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The Poker Grapevine – Full Tilt Lawyers Speak Up
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2011-08-30 14:28
Full Tilt Poker have been suspiciously silent about the post Black-Friday ordeal that the site has been dragged through, and even though rumors of various kinds have surfaced over the weeks, nothing official has yet been released concerning the fate of the player funds stuck in the site’s coffers. Last weekend though, one of the lawyers representing the site, Jeff Ifrah, opened an account at one of the popular poker forums with the goal of answering various questions the poker public may ask him.
In one of his first posts, Ifrah said that while he was not authorized to speak on Full Tilt Poker’s behalf, he felt he was responsible for letting the poker public take a behind the scenes peek at how the site was attempting the deal with the problem.
Regarding the player funds, Ifrah said that
Full Tilt Poker were committed 24/7 to finding an investor, and that they have made it clear to all those who might be interested that the paying out of US and European player funds was their top priority.
In other news: Jamie Gold might have won the biggest ever
WSOP Main Event in the history of the game, but it is safe to say that major green felt success has pretty much eluded him since then. Always looking for poker-related opportunities though, Gold is not the one to just admit defeat and let things go. He has apparently launched a free online poker site, FreeGoldPoker.com, based on the Zen network. Gold said that the site would help him achieve various charitable goals with the support of the poker platform.
The free site boasts $100k in monthly prizes, and according to Randy Kasper, Jamie Gold’s agent, various endorsement deals and partnerships will be announced int he future too.
Gold said that the opportunity presented himself in the wake of Black Friday, which has pretty much robbed US players of the possibility to play their favorite game online.
