Every time someone in this thread says something like this I am reminded of CNN reporting that the Affordable Care Act had been overturned because they were in such a hurry to be first that they didn't actually read the supreme court decision before reporting it.

If someone who the community trusts (say DF) incorrectly reported that the deal was signed when in fact it was actually dead or in peril that would cause much more pain and distress for everyone than if they waited slightly longer to be certain before letting us know that the deal is signed.

This is probably the 100th time for many of you to have an opportunity to wait for an official announcement and not jump to conclusions, but most of you can't be saved from yourselves and it's Groundhog Day all over again.

We'll have our money when it's in our bank account and not a moment before then if that even happens.

Who said this. PS,FTP orDOJ?

You'd still be eating ramen noodles anyways. You'd just eat more of them.

So DF basically just said to keep an eye on her tweets? hehe

I would imagine any pay back to the players would require

1 Confrimed address and name if it was not already done. ( picture ID and bill showing your address0

2 Your deposit was deducted from your account.

I'm confused here about all this talk about Wendeen versus DF, as I see it Wendeen broke the news about the deal being done. Assuming her report is correct, she did what we wanted, delivered the good news we've been waiting for BEFORE an official press release is made public. What I understand DF is doing is announcing the news on her site AFTER it is made public. No offense to DF, but once the news is made public we will all know anyway, without having to visit her site. And again, DF may not even know for sure the deal is done, while Wendeen claims to be sure of it. Personally, I believe Wendeen as she appears to be a very credible person. Time will tell.

Hookers and blow dealers are a worthy charity, where i grew up anyways.

Fair enough.

Where do you people come from? If you've actually read everything these two have written, there's no way you can come to those conclusions.

None of the above.

http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com/...ions-can-12310

Who really gives a chit who breaks the news? Most people get their news from multiple sources. People will read DF's articles whether she's 1st or 9th in getting the story out. Why? because she is thorough and explains everything pretty damn well imo and she's basically one of our community.

No one is gonna remember who broke what story first or when they broke it. I have no idea who broke the Batman movie shooter story first. I watched/read about it on fox, msn, cnn, abc, and maybe a few other sites. If cnn broke it, you're telling me you're only gonna go visit cnn tv for your info? I call BS.

DF's website is very easy to remember and will get a lot of traffic bc its so similar to her 2+2 name. I read Wendeen's article and still don't know the website url she works for, nor do i care actually.

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Its BS, nothing there but 1 opinon. More sources are needed .

Agreed. Just thought I'd answer your question since no one else did.

Edit: unless of course that was meant to be a rhetorical question.

her source can be wrong but that cant be called an opinion

Wait wat? Are you sure? I had a bundle of points and Iron Man medals and all I remember being able to get as far as cash was Black card bonuses which you had to work off.

Aaaannnddd WP.

What I take from yesterday's events/reports are:

1) There was likely 1 major issue Stars/DOJ were negotiating over yet that was causing the hold up, and yesterday they came to terms on it (and probably this is the issue that prevented a deal from being announced a few Mondays ago like some people such as zbthorton have suggested was close to happening). Now there are several minor details left to gloss through.

2) DF's style of reporting is clearly superior. Credibility is king. Look at us, we all read Wendeen's report, and the sane of us are still holding our breaths (likely because the major hurdle/roadblock has been agreed upon, but there's still smaller things to iron out). If DF were to have authored yesterday's article, we'd be throwing parties in the streets.

Sorry. It s just hard in this thread. One person suggests there is a deal and so many posters are taking it as gods word.

IDK if I'm missing something here, but other people in the media have come out and said the deal is done/ getting ready to be announced. Like three or four different people have said it's done.

Also DF said she would snap say if the deal was dead, which she hasn't done, and said we're going to get "the news we've all been waiting for"...

Okay then, I take it as her sources opinon

First bolded scares me, as I'm now considered one of the sane ones...that can't be good for anyone.

Second bolded is +1. I definately think her reporting is superior, and had she said "it's done, we're paid", I'd be naked, drunk, and dancing in the road (not necessarily in that order).

I'm almost positive(but not 100%). There were a few different levels of Black Card(3 levels i think) with that stupid rolling average thingy to keep black card status active. The basic BC level didnt get you squat for all the hype they put into that promotion.

The top level got you a bit more than squat. There was so much talk about revamping their RB and bonus structure(which became Black Card) for so long, I figured I'd hold onto my points as long as possible in the hopes of FT creating a straight cash bonus. The top cash bonus possible was $5k for like 1.1 mill points.

Either way, it shouldnt really matter if you had x number of pts. You earned it, and should be compensated for it.

I had a very credible major news org. reporter tell me that s/he very much respects Wendeen and believes that she would not write it unless she felt very strongly about it.

This reporter couldn't confirm it's done yet, though.

Yeah, now that I think about it a bit there was a carte blanche thing where you could go out and buy a thing in real life and they would pay you back for it, or something like that.

But the black card bonuses you had to rake a bunch to unlock over time, even the $5K.

But yea, I think in one of the internet poker threads FTPDoug said, and take this fwiw, that all Iron Man medals had been converted into points at the max rate which was 50 points per medal, and they were going to let players either get cash or buy stuff from the FTP store. This was all before the AGCC pulled the plug tho.

Hopefully PS pays cash for the points/converted IM medals @ $4/1000 points, that would be great imo.

is Diamond_Flush hot? I heard her voice is really sexy.