I hear today, Ipoker will be split into 2 tiers, tier 1 will be the old IPOKER, tier 2 will be IPOKER 2 which the non major companies will be on. Unfortunately it seems like all the little skins on the back of the ipoker 2 sites will disappear!

Blue Sq will currently be put on tier 2 (unless small chance they merge with gala since this buy out) and they have enough revenue then to go into Tier1!

This is going to happen in September!

Be interested to hear from someone at Black Belt to see how they are going to fair with Boyles?

Well said Jason

Can someone just put a list up of things Feldman has supposed to have done please?

I've heard bits and bobs about him coaching someone whilst actually being the opponent of the person he was coaching. Other than that I know fk all other than he is a 'scumbag', which is a bit vague  

Sam is a good lad as far as I'm concerned, but I've even heard about some disagreements he had after winning some $$$ and %'s etc, and no I won't divulge further on that as I don't know if its true.

This is the problem, so much rumour about stuff, who knows what the truth is?  

Woodsey, not having a go here at all, but in one breath u ask for people to list all he has done, but refuse to post the stuff about Sam (which I dont blame you either) but hard to ask for  anyone else to. Thing is, I actually dont believe people can list it, as its prob a load of rumours they've heard off xx mate etc!

This is my problem tbh, its just all rumour.

Don't know why I'm even sticking my nose in tbh, must be the bottle of wine lol. 

I wonder why I bothered also, but as Keith says, just because of rumours etc doesn't make the guy wrong for this incident and people coming on saying "hes a twat" without any reason for saying it (as prob never met him) i just find a bit childish like. But each man is entitled to his own opinion, it is a free world!

Can someone just put a list up of things Feldman has supposed to have done please?

I've heard bits and bobs about him coaching someone whilst actually being the opponent of the person he was coaching. Other than that I know fk all other than he is a 'scumbag', which is a bit vague   

Sam is a good lad as far as I'm concerned, but I've even heard about some disagreements he had after winning some $$$ and %'s etc, and no I won't divulge further on that as I don't know if its true.

This is the problem, so much rumour about stuff, who knows what the truth is? 

Woodsey, not having a go here at all, but in one breath u ask for people to list all he has done, but refuse to post the stuff about Sam (which I dont blame you either) but hard to ask for  anyone else to. Thing is, I actually dont believe people can list it, as its prob a load of rumours they've heard off xx mate etc!

just struck me..

In all this conflict and turmoil, I have not read one word of censure against Luke Schwartz who took money off Sam Trickett and played in a game when his backer told him he couldn't.

Weird really.

I don't think it's that weird that in a thread entitled "Andrew Feldman" people aren't discussing the wrongdoings of other individuals.

yeah agree.

Fullflush is a dousche. Hope this helps keef.

Confirmed in the 50k too.   Still not short of backers

If your makeup is big, you gots ta play big tourneys

Has Full Flush got mad triple draw skillz?

No matter how big his make up is, spending 50k putting him in a tournament against the best mix game players in the world must be pissing money up against the wall.

Yeah there's no way he's +EV in that field but I assume he's backed by Matchbook and now Bordy is, erm, taking a break I dont know who's in charge.

Matchbook dropped him after bordy took that break

just struck me..

In all this conflict and turmoil, I have not read one word of censure against Luke Schwartz who took money off Sam Trickett and played in a game when his backer told him he couldn't.

Weird really.

I don't think it's that weird that in a thread entitled "Andrew Feldman" people aren't discussing the wrongdoings of other individuals.

yeah agree.

Fullflush is a dousche. Hope this helps keef.

Confirmed in the 50k too.   Still not short of backers

Being staked by this new Attack Poker

No cos, someone else, I received a text 2 days ago from someone saying they would be messaging me putting me straight! Very strange one!

just struck me..

In all this conflict and turmoil, I have not read one word of censure against Luke Schwartz who took money off Sam Trickett and played in a game when his backer told him he couldn't.

Weird really.

Prob one of the best posts yet Camel....amazing isn't it! Clearly a  man in the know rather than the jumped up ones having an opinion based on mates tale!

Maybe just maybe the who scenario is tied in? Who knows, but still see no police called in over the stolen 25k, or maybe it genuinely wasn't stolen & more  a wires crossed business deal?

Still waiting for my private message that was meant to be arriving about 'other things'

Genuinely wasn't going to post again on this but Keith's good post fueled my fire again! Good post and very good point!

Yeah blackbelt poker piggyback (I am pretty clueless so might not be the right term) off boyles but it's good to read from a Tikay post that Neil is ahead of the game. I have accounts with many ipoker sites,after blackbelt, paddy power and chilli are my favs but reading various articles only a few will be in the elite bracket. I understand these include Titan, William hills, bet365.

Just readthegenting comment.  There must be massive implications for Brs guys too

Several months ago I was told Paddy Power, Blue Sq, Titan and another, PP did not want boyles in as they're Irish rivals!

About a 0% chance bet365 and William Hill aren't included.

Sorry Hills was the other!

Yeah blackbelt poker piggyback (I am pretty clueless so might not be the right term) off boyles but it's good to read from a Tikay post that Neil is ahead of the game. I have accounts with many ipoker sites,after blackbelt, paddy power and chilli are my favs but reading various articles only a few will be in the elite bracket. I understand these include Titan, William hills, bet365.

Just readthegenting comment.  There must be massive implications for Brs guys too

Several months ago I was told Paddy Power, Blue Sq, Titan and another, PP did not want boyles in as they're Irish rivals!

[£1.3 million in online poker revenue during 2011 for Rank]

£1.3 million in online poker revenue during 2011 for Rank, so I wouldn't count your chickens.

Given the sheer enormous scale & size of Rank, poker cannot be anything but a distraction & a waste of valuable management resource, £1.3 mill is of no import whatsoever, especially as it has no scope to improve by much, if any. 

Spot on!!

From what I know, only 2nd hand info but it's 4 companies moving and genting isn't one of them which amazes me

I do some work for Oneway Poker. Fortunately enough for us we are in bed with BlueSq so looks like we will be ok (famous last words). However, we were told several months ago (non official from an insider) that basically the big guns are fed up of spending all the money on marketing etc for the smaller players to get the rake on their skins!!

Not great news for a lot of ipoker skins at all!

Sorry not been on for a couple of days, Im not Andrew in disguise, or a troll. But spoke to Lee tonight (JJandEllis) and had a chat with him about it!

Problem with talking about this story is basically that everyone in poker seems to dislike and mistrust Feldman but likes and trusts Trickett.

Hence virtually everyone is going to take Sam's side without knowing the full facts.

In my experience, when there is a dispute like this, there is usually two sides to the story with a certain amount of right and wrong on both sides.

I just don't believe it's as cut and dried as has been portrayed.

While I'm no fan of Andrew Feldman, I wouldn't convict him until the full story of what happened has emerged.

Good post