^ to be fair, only the guys who are talking/typing threats when in real life do nothing are being correctly called spineless cowards.

Wow with all the tuff guys on here, Chino must be shaking in his Boots.

Guess the only one who has actually got balls is Fergusson himself for showing up.

Or maybe he figured correctly that most poker players are pathetic pussies.

Good call on his part.

Or not.

I expect more of this as the WSOP goes on: https://twitter.com/STANobv/status/739576122510180352

Full Tilt was insolvent as they were not taking in the money they were paying out, so Madoff, but for poker:

Chris Ferguson’s Secret FTP Bank Accounts

Unlike Madoff, Ferguson just got away with it

he sure showed him. why would he **** himself though when he could have a threesome with 2 high class escorts in a penthouse and it wouldn't even dent his bank balance?

It's bizarre, he's either completely delusional or really DGAF.

Whatever it is, he must really love the game though, I'd much rather be doing this than sitting for hours playing cards, being insulted by people who hate me.

+10000

I would like to see the reactions when he actually runs deep in a WSOP tourney or even wins one. What would happen if he'd final tabled the main event? Boycott by the community or silence?

Also, no reaction of Dneg yet? As one of representatives of poker I'd like to see him step up and tell him he's not welcome at the poker tables.

He already did this 4 years ago in this vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ_QLpfXoUM
But never in his face.

Representative of poker my ass, #couldhavedonemore

Hilarious video, well done

Tell that to poker enthusiasts Manny Pacquiao, Randy Couture, and Steve Wilkos next time you see them at the table.

Sounds like Howard wrote that apology claiming responsibility so that Chris could turn up

I don't know how much Ferguson is worth, but I'm serious. A big donation that hurts him a little will be at least something; I mean give us anything other than the words "I'm just here to play poker". Even if he thinks he did nothing wrong, the bottom line is that it was his company to a big extent and he should at least try to make amends for what Full Tilt did. If the guy is worth 20 million a 5 million payout to either charity or former Full Tilt patrons would go a long way to placating a decent percentage of the poker community, not all of course, but a decent percentage.

The same goes for Howard. Apologies are nice but making a voluntary monetary payout above and beyond the legal agreement would be evidence of true sorrow about what happened.

If they gave money as you suggested that would do nothing to change people's perspective of them other than perhaps make them say that it proved they knew they were doing something bad all along and this is their way of trying to salvage their reputation. $5 million for no gain in a sense.

Their reputation has changed, though people wanting others to smash them with a baseball bat at the tables are being unrealistic. A few snarky comments on some self serving twitter feeds will be about as good as it gets for those looking for that form of comeuppance, because whether it is liked or not - the justice system finished their cases on these people. Randy Couture is not going to force anyone to tap out at the poker tables via a choke hold, even if the whole story is told to him.

Certainly politely educating those at the tables (like the geezer mentioned who was heaping praise) is a reasonable approach, but that is about it, and if these guys are showing up to play poker after all of this I doubt that anything said at them will hurt in any way. They know what they did.

This FFS and I hope it's happening (but sounds like it isn't). Least people can do is speak up when unknowing fools are heaping praise on them

Hahahahahaaha

I guess at least you didnt say respected representative

Negreanu isnt a representative of the poker community?

What exactly would you hope to accomplish by doing that? Of course other than solidifying yourself as a grade A douche?

http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/...d-series-poker

If everyone started calling him Judas instead of Jesus, that would be great.

What world isn't? Politicians? Priests? Wall Street? Teachers? Doctors?

You should probably go and read up on what actually happened before posting any more in this thread.

Depends who you ask these days. Sure he is. If he is respected or a wanted representative may get some differing opinions these days though

. If people are talking sh|t they are just tilting themselves.
Like a oldschool gambler like chris really cares what somebody says. He will probably just smile and just keep playing and thats the best thing to do for him. to play tournament after tournament just like negreanu , hellmuth etc....
Then give some interview and talk about you missed poker and that was a hard time dealing with all that ****.
5 minutes later he is a normal celebrity and he wont get more hate than paris hilton, 50cent or whoever is big in america.......