0 reason to delete HBs post.

This thread probably brings 2p2 a lot of money, they don't want the saga to end

fyp

Pretty sure I pissed off a top-top. Hope I don't get the flashy thing.

wow that aejones tweet? :-/ wtf?

Well a lot more than howard beale's posts are now gone too.

Countdown on these also?

Thnx for the insight howard ( srsly, no jokes)

yeah, yeah. you're the man. we're getting paid right???

I would agree when the term "inside source" is used. It's interesting that there's such a difference of opinion from credible people on an issue the is so important to many people. It's not: well they got it partly right, its: they are wrong or not credible. When this plays there's going to be a lot folks whose reputations will tarnished.

I heard same thing. Also the DOJ doesn't settle / negotiate criminal indictments with fugitives, although I guess anything is possible. This guy would normally turn himself in before anything is settled.

I think this woman is jacking everyone off one last time....

Clearly we know which side of the fence you're on

Sheesh, I am not in hiding as some have suggested. I am grunching a bit, and will go back and read fully the last day's posts now.
As to giving credibility, what the heck is wrong with some of you people? You give crazy props to a writer who has shown to be wrong before, who has no problem publishing rumors and speculation and half the time admits to doing so while taking bows, and then you try to bury a poker news site that has been pretty awesome in their coverage of all things poker. IMHO, Pokerfuse is pretty darned good and has published A LOT of solid articles in the last year. I'm envious sometimes that I can't cover as much as that site does because I am only one person, so I have to decide how to best spend my time and resources. I've chosen to stick with the investigative side of a specific section of industry news and to concentrate on doing it right, so that's what I do.

Hood, while we can agree to disagree on a few things, I think you are doing a fine job.

Btw, I will not be commenting further here on anything I have not yet published, my tweet stands.

I predict that over the course of the next few days, we will re-experience the emotional roller coaster ride of the entire thread in a condensed form.

Instead of weekly/monthly swings of optimism and pessimism, the emotional waves will be relived by the hour, minute, and tweet.

edit: in after DF

cliffs?

Inneresting.

What's that?

he said his source tells him the deal is dead.

Aaron Jones ‏@aejonesleggo

my sources tell me the ftp deal is actually dead, i hope they're wrong

Maybe. Just think citing the DOJ and the judge seem pretty credible. There has to be some risk to the publications in citing those sources. Guess we'll know next week.

gambling911 ‏@gambling911

JFC. I'm going to hide under my bed, just tell me when its all over

Seriously? I mean really Seriously? After everything you have been shown, you are still sticking with your theory?
You have been shown 100 times that Bitar surrendered with no deal for himself in place. It was not a contingency for any agreement to make a civil "deal" complete with PS/FTP. No deal announcement was put on hold specifically for the end of the month for salaries or to wait for sentencing in anyone's criminal case.

Dude, seriously, there have to be meds available for whatever problem you have with the truth. In the end the truth is the truth, not what you want it to be.

Maybe they are all using the same source. Source is probably reading this thread and getting a kick out of it ...

DF,

Do you have any new information you can post, i.e. if and when this deal will go through?

We'll see, someone asked me my opinion on July 11 in PM and I wrote:

Come August 1, if we don't here something then I'll have to admit I was wrong, until then I expect to be back playing on FTP before the holidays.

I assure you PokerStars has been in settlement negotiations with the DOJ since as far back as January.