolute Poker-lol). Last edited by Charade You Are : 30th September 2011 at 6:03 PM. Reason: Change AP to Associated Press |
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| Amazing news. First interview with the buyer: http://www.igamingfrance.com/full-ti...E2%80%9D/24972 hoping for the best: This agreement, which includes the repayment of Full Tilt Poker’s world-wide players in full, is subject to several conditions; |
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| This is awesome news. I might just get my 31 cents back now!!! lmao At least they are getting something done right, now. Tilt is still my favorite poker site. Crooks or not. |
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| great news. i am fairly certain tilt will rise back to near the top if they can make things work. of course, hopefully it will not be under the french laws... Quote:
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| I wish life was fair and we did indeed recieve all of our money back but I highly doubt it from this point forward. Better stick with the rakefree poker rooms instead. You save a ton of money and there are decent amount of players. They're maybe not strong...but who needs strong opponents? just rich fish |
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| re: Full Tilt Poker Sold to French Investors Keep your fingers cross ...would be nice to see that money again and it would be really nice to see FT up and running again ...I sure do miss FT. Due to all this going on with "poker on line" I really don't want to deposit into a new site of poker knowing I will prolly lose that to . Keep you chin up everyone and cross your fingers , lets see if we get are money back from FT or if FT starts running again on line. |
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| This has probably been posted somewhere already but here is an interview with the potential new owner. It sounds like they want the DOJ to release a lot of the money that they have taken over the years in seizures. http://www.igamingfrance.com/full-ti...E2%80%9D/24972 In the interview they say that over 300 million was frozen. However, that is not the amount frozen on Black Friday, that is the amount seized over the last 4 years. While I belive it likely that the DOJ might release what they have currently frozen, I find it extremely unlikely that they will say to the investors, "Here, this is the money that we have seized over the last four years from what we believe to be an illegal operation. You guys take it we don't want it anymore." If the deal hinges on the DOJ giving back money that they have taken pre Black Friday, I would not be overly optimistic. That having been said this is the best news since the shutdown in June for the players. Good luck. |
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| I read everything posted (via links) yesterday and let it sink in overnight. What I am left with this morning is; -There are ethical issues with the guy/group wanting to buy FT. While they seem relatively minor, they will cause the DoJ to step back and check probably way to deep. (personally I think the Tour d France claims do not bode well as any sort of 'accomplishments' list on their resume). -This new group hinted at preferring to NOT put up all the funds at once, and also hinted (but not said specifically) that the way to do that would be to allow players to play thru their accounts. They would probably prevent new deposits in the US, but possibly allow us to play with our own money while things (negotiations) progressed. I did not read that this would be a deal breaker, but that was a statement and how I interpreted it. -Nothing will happen this year. So don't hold your collective breaths kids. |
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