I don't know but sure I will try to find out. Quite a few people have asked this question.

Jeff, thanks for spending some time here. Please do not get discouraged by people being negative toward you. For every person voicing displeasure there are countless others who are grateful for your presence and willingness to give us any information you can.

These forums have a tendency to drive people away and it would be a shame if that happened with you.

Thanks
WoT

Please answer ZeeJustin's questions Jeff.

This.

Thanks for doing this.

It seemed odd to me too, but that is what the investor did. I agree with your logic on your second point, but I really don't know the answer as I am not involved in those proceedings. I will ask and hopefully follow up. A lot of questions have been asked about this issue and I will see what information can be provided.

Mr Ifrah,

There are two persistent rumours about investors. The first is that prior to the Ivey lawsuit, Jack Binion was interested in investing. Have you had any conversations with Mr. Binion.

The second is that exclusivity has just ended with another investor. It has been reported that Sameer Al Ansari is representing a group of European investors. Have you had any conversations with Mr. Al Ansari?

Can you comment on either of these rumours? Do you know if Mr. Binion or Mr. Al Ansari still interested?

Are there any other potential investors that you can comment on?

Thank you.

i think we should all be thankful that Mr. Ifrah has said anything at all. He isn't getting paid to talk to us, and he has spent a lot of hours doing this ****. Not just here on the forum but talking to people in e-mail and text and on the phone. (not only is he not getting paid, he is risking his job and career with posting sensitive information)

I wouldnt blame him if he just left and never responded again with the way he has been treated by the forum.

If you dont have a new question then dont say anything at all. I dont want to sit here and read spam post after spam post....


Jeff if you could please comment on whether or not ftp intends to add a casino and sportsbook that would be appreciated!
Also can you comment on whether or not we will be hearing from the potential investors this week as well?

Now that the company will no longer be US facing, there has definitely been discussion about offering casino games in addition to poker. As for public comments from investors, that has not been their practice to date obviously. I can only assume that as soon as one of them has obtained comfort with the deal that person will certainly make a public statement.

Mr. A. Jeff Ifrah,

Toda Raba,
Merci beaucoup.

A?

Jeff is extremely approachable and tries to answer questions in the best way that he can. Everytime I have emailed him, I have got a response, almost always within 10 minutes, and he apologises for late replies! Lol

Get off his back, he is only saying what he knows without ****ing himself up in the process. You have to remember that he is a lawyer and has to be VERY CAREFUL what he says.

I have to sign off now but wanted to thank you for taking the time to write. I appreciate your concerns and explanation. I write here because I believe that all of you have been caught in the middle of a tug of war and whoever is to blame is a point that I cannot debate here. To me, the bottom line is all you did is play poker. I empathize with you all because of that and I hope anything I have been able to share has helped in some way. I now have a lot of your questions in hand and will do my best to get them answered.

+1, jeff, def try and get that statement out asap with the answers to questions you aren't sure about. Much appreciated

Jeff,

I find this statement very hard to believe. You're a prominent lawyer. The first thing a good lawyer does is to know all the basic facts. You represent FTP in a class action suit by players to get their money back from FTP. When you were retained by FTP, wasn't it a basic fact for you ask FTP, how much money do you owe players and how much do you have? What's the shortfall?

Please do not ignore this question.

Appreciate it. We all look forward to hearing these statements from FTP

Since the players are waiting for a statement from ftp, i reread some of the past statements. In the one from April 21, i quote:
How were the funds safe and secure? If we can't trust past ftp statements, why should we trust the one we are waiting for?
Who was the legal advisor who supervised that statement?

Alright, last warning. From here on out trolls will receive infracts at the least and temp-bans are certainly possible.

The debate over the legitimacy or motives of Mr. Ifrah are over. He's already explained why he's doing this and has been verified as the real person by several people who have spoken to him personally. If you don't believe he's legitimate, or think he's trying to snow or cheat everyone, you'd better have some actual facts to back it up rather than just posting random crap about how FTP has screwed everyone ergo anyone who has ever worked for them is trying to screw everyone.

So post questions and RESPECTFULLY post your opinions about the answers that have been given or questions you'd like to see answered in the future (by either Mr. Ifrah or from FTP). But all this trolling crap stops now.

Jeff, are you able to say anything about the big names involved in this whole ****
mostly Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Ray Bitar.
Where are they, what are they doing, how are they feeling,...?

+1
Thank christ (or SGT) for that

"Caught in a tug of War" and he can't reveal who, but he knows. Actully likely knows just about everything, but his professional position limits what he can and should say to us about all these questions! His main priority is to protect his clients! That's totally right! He is a hired gun with no ax to grind against the players, but no valid reason to be on their side either! Maybe he will get FTP to say something new, truthfull, and helpfull soon. That would be something! I hope so, but will remain doubtful!

Somehow I had never considered this option for them going forward. It would almost certainly add to the list of interested parties and give FTP more potential value than only offering poker.

Thank you again Jeff for doing this.

That is a big lie right there. The player money was never safe and secure without segregating. They were lying to their customers even after BF to get deposits to hopefully cover their liabilities. They should be convicted of fraud and go to jail just based on that false statement alone.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to be skeptical of what we receive from FTP until they demonstrate (through actions, not statements or meaningless apologies) otherwise. And obviously their lawyer can't reveal everything he knows; anyone expecting that he could either understands zero about the nature of attorney/client contracts or is a damned idiot.

I think treating any information we receive with healthy skepticism until FTP backs up their words with actions is a prudent course of action.

Agree 100% with the above statement.

My only comment is to go easy on people who are annoyed.

Non-answers to direct questions are extremely tilting to say the least.

Acting as if you dont know the answers to basic factual questions which you should absolutely know the answers too is extremely tilting.

I guess we have no choice buit to wait for these multiple spread out statements.

I do agree with Mr Ifrah on one point, we the players have done nothing wrong but play poker and trust FTP with our money.

Good lord, he's just talking about FTP and the DOJ, calm down.