Full Tilt Poker, Online Gamblings Biggest Black Eye?

I haven't been blogging much since April 15 2011, poker's "Black Friday", so I thought I would give a little run down on the events since Black Friday.

It all started with the US Department of Justice (DOJ). They moved in and shut down the big 3 online poker sites, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and UB Poker for online gambling law infractions such as payment processing schemes and illegal online transactions. The charges refer to US Illegal Gambling Business Act of 1955 and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. 

I was hoping that it would all be settled and players paid back by now, but obviously Full Tilt Poker was in a lot more trouble than anyone thought. The news now, is of principal owners taking huge multi million dollar dividends, bonuses and fees, and top professional players being loaned millions for years. All this has left the players owed money feeling like they were scammed and used by Full Tilt poker, its directors, principal owners and some, maybe most, of the top professionals promoting Full Tilt.

Almost a year later, players are left wondering how it was allowed to get this bad? The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) are the regulatory and supervisory board that licensed Full Tilt. Where was their regulation and supervision?  Players money was obviously not safe. It was the USA Department of Justice (DOJ) that started the ball rolling on April 15 2011, although their motives and timing for shutting down the online sites are suspicious.

Full Tilt now have a French investment group, Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT), trying to buy out the troubled company. After months of negotiations the deal seems close, except for a few small details and one large one, the recovery of 16.5 million in money owed to Full Tilt by various top professional poker players that GBT will not take responsibility for. The news of top professionals owing a combined 16.5 million to Full Tilt has exacerbated players even more. The lawyers for GBT have said that if deals to recover the 16.5 million cant be made with the professional poker players from Full Tilt, it may break the deal to purchase the company. Hopefully GBT using the media to light fires under the asses of those players that owe money to Full Tilt's coffers will work to complete the deal soon.


My personal opinions don't really matter here, but I would like to make it clear that I am one of the many poker players that Full Tilt owes money to. I tried to withdrawal a 3 digit sum from my 4 digit account on Full Tilt, 14 days before April 15 2011( Black Friday). Full Tilt acknowledged my withdrawal request on April 2nd 2011 with an auto response email, but have not sent my funds or any emails on when I would receive them. After waiting 4 days with out any news, I emailed Full Tilt on April 5th inquiring about my withdrawal and received a reply from a Full Tilt representative named "Robbert"(no employee number is supplied), April 6th 2011 stating: "We are experiencing delays in processing". Since April 6th 2011, I have sent numerous(at least 10) emails inquiring about the withdrawal, but have had no replies to date.

Acronym's for seniors texting

Since more and more Seniors are texting and tweeting there appears to be a need for a STC (Senior Texting Code). If you qualify for Senior Discounts this is the code for you.

Please pass this on to your children and grandchildren so they can understand your texts.

ATD:
At The Doctor's

BFF:
Best Friend Fainted

BTW:
Bring The Wheelchair

BYOT:
Bring Your Own Teeth

CBM:
Covered By Medicare

CGU:
Can't get up

CUATSC:
See You At The Senior Center

DWI:
Driving While Incontinent

FWB:
Friend With Beta Blockers

FWIW:
Forgot Where I Was

FYI:
Found Your Insulin

GGPBL:
Gotta Go Pacemaker Battery Low!

GHA:
Got Heartburn Again

HGBM:
Had Good Bowel Movement

IMHO:
Is My Hearing-Aid On?

LMDO:
Laughing My Dentures Out

LOL:
Living On Lipitor

LWO:
Lawrence Welk's On

OMMR:
On My Massage Recliner

OMSG:
Oh My! Sorry Gas.

ROFL... CGU:
Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up

TTYL:
Talk To You Louder

WAITT:
Who Am I Talking To?

WTFA:
Wet The Furniture Again

WTP:
Where's The Prunes?

WWNO:
Walker Wheels Need Oil

GGLKI:
(Gotta Go Laxative Kicking In)

New Poker Home Game

Hi all, been a long time since i posted, some of us players\railers have started a home game on Pokerstars. Here is the final 2 players of the first $money$ tournament we have had so far, hope you enjoy.