He has def approached this last debacle differently than previous times and come across more legit.

That being said, I remain staunch in the fact that Dan Druff is still a whiny nerd and just looooooooooooool at Scott Matusow.

All the specifics of the deal (amount, for what, how far along the road it is) is all rumor, but it has been verified by at least a dozen sources independently that PokerStars are in advanced stages of talks with the DOJ to buy Full Tilt. And not just from the usual places who are regurgitating a rumor (i.e. the people who are going around reporting what chinamaniac is saying and claiming it as their own "sources").

But rather its people like ZBThorton, the chiligaming CEO, the guys at wickedchops, gaming intelligence, EGR, and my site (fwiw). In addition, Diamond Flush has confirmed another suitor is an advanced talks and knew who it was (but fell short of saying pokerstars), GBT said they were aware of another suitor, FTP lawyers are 'more confident than ever', and two weeks on there has been no denial from PokerStars.

Until one of the three parties actually confirms it, I don't really see what "more solid evidence" you could want really.

The bolded is the dumbest part about this whole saga. Anyone can guess and have a chance of being right as it is either FTP is being bought...or they're not.

If Stars are serious about purchasing FTP then they will, and essentially it would be a done deal. They are not in the habit of messing around as history has shown us.

Or......Stars are not purchasing FTP and were firetrucked.

2 outcomes, how hard is it to guess

Winnar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This one post should be the entire thread...lock it up son.

You're right. I suppose I've become so jaded by what has transpired so far that my brain is having a hard time accepting good news (potentially).

Silliest post of the day (not an easy feat)!
Perfect example of "cutting off your nose to spite your face".

If they have a tax problem with Spain, they can't just ignore it; it impacts on their ability to do business anywhere in the EU.

If the article is accurate, they don't have a tax problem, they have a licensing problem.

OK cliffs on wtf is going on in the last 5 pages or so?

more china fighting?

radio show??

spain says PS owes tax?


Spain is in deep **** anyway, why is anyone shocked that they are claiming PS owes them taxes?

Try this
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/search.php

They are not going to ignore it but that doesn't mean they are going to pay what Spain is asking.

Lol, Nice....

How big is the Spanish market? Is it really worth paying over 250 mil to get back in on it?

I doubt it. Whole Spain is about 250 mil worth now.

I just pray to heaven above that pokerstars doesnt use its "random card generator" on full tilt poker. Full tilt should be left alone, as its own entity.

well said buddy

Haven't there been reports that FTP employees have been told that the Stars deal is going through?

Not that it proves that it's a lock to happen, but that it is evidence that the deal does exist.

why www.fulltiltpoker.eu - not working today?

they can't even pay for the webspace anymore, last dollar spend for lobster.

GAME OVER

It wasn't working yesterday eitehr.... but according to some people on this forum, it doesn't mean anything.

+1

My experience with PS is "WE CAN'T".
Can't swear, can't speak your own language.
Last year I wanted to increase my transfer limits. They wanted me to fill in papers and make copys of all kind of things. Still haven't done that.
I once emailed them if it was possible to cashout to neteller instead of cashing out to my last depositmethod. They replied "No, no, no, not possible, bla, bla ,bla, can't do, noooo". I emailed them back and said that I paid more than 50k in rake last year so is it too much to ask to do this for me.
"No, no no can't do......... befehl ist befehl".

And then, Full tilt poker.
Last year i won a Ftops-tournament and then you also get a Ftops-jacket. But I was not certain about the size because I am tall and thin. So I emailed them if they had any suggestions. I got a nice email back from the store saying that she had a colleage of her with the same build as mine fit some jackets and she adviced me to take the XLL.
Well, I am still waiting on that jacket but the people who worked at FTP did treat you much better than those of PS.

Well that settles it for me, yup players definitely got treated better by FTP than PS. Evidence is evidence! Thanks!
Hope things get settled soon and well for all stiffed players USA and ROW!

most people that had to DID get crap jobs. there are also people with families. hard to support a family with a crap job

Lol, I think the least they could do is give good customer service after they ass raped us of our funds....

Sure, you are one of those, the sweet girl in the FTP-store should be hanged too.

tracert fulltilt.com gives a different result, compaired to what it normally shows..

a week back or so, the tracert ended with: 98-20.colo.sta.blacknight.ie [91.211.98.20]

and now its:

12 47 ms 47 ms 48 ms 0.xe-0-0-0.rt1.lthn.continent8.com [78.24.208.13]

" 13 145 ms 145 ms 144 ms 0.so-0-0-2.cr2.kdca.continent8.com [66.212.224.7
4]
14 145 ms 146 ms 148 ms t13-2.dr1.kdca.mohawk.ca [66.212.224.170]
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out."