Re: that goes down as the weakest nom in history ~ July LC Thread ~
After "1/2 a bill Tuesday" I can't see it long before U.S. gets its legislation,
What concerns me more at the moment is how stars are gonna sqooze the 1/2 a bill fee out of the players over the next couple of years + pay back mass immediate withdrawals...
Re: that goes down as the weakest nom in history ~ July LC Thread ~
I thought FTP was bankrupt.
And why would PS buy such a company that doesnt make any sense to me.
The 1/2 billion can easily be made from the advantage on the US market alone. They are still market leading with their software. And after paying back all of FTP, no one will ever play elsewhere.
But in the light of this, the purchase of FTP makes no ****ing sense.
Re: that goes down as the weakest nom in history ~ July LC Thread ~
DoJ pretty much told Stars that it's up to them to handle the bill for this mess... in return they will be allowed to apply for a US license. Buying FTP is more about that than their "assets" afaik
can't remember how much is on there... 1500 1800 2100 and 2600 are all in my head
also I had 60k fpps and wtf is going to happen with iron man. Ironman +rakeback + points was a pretty damn good amount of rakeback combined with 8 rush tables.
Re: that goes down as the weakest nom in history ~ July LC Thread ~
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Originally Posted by TopPair2Pair
After "1/2 a bill Tuesday" I can't see it long before U.S. gets its legislation,
What concerns me more at the moment is how stars are gonna sqooze the 1/2 a bill fee out of the players over the next couple of years + pay back mass immediate withdrawals...
By acquring a saviour image and dominating the reopened US market ldo. Stars are the last thing I'm worrying about, I'm sure they've made this move because they've estimated it as +EV for them.
The purchase of FTP is purely for PR and friendship with DOJ.
Rush Poker is not a reason as it's not patented (only pending since 2007), and chances are it will never be. It has been copied by a number of networks and thus its patentability has been questioned (Instadeal began development of its analogue independently and long before Rush was offered).
Re: that goes down as the weakest nom in history ~ July LC Thread ~
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMOGMGO YESSSSS
ty PS! had lots of $ + 300k FTpoints + 2-3k tournament $
Also @ chinz: it's true not much traffic at ipoker lately. But found myself a nice fish who thinks I'm worse than him (maybe I am; i suck a lot HU). I've been plaing him HU day and night these days. Seems like the solution. On a more serious note: it looks like traffic comes and goes on ipoker. Pretty sure the pace will pick up again
Re: that goes down as the weakest nom in history ~ July LC Thread ~
Had like 5K maybe 100k ftpoints (can't really remember though). Still gonna take a while to see it in the bank accounts but nice to have it 'guaranteed.'
Nice little bonus. Maybe give 5% to charity as a karma boost.
Zynga has the benefit of a large player base, but that player base doesn't necessarily translate on a 1:1 or even 1:5 ratio to real money players.
These players were playing Zynga poker when FTP and PS were (more or less) available. I think getting bids from ongame / playtech / boss is another indication of weakness, in my opinion they should have the IP to develop this in house, and these software products are second class to PS.
Zynga has been getting hammered in the market (52 week range 2.85 - 15.91) now trading 2.95. IMO, if they can handle it, they should get into real money asap to make some monies.
Two Plus Two
) will rival Stars seriously in the near future?
i suck a lot HU). I've been plaing him HU day and night these days. Seems like the solution. On a more serious note: it looks like traffic comes and goes on ipoker. Pretty sure the pace will pick up again
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