This is (the real) Eric Buchman and I just want to make it clear that I did NOT write or consent to the previous thread called "Effed by Full Tilt."

What happened was I asked an acquaintance of mine to look into something for me, and he took it upon himself to claim to be me and create a thread about my sponsorship deals. I never asked him to post anything about me - nor was I aware of him posting anything about me - on this (or any) public forum.

While there are some outstanding issues concerning my sponsorship deals, I do not feel that this is the appropriate time or place to discuss them. I will, however, promise to post a detailed and honest depiction of what I went through re: sponsorships after November. (At this point - through some good fortune, and help from my agent Dan Frank - I am extremely happy to be with Pokerstars.)

I will not publicly post anything again until after we play the Final Table.

I can be reached via my official website at Thanks for all the support and concern.

Regards,
Eric Buchman

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...l-tilt-600859/

oh really?

is this buck21?

Buck21 is Shawn Buchanan.

Now all I'm going to notice is the guy wearing Fulltilt clothes for a couple of shows, then PokerStars logos at the final table.

aw what the hell man? i already sent 10k to the other eric buchman for 1% of your final table action! gimmie my 10k back!!!

maybe youre the imposter!

1. "Unauthorized" leak
2. Claim dismay at leak but confirm it's true
3. Profit

the plot thickens

nice way to get a cheap shot at FTP for possibly stiffing the 40K without taking responsibility

I am so confused

ban OP for linking his website

Seriosuly though, I wish I could do IP checks on users

wp, sir

What a waste of time reading 11 pages of the other thread that was.
Confused

What I found interesting in the other thread (now closed) is that Full Tilt never responded. I know in the past if there was ever an issue posted at 2+2, however minor, regarding Pokerstars, someone in authority would be right on it and posting in that thread.

Maybe Fulltilt knew the OP was an imposter and that's why they stonewalled the thread, but I got to believe if that was Pokerstars they would have done something.

You gotta think that if Full Tilt was indeed stalling on the sponsorship payment it would benefit Ivey at the final table vs Eric Buchman if Eric's indeed bothered by it as he seems to be.

The threads really reflect poorly on Buchman, imo. What kind of idiotic friends does he have?

Bottomline he should be concentrating on the final table not this BS. If he places well then FT would bend over just to have him on their team so his highest market value is what he could achieve in Nov not right now.

And the plot thickens!

idea for the next thread: Dennis Phillips is not really him but Guy in disguise

My read on the situation is:

• Eric Buchman spazzed out over technical issues of his FT deal and goes public with his anger in the "Effed by Full Tilt." thread.
  
• Eric Buchman hires a lawyer who tells him how stupid it was to go public with his story. The 40k figure is real which indicates that it was indeed E.B. who created the former thread.
  
• Because disclosing any info in public is a breach of contract, Eric Buchman and his lawyer come up with the "acquaintance/impostor" story in order to mitigate the damage inflicted.
  
• At this point Eric realizes he's acted like a donk.
  
• Eric Buchman creates quickly a new account and his lawyer carefully edits his posts before publishing.
  
  

conspiracy theories much? however it might be true.

IM the real eric buchman!

I said it's a "read", not "truth".

probably

but either way this is the point at which we all play along/let it go imo

I'm the real Eric B and so is my wife!

None of the IP addresses that ERICBWSOP has posted from are from the same state as the IP addresses Eric Buchman has posted from.