Since Black Friday, the poker industry has been kept in the dark by the Justice Department, both with regard to any incomplete negotiations with defendants and with respect to its intentions surrounding repayment of American player account balances.
But parties privy to the various talks between the DOJ and various suitors along the way say the DOJ is genuinely interested in seeing players refunded all of the monies due to them. Towards that end, these sources concur that DOJ made a raise on Tapie’s fourth street bet, once it was clear that Poker Stars would call. Tapie apparently made a crying call. In the next round of betting, DOJ made a continuation bet Poker Stars stayed in and and Tapie insta folded. Thus, the otherwise unfathomable current chapter in the tale of the highest stakes online poker competition played in the history of the game.
