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05-28-2012 , 09:12 AM

#27576

Khal Drogo

adept

Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 924

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diamond_Flush

The announcement you are looking for will not come today.

You are so sure of this yet you can't shed a bit more light on the whole situation?

05-28-2012 , 09:14 AM

#27577

joeyrulesall

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 3,532

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khal Drogo

You are so sure of this yet you can't shed a bit more light on the whole situation?

It's what she does. She reports after things happen that she knew all along but she never writes a dam article. I don't get all the love for her on here when she puts out one article a month of old news.

05-28-2012 , 09:14 AM

#27578

robkey69

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 315

diamond knowns nothing ,if he/she did he/she would tell us , I am sure.

05-28-2012 , 09:17 AM

#27579

SpecialOne

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 282

I'll be so pissed with the DOJ that they ditched GBT if the deal with stars doesnt go

through, i know that the terms with GBT wasnt ideal for us but its sure as hell better then

nothing.

05-28-2012 , 09:20 AM

#27580

robkey69

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 315

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpecialOne

I'll be so pissed with the DOJ that they ditched GBT if the deal with stars doesnt go

through, i know that the terms with GBT wasnt ideal for us but its sure as hell better then

nothing.

100% with you on that.plus i will not be playing on stars again if no deal is made. hope ppl who play higher than me do the same.

05-28-2012 , 09:26 AM

#27581

basement_

enthusiast

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 89

Quote:

Originally Posted by robkey69

100% with you on that.plus i will not be playing on stars again if no deal is made. hope ppl who play higher than me do the same.

+1 pokerstars for fun
Full Tilt for poker
morning all

05-28-2012 , 09:27 AM

#27582

Diamond_Flush

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,470

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khal Drogo

You are so sure of this yet you can't shed a bit more light on the whole situation?

I'm sure, yes, and sorry, no I can't.

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeyrulesall

Thats when I publish, when things happen. Anything before then is speculation and you already have enough sites that do that.
I don't think I ever published anything that would be considered old news. Please link?

Last edited by SGT RJ; 05-28-2012 at 10:46 AM.

05-28-2012 , 09:31 AM

#27583

Hash1982

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 515

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeyrulesall

Some valuable advice for you.... read more, post less!

05-28-2012 , 09:35 AM

#27584

Bene Gesserit

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 6,365

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpecialOne

I'll be so pissed with the DOJ that they ditched GBT if the deal with stars doesnt go

through, i know that the terms with GBT wasnt ideal for us but its sure as hell better then

nothing.

Likely yes, and better than pennies on the dollar (if that) after BR is settled after years possibly! But if FTP stiffed players could have voted on the GBT deal at say $1.00 equals one vote then the deal was really likely to be rejected by the guys with huge balances. Kind of a crappy deal all around so far. Here's hoping the endgame is near and satisfactory!

05-28-2012 , 10:01 AM

#27585

robkey69

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 315

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omega505

How can you be mad at the DOJ

From our POV its been going this
GBT shows interest in buying FTP and has discussions with the DOJ.
GBT obv has ****ty payout structure and wants to **** everyone in the ass(All should know by now that people above $100 would have to grind it back).
PS lurks and discover this opening and probably stalled the GBT deal with a deal of their own(paying back customers within 90 days). Pushing GBT off.

Now, I dont know the game and I pretty sure that neither does anyone else in this thread when it comes to deals which include +100$ millions. Hell Im pretty confident to say even a million$ business deal. So....stfu...lay back, because no one knows the game they are playing.

Because if you had the knowledge and the experiance. WTF are u doing in a time sink thread?

lol lol lol lol.playing games

05-28-2012 , 10:01 AM

#27586

TheBigFD

centurion

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 112

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohsnapzbrah

There will be no announcement today, it's Memorial Day here in the US which means all government offices are shut down, including the DOJ

Lol, the deal could of been done days ago for all we know. Some people just like to be a drama queen dont they!

05-28-2012 , 10:07 AM

#27587

Bubbleblower

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 696

Whatever the reason was for not meeting the deadline (from the employees pov), apparently it came as a complete surprise to everybody.
The official reason for breaking up the temporary contracts was lack of money.
Guess that was supposed to come from PS.

Something may have gone wrong or may be PokerStars was just looking for an exuse to let these people go and lower the overhead. Unlike GBT PS doesn't need or want extra staff so they can benefit fully from the economies of scale the deal brings.

This IMO is more likely good news than bad.

05-28-2012 , 10:20 AM

#27588

Mondogarage

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,801

Quote:

Originally Posted by MICK E JUICE

IIRC PS isn't a US govt department. As much as everyone would like to pretend, not everything revolves around the US government

Very true. However, the purchase by Pokerstars (currently under US government indictment), of assets of Full Tilt Poker (also currently under US government indictment), as part of a settlement of civil and criminal legal cases with the United States Departement of Justice, certainly does revolve around the US government, dontcha think?

05-28-2012 , 10:48 AM

#27589

SGT RJ

Twitching

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48,792

Stop with the insults.

Please don't use URL shorteners.

Nobody was banned for posting insider information. That still remains true.

05-28-2012 , 10:49 AM

#27590

Mondogarage

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,801

Sorry, RJ, I was just trying to coin a new term...

05-28-2012 , 10:54 AM

#27591

basement_

enthusiast

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 89

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mondogarage

Sorry, RJ, I was just trying to coin a new term...

deleted posts aside.... you really gotta be watchin to see em,they go so quick lol
I

the new term!!

05-28-2012 , 11:06 AM

#27592

SGT RJ

Twitching

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48,792

I deleted those posts just because the link is broken.

TPTB have determine that iGaming constantly keeps spamming this site, and their name is now blocked. So posts linking iGaming articles will only have broken links and therefore shouldn't be posted.

05-28-2012 , 11:06 AM

#27593

GoMuckYourselfBro

enthusiast

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 64

I don't think that site really knows anything. Best to ignore them.

05-28-2012 , 11:06 AM

#27594

Noisecore

centurion

Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 127

Quote:

Originally Posted by robkey69

diamond knowns nothing ,if he/she did he/she would tell us , I am sure.

I think I read somewhere that DF is under a non-disclosure agreement. I'm not sure about this.

05-28-2012 , 11:08 AM

#27595

SGT RJ

Twitching

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48,792

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noisecore

I think I read somewhere that DF is under a non-disclosure agreement. I'm not sure about this.

DF already answered this; she stated she is not under a NDA with the DOJ.

A good rule of thumb is to pretty much ignore 95% of what you read in this thread; at best it's wildly distorted, at worst it's flat out incorrect.

05-28-2012 , 11:15 AM

#27596

GoMuckYourselfBro

enthusiast

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 64

Quote:

Originally Posted by SGT RJ

I read that she had an NDA with with Stars not the DOJ.

05-28-2012 , 11:15 AM

#27597

Mondogarage

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,801

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoMuckYourselfBro

I read that she had an NDA with with Stars not the DOJ.

You read wrong. Read back one or two pages in this thread. DF is not under an NDA with anyone.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SGT RJ

TPTB have determine that iGaming constantly keeps spamming this site, and their name is now blocked. So posts linking iGaming articles will only have broken links and therefore shouldn't be posted.

In lieu of animated gifs...

Orson Wells is clapping.

Last edited by SGT RJ; 05-28-2012 at 11:41 AM.

05-28-2012 , 11:20 AM

#27598

GoMuckYourselfBro

enthusiast

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 64

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mondogarage

You read wrong. Read back one or two pages in this thread. DF is not under an NDA with anyone.

No I didn't read wrong. I read elsewhere that she has an NDA with Stars and that's why her articles have dried up. A couple of pages back it only addresses an NDA with the DOJ.

I'm not saying that she has, she probably has not. I'm just saying what I read.

05-28-2012 , 11:27 AM

#27599

1nsight

adept

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 821

going from past history with stars when have they ever had good timing for announcements? think back to all the changes for the vpp system the past 2 years.... i dont wanna be a pessimist im in dire need of my ftp roll too but lol @ ppl thinking stars gives a rats ass about timing their announcement for when the moon and stars align