When Alan Meltzer passed away last October, he left behind $1 million in his will to his chauffeur and another $500,000 to the doorman of his building. An entrepreneurial success story, Meltzer built his fortune in the music business and gained fame in the poker world when he appeared on Season 5 of High Stakes [...]
Tuesday, October 25th, in a historic day for online poker, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee met at the request of Joe Barton (R-Texas). The meeting included representatives of various online gambling stakeholders including Indian tribes and consumer advocacy, horse racing, and youth protection groups. The meeting lasted for two and a half hours. “Is [...]
The United States Department of Justice is hot on the trails of the owners of Full Tilt Poker. Earlier this week, the Department of Justice amended their Black Friday papers to include money laundering allegations aimed directly at Full Tilt Poker. The Department of Justice called Full Tilt Poker a “ponzi scheme” and tied the [...]
In the most positive piece of news since Full Tilt Poker players from the United States had their accounts frozen following FBI indictments against Full Tilt, the site is claiming to have successfully regained access to a bank account holding significant funds. There has been considerable amounts of controversy and back-and-forth debate about whether this [...]
Despite the hugely disruptive effects of the events of Black Friday, online poker action continues to go strong, even at the effected sites such as Full Tilt Poker. Those players outside the US who are still able to play for real money at Full Tilt will find it is well populated and extremely lucrative, in [...]
FTOPS XX Event #35 featured 278 entrants buying in for $500, in a 3X shootout. In this format, each player who made it to the final table had to win one table in a freezeout, win another table in a freezeout, then move onto the final table. The tournament lasted for approximately 6 hours total [...]
Although players from the United States are unable to play at Full Tilt Poker since the recent FBI indictment on April 15, Full Tilt continues to be the place to be for players from the rest of the world as the twentieth FTOPS is currently in full swing. We’re officially well passed the halfway mark [...]
Poker is a game of ups and downs. Bankroll swings and bad beats. One minute you could be raking in a big pot, the next, your access to U.S. Poker sites could be shut down. The past few days have undeniably been a low point in the long history of the game, so what better [...]
Note *Non-US players (over 70% of total player pool) are still playing on Full Tilt and PokerStars normally at this time. Last Friday, April 15th, the United States Department of Justice launched an attack against three of the world’s largest online poker websites, PokerStars, FullTilt Poker, and the Cereus Network (Absolute and Ultimate Bet). All [...]
Full Tilt Poker is well known as the site where everyone can learn, chat and play with the pros but their latest promotion will see you getting even more involved than that. Full Tilt has announced that they will be running satellite tournaments which will allow lucky poker enthusiasts to win their way to a [...]