Poker News

28th September, 2025 at 02:24:30

Full Tilt Poker owner explains silence; apologises to players

The final episode of the seven part video interview 'The Lederer Files' is now up at Poker news, with one of Full Tilt Poker's owners, Howard Lederer explaining the company's much-criticised silence during the 15 months leading up to a final resolution, and an apology to the poker community.

Full Story: Final Episode Of 'the Lederer Files' »

25th September, 2025 at 11:04:01

But how much is it really worth as time marches on?

Reports earlier this month that Korean software developers were prepared to hand over a copy of the Absolute Poker software to the US Department of Justice as an asset for forfeit (see previous reports) have been followed by confirmation from the feds that they now hold the software.

Full Story: Doj Confirms Possession Of Absolute Poker Software (update) »

22nd September, 2025 at 04:41:01

Pokerstars gets moving on its acquisition

Pokerstars has wasted no time in reorganising Full Tilt Poker's IT set-up following its acquisition deal with the US Department of Justice (see previous reports).

Full Story: Full Tilt Poker Servers Now On The Isle Of Man »

22nd September, 2025 at 04:41:01

Vague wording prompts Alliance to request more but it has so far not been forthcoming

John Pappas, the executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, has reservations about the draft copy of the Reid-Kyl online poker legalisation bill (see previous reports) but has apparently experienced some problems in getting essential details.

Full Story: Poker Players Alliance Wants More Detail On Kyl-reid Bill (update) »

21st September, 2025 at 11:42:01

Full Tilt Poker owner explains silence; apologises to players

The final episode of the seven part video interview 'The Lederer Files' is now up at Poker news, with one of Full Tilt Poker's owners, Howard Lederer explaining the company's much-criticised silence during the 15 months leading up to a final resolution, and an apology to the poker community.

Full Story: Final Episode Of 'the Lederer Files' »

19th September, 2025 at 04:34:18

Commonwealth of Kentucky and Cardroom International claims opposed by the feds, but provision made against a successful judicial ruling

Large sums of money sourced from the $225 million paid over by Pokerstars in its settlement and Full Tilt Poker acquisition agreements with the US Department of Justice (see previous reports) are being kept in reserve in case claims against Full Tilt assets lodged by the state of Kentucky and private US company Cardroom International are successful, court documents have revealed.

Full Story: Millions Held Against Two Claims In Ongoing Full Tilt Poker Arguments (update) »

19th September, 2025 at 04:34:18

Former Full Tilt director talks about accounts segregation, processors and legal advice

The second episode of the Poker News interview series with Howard Lederer (see previous reports) is now available to registered users at:

Full Story: Part Two Of 'the Lederer Files' Now Up (update) »

18th September, 2025 at 03:57:32

Something to look forward to this week - an extended on-camera interview with Howard "The Professor" Lederer

Veteran professional poker player Howard "The Professor" Lederer has been much in the news lately as one of the key figures in the complicated series of criminal and civil cases that have grown from the Full Tilt Poker debacle (see previous reports).

Full Story: An Insider View Of The Full Tilt Poker Debacle (update) »

17th September, 2025 at 06:24:12

Laying claim to Full Tilt's software

InfoPowa readers will recall a report on software company Cardroom International (CI) who towards the end of last year laid legal claim to $30 million of the contents in the five bank accounts related to the Black Friday indictments. At the time CI felt the company was blocked from licensing its software to major media companies by the actions of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker who dominated the media with advertising and airtime buys pre-Black Friday.

Full Story: Cardroom Back For A Bite Of Full Tilt »

13th September, 2025 at 02:34:45

Disagreement will only make the legalisation project harder to realise, says the Senator from Arizona

Arizona's Senator Jon Kyl waded in to the Reid vs. Heller argument over the best way to introduce a new online poker legalisation bill (see previous report) Wednesday, saying: "The object here should be to pass a bill and not make Senator Heller look bad."

Full Story: Kyl Speaks On 'political' Poker Row (update) »

11th September, 2025 at 12:41:54

Senator Heller causes waves with recommendation that Reid-Kyl bill should go through House of Representatives

The much-discussed possibility for federal legalisation of online poker via a Senate bill drawn up by Democrat Senator Harry Reid and Republican Senator Jon Kyl (see previous reports) appeared to fade this week as news broke that a key mover in the initiative, Republican Senator Dean Heller of Nevada, had broken ranks.

Full Story: Hopes Fade For A Federal Solution U.s. Online Poker »

21st August, 2025 at 03:38:44

Communications chief Eric Hollreiser talks to Yogonet in an exclusive interview

Pokerstars communication chief Eric Hollreiser gave an exclusive interview to the online publication Yogonet over the weekend, reviewing the momentous events leading to the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker and his company's future plans for the site and its possible entry to the US market.

Full Story: Good Interview On The Pokerstars - Full Tilt Deal (update) »

14th August, 2025 at 03:25:26

Applications to organise payments have to be in by end August

Faced with the daunting task of organising US player payments following the Pokerstars-FTP deal, the US Department of Justice has perhaps wisely decided that this is not its area of expertise, and has invited suitably qualified companies to come forward and undertake the task - for a fee, of course.

Full Story: U.s. Government To Outsource F.t.p. Pay-outs (update) »

12th August, 2025 at 02:25:37

Terms of Pokerstars-FTP-DoJ sttlement clearly indicate that players be paid in full, says action group.

Immediately following the announcement of the multi-million Pokerstars acquisition deal on Full Tilt Poker (see previous reports) the Poker Players Alliance independent action group flagged its preparedness to be involved in the long awaited pay-outs to players through US government agencies.

Full Story: Poker Players Alliance Prepared To Assist In F.t.p. Pay-outs To U.s. Players (update) »

10th August, 2025 at 05:16:12

Full Tilt Poker could be back up and running by November

The complicated - and expensive - Full Tilt Poker acquisition deal between Pokerstars and the US Department of Justice (see previous reports) was cemented Thursday when the Isle of Man company paid over the first $225 million required within six days of the agreement.

Full Story: Pokerstars Pays Up And Cements U.s Justice Deal (update) »