Tag Archives: Tilt

Tapie Confirms Unpaid Debts May Block Full Tilt Deal

Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin

Responding to a recent interview with BTG lawyer Behn Dayanim, Tapie confirmed to iGamingFrance that the unpaid debts of 19 poker pros, including Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren and David Benyamine, could threaten the impending deal to purchase Full Tilt Pok… Continue reading →

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Poker Pros Ivey, Lindgren, Benyamine and Flack Owe Full Tilt Millions

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin

A group of poker players owe Full Tilt Poker about $18 million, a person familiar with the situation told Card Player. Earlier on Thursday, PokerStrategy.com reported that Behnam Dayanim, an …
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Unpaid Pro Debts “Serious Obstacle” in FTP Deal

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin

Behn Dayanim, the lawyer representing the Tapie Group, told pokerstrategy.com in an exclusive interview that the due diligence process has revealed Full Tilt’s financial situation to be “substantially worse” than anticipated.
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New York Federal Judge Drops RICO Claims Against Former Team Full Tilt Pros

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

A New York federal judge has dismissed the RICO class action suit against the members of Team Full Tilt. The complaint, which was filed last June, alleged that the defendants, …
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Ferguson Close To Settling With DOJ, Lawyer Says

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

Former Full Tilt Poker principal Chris Ferguson has been having “very positive dialogue” with the Department of Justice, and expects to have his case settled early in 2012, his lawyer, …
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Dion Leads, Ivey Lurking in Final 12 at Aussie Millions

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

It was another fast day at the Aussie Millions as it took only four and a half hours of play to go from 26 players down to 12.
Day 4 was not a good one for Ivey as the former Full Tilt pro was bleeding chips.
Ivey had the misfortune of losing set over … Continue reading →

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Refugee Poker Pro Looking for Title Down Under

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

Koon, who is originally from Weston, West Virginia but lived in Las Vegas until this summer, used to play on Full Tilt Poker as the formidable NovaSky.
The West Virginian had over one million chips midway though Day 3 of the 2012 Aussie Millions and wa… Continue reading →

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Ferguson Accounts "Could" Impact FTP Deal

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

According to Subject: Poker, over the last four years Ferguson transferred an additional $60 million in Full Tilt dividend payments (on top of the $25 million paid into his personal accounts) into accounts belonging to Pocket Kings Ltd.
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Melanie Weisner Joins Lock Poker

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin

Lock Poker announced this weekend that it has signed Melanie Weisner to its stable of pros, team LockPRO ELITE.  She joins a young team which includes Eric “Rizen” Lynch, Chris Moorman, Leo Margets, Bryan “PrimordialAA” Pellegrino, Brett Jungblut. Formerly a pro at Full Tilt Poker, Weisner is primarily a tournament player, specializing in heads-up Sit-and-Go’s.  [...] Continue reading →

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Phil Ivey Makes Appearance on PokerStars?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by admin

RaiseOnce, widely regarded to be Ivey’s PokerStars account, logged on to the site Friday and played 223 hands of $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha before eventually losing $218,000. 
In 2010 Phil Ivey and RaiseOnce were both active on Full Tilt and PokerSta… Continue reading →

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