Black Friday and the aftermath: Online Poker Implications

[AndrewT]

No mention that pokerstars are the reason black friday happened....

Elaborate???

Daniel Tzvetkoff (Australian payment processor) did business with these poker rooms to help them avoid the restrictions put in place after UIEGA. He decided to skim a little more off the top to put in his own back pocket.

They weren't happy about this and the next time he was in the US, the Feds got a tip-off from someone and he was nicked.

A few months later, he was mysteriously out and about again - speculation is he sung like a canary and gave the Feds the evidence they needed to do Black Friday.

I assume this is what Flushy was hinting at.

[AndrewT]

May not actually have been Stars that dobbed him in though...

[GreekStein]

That's all well and good to blame stars flushy but tilt are handling this far worse.

[AndrewT]

That's all well and good to blame stars flushy but tilt are handling this far worse.

Tilt will pay everyone out as soon as Flushy agrees to stake them for the withdrawals.

[TightEnd]

UB.com's team of sponsored pros are the latest casualties as the fallout from Black Friday continues. Blanca Gaming, the parent company of UB.com and Absolute Poker, confirmed in a statement last night that it would be releasing of all 11 of their sponsored players.

The statement read, “We are very disappointed that we have been compelled to sever ties with our sponsored pros. Over the years, the Company has been successful in gathering a group of young, extraordinarily talented and brand-appropriate poker professionals who have proudly sported its logos. We are truly saddened that circumstances have dictated this course of action, and we regret that we are no longer in a position to partner with our sponsored pros, or to provide them with a source of income for playing the game that they love. We appreciate their significant time and dedication shared with us, and we thank them for the loyalty and patience they have continued to show us even during the unsettling events of the past few weeks. We respect and admire them for their many accomplishments, both at the poker tables and away from them, and we will always be grateful for their valuable contributions to building the UB and Absolute Poker brands and to creating a rock-solid community at the pair of online poker rooms.”


Joe Sebok and Prahlad Friedman are the biggest names to have their contracts terminated. The other players to be shown the door are Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin, Maria Ho, Brandon Cantu, Tiffany Michelle, Scott Ian, “Hollywood” Dave Stann, Adam “Roothlus” Levy, Bryan Devonshire and Trishelle Cannatella.

[rex008]

Trishelle Cannatella.

[X] Googled her
[ ] Safesearch was on
[X] I'm at work
[X] Oops

[AndrewT]

Trishelle Cannatella.

[X] Googled her
[ ] Safesearch was on
[X] I'm at work
[X] Oops

[X] Note made for private perusal later this evening.

[Longines]

Trishelle Cannatella.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishelle_Cannatella

Cannatella was born on November 4, 1979, and raised in Cut Off, Louisiana.

Please let there be a Button, Louisiana nearby.

[Royal Flush]

She dates Jeff Madsen, lovely girl even though she did mention Real World LV within the first 1 minute of meeting her....

[Spraggs]

Got an email from AP, saying my $250 withdrawal (maximum allowed) had now been submitted. I made it on the sunday or monday after Blik Friday.

I know they've finally made agreements with the DoJ, is it something i shouldn't be getting to excited about?

Or is it a ray of hope that i may be getting my roll off?

[smashedagain]

That's all well and good to blame stars flushy but tilt are handling this far worse.

.....  ...i do like this smiley face

[Royal Flush]

If i could comment i would, but i can't so i won't

[Amatay]

Trishelle Cannatella.

[X] Googled her
[ ] Safesearch was on
[X] I'm at work
[X] Oops

[X] Note made for private perusal later this evening.

wowsay

[brummieboy]

Got paid by Tilt today after three weeks, if their struggling paying out non US players it'll be interesting to see how long it takes them to pay all their US customers.

[Karabiner]

Got paid by Tilt today after three weeks, if their struggling paying out non US players it'll be interesting to see how long it takes them to pay all their US customers.

I think that "struggling paying out non US players" could be a little misleading.

I withdrew from FT about two weeks ago using my Visa debit and it was in my account within 48 hours.

There have been problems with processing Neteller and some other methods of withdrawal but whether that is FT's fault is a somewhat moot point imho.