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Originally Posted by sparky999
Please read this thread and if you agree your support would be greatly appreciated having just a handful of you guys on board could really make a huge difference.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...#post31472185u
[thread is the FTP petition in NVG for those who dont like clicking links]
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I think this is a bad idea for a bunch of reasons.
First of all, it seems inappropriate to me for the WSOP to ban people for any reason other than misconduct in WSOP or other poker tournaments.
Second, it's really not clear what's going on or who's in the wrong with respect to these debts. All we're going on is what GBT's lawyers have said, and I don't see any reason to take what they say at face value.
Matusow claims not to owe FTP any money (I don't believe him, but who am I to say). Barry's argument about wanting to make sure the money goes to players seems sorta suspect but it's not totally insane.
We also have no idea what other unfulfilled obligations, in both directions, exist between FTP and people like Ivey. Tapie's lawyers say Ivey owes FTP 4 million. How much money is locked up in his FTP account and is that accounted for? Had he been promised payments that never materialized?
IMO this situation is too complicated and we know too little about what's really going on to get all righteously indignant about it.