Full tilt keeping american players

[Longy]

Im sure alot of you will have got the email in the last 24 hours, but it looks like full tilt may well be market leader if Stars pull out.

Full Tilt Poker is here to stay!

As an online poker player, you have probably heard about the new legislation passed by the U.S. Congress earlier this week that attempts to prevent you from being able to transfer money to online gaming sites.

While this new law has prompted some sites to announce plans to abandon the U.S. market in coming days, we assure you that Full Tilt Poker will continue to provide all of its players - both inside and outside of the United States - with a full complement of real money ring games and tournaments for their enjoyment.

After consultation with numerous legal experts in this field, we want to make you aware of the following:

   * Legal

The new U.S. legislation does not in any way attempt to criminalize the act of you playing online poker. By playing online at Full Tilt Poker, you are not breaking any U.S. Federal laws.

   * Full Access

The passage of the new Internet Gaming law will not have any impact on your day-to-day experience at Full Tilt Poker. We will provide all of our players, everywhere in the world, with full access to all of our games and tournaments.

   * Easy Deposits and Withdrawals

We will continue to provide our players with all of the safe, secure and convenient methods for transferring money to and from the site. In fact, in recent discussions with our payment processors, we have been assured that this new law will have no immediate impact on their day-to-day business. And as always, any monies that you have on deposit with Full Tilt Poker remain completely safe and secure.

Furthermore, we firmly believe that online poker is not encompassed by this new legislation. In any event, we will continue to lobby for an express carve-out for online poker and for your right to play a truly American game from the privacy of your own home and computer.

We are excited about the future here at Full Tilt Poker and in the coming weeks and months, we plan to roll out many new features designed to enhance your online poker experience.

We appreciate your loyalty to our site and, in turn, want you to know that we will remain loyal to our valued players in the United States and throughout the world.

We look forward to seeing you at the table.

Sincerely,

Full Tilt Poker

[Jon MW]

It might be enough to push Stars into taking the same line

[Scottish Dave]

WOOOHOOOOO!

Get in there Baby!

[mikkyT]

The Fortune group also made a similar announcement yesterday. Don't know who they include however.

[Karabiner]

I think that they have decided to take the "poker is a game of skill and therefore not gambling" stance.

I forsee years of lawsuits and millions for the lawyers.

[fergus8]

i dont think this is a move for the principles of being allowed to run a poker site, i think its because they ve invested so much they have to take this stance, and without americans they close

party must have thought they have a big enough customer base to go the other way and block americans.

will hill are mainly europen, americans blocked

laddies, dont have any, so business as usual

i think stars are mainly american so i can see them going full tilts route.

[AndrewT]

i dont think this is a move for the principles of being allowed to run a poker site, i think its because they ve invested so much they have to take this stance, and without americans they close

Precisely - nearly all Full Tilt's eggs are in the basket labelled 'Yanks'.

[kinboshi]

I think that they have decided to take the "poker is a game of skill and therefore not gambling" stance.

I forsee years of lawsuits and millions for the lawyers.

The American way...