Andrew Feldman (@ ESPN _ Poker On Twitter ) Has reported that all 3 sites ( Stars, Tilt and UB ) will be shut down everywhere including where they are legal within 48Hrs.
Reported by player from Canada.

Can get fulltilt.com from London, stars website has the fbi warning - can still play on both

I converted mine to cash. Now just let everything sit there until it's sorted, I guess.

Has anyone try emailing support for stars/tilt?

Trying to get onto FTP to have some fun with my current monopoly money, but I didnt have the update. Any way to get the new software or play somehow?

zero Americans in the tourni I am trying to bink lol don't know if I wanna laugh or cry!!!

Twitter from Kara Scott:

KaraOTR: Hard to focus on work here with all the crazy news in poker tonight. Thinking about my friends in poker media who may lose their jobs

THIS IS FU*KING TRUE !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzylCzcc4wo

Now I understand this guy .... --- >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV1NM...el_video_title EPIC GUY !

Been playing holdem and omaha since 1995 @ UT Austin. Been playing online since about 2002. Spend 4 minutes adn read the indictments here:

http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pres...dictmentpr.pdf

"For example, defendants ISAI SCHEINBERG and PAUL TATE of
PokerStars, RAYMOND BITAR and NELSON BURTNICK of Full Tilt Poker,
and SCOTT TOM and BRENT BECKLEY of Absolute Poker, arranged for
the money received from U.S. gamblers to be disguised as payments
to hundreds of non-existent online merchants purporting to sell
merchandise such as jewelry and golf balls."

"By late 2009, after U.S. banks and financial
institutions detected and shut down multiple fraudulent bank
accounts used by the Poker Companies, SCHEINBERG and BITAR
developed a new processing strategy that would not involve lying
to banks. PokerStars, FullTilt Poker, and their payment
processors persuaded the principals of a few small, local banks
facing financial difficulties to engage in such processing in
return for multi-million dollar investments in the banks. For
example, in September 2009, ELIE and others approached defendant
JOHN CAMPOS, the Vice Chairman of the Board and part-owner of
SunFirst Bank, a small, private bank based in Saint George, Utah,
about processing Internet poker transactions. While expressing
"trepidations," CAMPOS allegedly agreed to process gambling
transactions in return for a $10 million investment in SunFirst
by ELIE and an associate, which would give them a more than 30%
ownership stake in the bank. CAMPOS also requested and received
a $20,000 "bonus" for his assistance. In an e-mail, one of
ELIE’s associates boasted that they had "purchased" SunFirst and
that they "were looking to purchase" "a grand total of 3 or 4
banks" to process payments."

They literally bought a bank and paid the manager to violate the UIGEA. You just cant do that and brag about it.

These guys are criminals, f*&$ em. The silver lining is that the sheer numbers of us will force a reputable, regulated business at some point in the future. You would rather play in a game without thugs and guns right? Well then lets play in one where our hosts arent white collar criminals.

i am playing some PLO right now and i see some US players at the table's!!
why??

Guy accused of payment processing released on personal recognizance in Vegas. He has to be in NY for hearing on Tuesday. Most likely another snitch.

trying to get busto with a 1BI strategy

i had a 2k pending cash out from cake. If I dont get it i am going to ****ing freak out.

INTERNET POKER: SRS BUSINESS

fwiw AP cashouts are working. Just requested a wire as well as two checks over the phone. We'll see if the wire actually goes through....

Talked with a guy at Blondies sports bar last week who is being sued for $150+ million for payment proccessing to poker companies the Gov seized all of his stuff...John something had a lot of facial ticks...and before u ask yes I had him show me ID and google himself trying to remember his last name (around 5 buckets of beer involved)

Stars not letting me cashout

wowow... I have 200,000 in my account on Full Tilt and can't download the patch to load the client. Is anybody able to download it at the moment?

Hey guys I dont know if this would be the right place to post this, but I am thinking about quiting my job and playing online poker. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. What sites are best, how big of a bankroll should I have, etc etc? Thanks in advance!!!

As sad as it may be this is already happening. Sites are not reachable even in countries where they are operating legally... USA pretty much doesn't give a ****.

Lolololol, ok sure, good luck with that one buddy

It could not be any easier. Please take 5 minutes guys. It is literally written out for you.


http://capwiz.com/pokerplayersalliance/home/

time for poker sites to start using bitcoins imo

Didn't DOJ have some role in ensuring netteller funds were returned? hope for same here. they stand to make enough off indicted, no need to punish us poor duped saps, heh.