G-poker (http://www.g-poker.ca)
reports that the long-awaited deal between Full Tilt Poker, the American
Department of Justice, and the French investment fund Groupe Bernard
Tapie (GBT) has failed as featured in The Wall Street Journal.
Statements from Full Tilt and GBT confirmed the failure, with GBT lawyer
Behnam Dayanim stating that PokerStars had begun negotiating with the
Department of Justice to acquire Full Tilt. The Wall Street Journal
reports that PokerStars has been conducting due diligence of Full Tilt
for a few days.
G-Poker spokesman, Jeremy Taylor comments “Although we like the idea of
rescuing Full Tilt Poker, nobody will celebrate this news. We’ve already
gotten our hopes up about Full Tilt being rescued many times this past
year, and for one reason – players want to withdraw their money from
their Full Tilt Poker accounts. Since April of last year, most of our
readers successfully created accounts at reliable poker sites like 888
Poker and Party Poker. We’ve been getting very positive feedback
about these sites since we began recommending them – many people weren’t
aware that these sites can offer a better poker experience.”
“888
Poker, currently leading the Canadian poker market as our readers’
favorite poker site, was the first to benefit from the PokerStars and
Full Tilt Poker shutdown – 888 saw an increase of 77% in new player
recruitment in 2011,” Taylor explained. “Maintaining a clean reputation
free of legal issues, along with all the awards they’ve won, makes 888 a
clear choice for our readers.” Read more here: http://www.g-poker.ca/888-poker.
Taylor continues “Party
Poker is another poker site with a clean reputation that has done
well this past year,” added Taylor. “Like 888, it’s backed by a publicly
traded company and is therefore obligated to disclose all the financial
information that other privately owned poker sites managed to keep
hidden until recently. Players value this transparency in the post-Black
Friday world, and while many are following the potential acquisition of
Full Tilt Poker by PokerStars with interest, it’s too late to win back
their loyalty.”
More online poker information:
http://www.g-poker.ca/888-poker
http://www.g-poker.ca/party-poker
