FTP to open for European players March

FTP opens to European players March ull Tilt Poker will be up and running to European Players in March according to the investment company taking over the once great poker site. Also to confirm Laurent Tapie the Managing Director of Group Bernard Tapie (BGT), the French investment company his company are still very much on track to take over FTP, denying reports of an issue with Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson – who is a large Full Tilt shareholder -and was threatening to block the deal. Tapie said: “This is totally false. “Chris Ferguson has no problem with regard to the completion of the takeover agreement, which is now imminent. “Even if Chris Ferguson wanted to oppose it, he would not be able to...

source: http://gaming-awards.com/NEWS/932/ftp-opens-to-european-players-march

yay! first thing i'm gonna do is click that withdrawal button! FU FTP!

wait. i'm gonna believe it until i see they have taken down ugly ferguson's face at the front page.

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/

it's still there. so it ain't happening.

huge news! GL everyone

FUCK U PAY ME HOWARD.

wow great news at last. about time stars had some fucking competition again.

Die Howard

this is my take. most of the players will withdraw maybe some of their money and play poker somewhere else. where it is safe.

my suggestion: party poker will be star's competition for 2012.

"Bwin/Party Player Pools Will Merge This Year"

source: http://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/wor...s-Year-Interview-with-Jim-Ryan_56235/

DIE FTP!

fuck cant wait

Does this mean US players can withdraw or what?

nope skew. just euros apparently. the US has to wait for DOJ or something i forget

FT pro fags, selling the dream of being a professional poker player when they were just hoarding other people's money.

Readily leaving Stars for them if the vip/rb system is any good.

Only worry being the ethics of supporting them before all US players have been paid though. ;o

If this opens, did I win my bet with ===PAV=== ?

I payed 401$ for his 802$ bankroll (he made a blog about it)

lol @ opening the site while owing ppl hundreds of millions. although it is unlikely I wouldnt be shocked if they had like 12 clients after a month of running strong. it would make me so proud of human beings if they boycotted till ftp pays

title should be

"FTP to open European player withdrawals by March"

So I guess if you had money stuck on there and you live in the states, you couldn't just relocate to somewhere in Europe and cash out your funds?

On February 06 2012 03:50 DooMeR wrote: nope skew. just euros apparently. the US has to wait for DOJ or something i forget

No one appreciates how handsome you are DooMeR :o

On February 06 2012 05:24 TimDawg wrote: So I guess if you had money stuck on there and you live in the states, you couldn't just relocate to somewhere in Europe and cash out your funds?

this opens up like a potential new kind of business. ppl from EU sharing their permanent address with US players to let them cash out with lowest possible hassle.. im willing to sign a contract on renting a room at my place

On February 06 2012 05:12 whamm! wrote: title should be "FTP to open European player withdrawals by March"

i bet they wont be able to withdraw right away

On February 06 2012 06:13 dogmeat wrote: Show nested quote + On February 06 2012 05:12 whamm! wrote: title should be "FTP to open European player withdrawals by March" i bet they wont be able to withdraw right away

oh yeah, i didn't think about that. then there wouldn't be any new deposits coming in then cos that would discourage players coming in.

FTP = UB

I guess they will come up with some really sick promotions? They can't think players will just be happy they got their money back and continue to play there, can they?

BTW, Ferguson is not being charged? I thought his position was the same as Lederer's?

sick promotions? that won't help. but dealt rake system would get the regular players to play there.

Is this definitely news or still speculation? I read it as "negotiations are going smoothly, and if all goes according to plan, we'll open soon." No guarantee though.

From what I read the projected date was march 1st but a lot of people are saying that won't happen.

If I wasn't in the US I don't think I would have any problem playing on the new FTP.

On February 06 2012 05:27 Skew wrote: Show nested quote + On February 06 2012 03:50 DooMeR wrote: nope skew. just euros apparently. the US has to wait for DOJ or something i forget No one appreciates how handsome you are DooMeR :o

On February 06 2012 09:22 Bigbobm wrote: If I wasn't in the US I don't think I would have any problem playing on the new FTP.

What the heck does this mean for Canadians? Why the heck open to Europe and not us? We want our money too.

again,

LOL @ wanting to play on a site that hasn't paid back hundreds of millions of dollars in debt

On February 06 2012 21:37 RaiNKhAN wrote: again, LOL @ wanting to play on a site that hasn't paid back hundreds of millions of dollars in debt

Its not the new owners fault that the old owners were greedy scumbags + degenrate gamblers + incompetent.

On February 06 2012 21:54 VanDerMeyde wrote: Show nested quote + On February 06 2012 21:37 RaiNKhAN wrote: again, LOL @ wanting to play on a site that hasn't paid back hundreds of millions of dollars in debt Its not the new owners fault that the old owners were greedy scumbags + degenrate gamblers + incompetent.

ut it

you would think about differently if you had 6 - 7 figures trapped there. i don't have that much on there and i still feel the same as khan,

FTP the new UB.

i would wait for a while before playing there regularly. after all the bashing ftp got from the media i don't think recreational players will be flocking to play there.

all you would be playing with are the same people who have money trapped on there. and the funny thing is you might not even have the ability to withdraw. so what's the use?

highly doubt even regs would keep a substantial amount on there: assume a dedicated regs' current trapped roll is 50k, I see him taking out 45k and leaving 5k to grind lower limits with and build up very slowly. the reason I think this is b/c the amount of stress/agony in seeing your funds trapped again after being tricked into trusting them isnt worth more than 10% of what you had there originally

i am 93% sure the withdraw button is disabled by at least 3 months when it comes online next month.

ideally you would hope only like 23 ppl join and grind penny tables just to make it look even worse

On February 06 2012 20:57 Bejamin1 wrote: What the heck does this mean for Canadians? Why the heck open to Europe and not us? We want our money too.

+1

are you guys french-canadians? tapie might consider putting you on top of the list.

No manches guey.

Well other than the fact that I do not plan on playing on FTP at all because of SNE, I don't think it's going to be a very bad idea to play there. They'll probably dish out some good rewards in the beginning to get their player pool back and there's a lot of people missing stuff like rush poker and the good software obviously.

I'm just going to cash out the $5300 I had on there when it's available and hope to get it back.

I can understand being iffy of people playing on the site because the new owners haven't dealt with the payments yet, but considering your money unsafe there is just ridic. Look up the new owners plz, it's more legit than pokerstars by far. ;o

On February 07 2012 08:03 Hasty Pond wrote: I can understand being iffy of people playing on the site because the new owners haven't dealt with the payments yet, but considering your money unsafe there is just ridic. Look up the new owners plz, it's more legit than pokerstars by far. ;o

oh hi howard!

die pond

On February 07 2012 18:56 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Show nested quote + On February 07 2012 08:03 Hasty Pond wrote: I can understand being iffy of people playing on the site because the new owners haven't dealt with the payments yet, but considering your money unsafe there is just ridic. Look up the new owners plz, it's more legit than pokerstars by far. ;o oh hi GBT!

at least try to make the baseless jokes relevant

On February 07 2012 08:03 Hasty Pond wrote: I can understand being iffy of people playing on the site because the new owners haven't dealt with the payments yet, but considering your money unsafe there is just ridic. Look up the new owners plz, it's more legit than pokerstars by far. ;o

new owner is an ex french politician that was sued for setting up football matches aka fraud so yeah definitly legit :D

still no idea how they think it's a good business investment --- anyone who puts a dime on ftp should be shot for harmful levels of radioactive stupidity

especially with players eager to withdraw. BANK RUN!

edit: or maybe they are going to use FTP for money laundering purposes. who knows.

NEWS FLASH!

"GBT decides to buy UB/AP instead"

On February 07 2012 22:30 RaiNKhAN wrote: still no idea how they think it's a good business investment --- anyone who puts a dime on ftp should be shot for harmful levels of radioactive stupidity

It will actually be perfectly logical ev+ decission given what FTP will be offering to get its player base back. Or what, you think the new company undergoes all that shit just to scam FTP players again?

On February 08 2012 05:38 ondik wrote: Show nested quote + On February 07 2012 22:30 RaiNKhAN wrote: still no idea how they think it's a good business investment --- anyone who puts a dime on ftp should be shot for harmful levels of radioactive stupidity It will actually be perfectly logical ev+ decission given what FTP will be offering to get its player base back. Or what, you think the new company undergoes all that shit just to scam FTP players again?

They will be FTP, so they will have to offer huge bonuses and make a huge communication in order to make it works. This is a lot of investment for a potentially high ROI but with high risk and big delay.
If I were an investor, I would not invest in this.

On February 08 2012 05:38 ondik wrote: Show nested quote + On February 07 2012 22:30 RaiNKhAN wrote: still no idea how they think it's a good business investment --- anyone who puts a dime on ftp should be shot for harmful levels of radioactive stupidity It will actually be perfectly logical ev+ decission given what FTP will be offering to get its player base back. Or what, you think the new company undergoes all that shit just to scam FTP players again?

but they will not get their player base back. once people withdraw their money they'd be happy playing somewhere else where it's safe (stars *cough*).

it will take a year before ftp will get their no.2 spot. but without the US players that's doubtful.

Not really true at all. Fish will continue to play where ever they can and bonuses will bring them in. Look at the entire history of UB. Scandal after scandal and fish still continue to play there and where there's fish you'll find regs ready to take their money.

I also think its somewhat of a stretch to assume that your money won't be safe at the new FTP. Doesn't make sense to me how everyone can say the current FTP team killed a money printing machine and then just assume that someone is going to invest all this time and money into a new FTP just to troll you and not give you your money back.

It is a perfectly reasonable investment given the value of ftp pre-scandal and what they are paying now.
As a general note i'd like people to climb off their high horse and stop being (hypocrites?) critical of people who have something positive to say about future FTP under Tapies reign.

On February 06 2012 22:47 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: i am 93% sure the withdraw button is disabled by at least 3 months when it comes online next month.

Honestly this still seems like a great idea. Sure there's little or no money going out and little or no new deposits coming in, but why not let the degens that can't just resist seeing money sitting in their accounts get raked? As more people that Full Tilt owes go busto everyone's likelihood in being able to withdraw funds increases.

On February 08 2012 10:43 cariadon wrote: It is a perfectly reasonable investment given the value of ftp pre-scandal and what they are paying now. As a general note i'd like people to climb off their high horse and stop being (hypocrites?) critical of people who have something positive to say about future FTP under Tapies reign.

LOL @ calling us hypocrites. that site stole from us. i can think of whatever i want of that site and its owners. so stfu and gtfo.

edit: and FTP under tapie's reign? they could use the site to launder money. FTP is a good medium for that kind of shady stuff. lolz

GBT Lawyer Says Matusow Owes $700k Another twist in the Full Tilt takeover deal. Behn Dayanim has revealed to PokerUpdate the amount Team Full Tilt member Mike Matusow owes to the poker site, contradictory to the player's own claims. Matusow had this to say about the matter on his Twitter page: “for all my fans out there just to let u all know I don’t owe full tilt anything why my name is mentioned I don’t know” It is a complete contradiction to what GBT’s attorney Behn Dayanim has stated to us in an earlier interview with PokerUpdate: Dayanim: "Some of the players who owe larger amounts to Full Tilt Poker. Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Layne Flack, David Benyamine, those are the larger ones. There are others as well, people like Barry Greenstein and Mike Matusow.” Matusow’s finances have been a large talking point over the months. Scott Matusow, Mike’s brother, made a very personal blog on his own website back in November: “when you decide to call Mom and Dad only WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING, then it becomes my...

the article ended in a tone that FTP probably won't go online this march.

Considering that there are a number of other players who owe significantly more to Full Tilt with many of them unwilling to communicate with GBT, it seems the problem of the debts owed will be a hindrance for quite some time.

great!

source: http://pokerupdate.com/news/the-full-...ga/gbt-lawyer-says-matusow-owes-700k/

matusow what the fuck man?!

On February 08 2012 13:20 dnagardi wrote: matusow what the fuck man?!

rofl, i think he's the one to be expected at the owe-list the most

funny thing is he's not. lingdren even owes more according to the article.

even barry greenstein owes ftp money and won't pay wtf.

tom dwan owes ftp some money too.

http://pokerplayernewspaper.com/conte...proposed-deal-turns-cliffhanger-11898

The Robin Hood of poker.

Steal from the rich, give to yourself.

i would fight howard for a steak and mashed potatoes

line: me -300

howard +225 (win paid through ftp only)

One FTP friend in the know says, “Juanda and Dwan have big figures but they deserve to be separated from the rest of that crew with honorable mention.” He points out, “They are both actively communicating with GBT in an effort to resolve their respective loans from the Company.”

edit ; ^tahts a quote from previous article posted in taht thread xd