Official PokerStars acquires FTP & settles with DoJ Q/A

hi Lee,

did you do it?

Anyway, don't really have to ask anything, but thanks for the awesome way Stars has, had and will do business.

I ve a question.
i played at FTP a few years ago.
Can i open a new account and tracked about Pokerstrategy?

Thanks for an answer

Sorry for my bad english.

Dear Lee

Originally posted by LeeJonesPokerStars

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Q: Is a player who is banned or self-excluded on FTP (collusion, multi-accounting, problem gambling, etc) automatically banned on PokerStars and vice versa?
A: Our systems will not allow barred or self-excluded players on one site to play on the other site. We will ensure that we have the technical solutions in place to preserve our game integrity and responsibility in responsible gaming. However, we will deal with exceptional situations on a case-by-case basis.
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If I hear that, i cannot believe it. I was banned for ca. 3 years from FTP, after I played their 2 days (!).
The circumstances are a miracle, and i know till today what happened exactly.
And now Poker Stars want to kick me out after I played nearly daily the last 6 years (!) without any problems??
I was very proud to play on Poker Stars . A god, safty and faithfully site.
And now that?

Lee I will hope you can help me in this case.

And which support i have to contact, or should i wait till PS contact me. Or in how many days my account will be closed?

I very afraid

lutz

Originally posted by LeeJonesPokerStars

Q: When will Full Tilt be re-opened?
A: We plan to re-open Full Tilt in most markets within 90 days of closing (which will take place within seven days).

Wasnt this "within seven days" posted last week too when the deal was announced? So have the 7 days in question already passed, or are these new 7 days?

I just want to know when will this 90 day period start, and if it started already when did it start so we could know aproximate date on which those 90 days expire.

Thank you

Dear Lee

First of all I must say this was indeed great news and I do appreciate all the efforts PStars has done to make this happen. I'm sure many lives will get affected positively by this act and we all are thankful.

So the question is, is the new FTP's management planning some sort of a promotion, even a nice gesture towards players whom have their funds stuck for so long and still like to remain as customers?

Or there isn't going to be any difference between someone who will withdraw immediately and me per se who wants to stay a loyal customer?

Cheers

Hi

Is the player pool to be shared with Stars (i really hope so ) ?

Strategically is this site a strong bet in the US market (one that has popularised FTP a lot and prob outcome Stars ) or do u plan agressive marketing plans in asian markets etc ?

Originally posted by EmanuelC16

Originally posted by LeeJonesPokerStars
Q: Is a player who is banned or self-excluded on FTP (collusion, multi-accounting, problem gambling, etc) automatically banned on PokerStars and vice versa?
A: Our systems will not allow barred or self-excluded players on one site to play on the other site. We will ensure that we have the technical solutions in place to preserve our game integrity and responsibility in responsible gaming. However, we will deal with exceptional situations on a case-by-case basis.

Hi,

I have a question about this. If a player was banned on FTP pre-shut down, will his Stars account also be in danger or will this only apply after the takeover has been done and FTP reopened?

Same question here. I once was banned @ december 2008 @ Full Tilt.

Together with a lot of Poker Strategy Members, coaches, bms - even one now head admin of Pokerstrategy was excluded.

Thread of this matter is: https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/de/forum/thread.php?threadid=552738&hilight=Ban

All were banned for the use of prohibited programs - none used any prohibited Programm - all were able to cash out though.

There were no explanations of what has been done and i dont know what i should have done - was a NL10 shortstacker at that time with a 100$ Bankroll.

Im now playing as Supernova on stars and dont want my account to be in Danger.

Shall i contact Pokerstars support upfront ? Wait for them to contact ? Can i do anything to make sure that i keep my Pokerstars account ?

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Originally posted by Antonioull
Hi

Is the player pool to be shared with Stars (i really hope so ) ?

No it wont. They stated on multiple occassions they would run them as two separate platforms.

Hello Lee,

great to be here, right?

Why does Isai resigned and why is bitar found guilty with fulltilt and isai with pokerstars not?

Regards,

thomas

What about a license for South Africa :)

Hi Lee!

1. What about Rakeback? Still the same between FullTilt and Pokerstrategy?

2. What about the FullTiltPoints and the shop?

THX a lot,

greetz
Sichel

mr jone i with drew 200 dollars out of my full tilt account just b4 close done an got a e-mail sayin i would get my money with in 15 days an never got it i was wondering what way that will go?

Q: What happens to my Full Tilt loyalty rewards?
A: We are reviewing all previous Full Tilt reward programs and will provide more details on plans for these programs in the near future. We intend to have a fair resolution for players with accumulated points and other rewards under the program.

does that mean that i still will have my ftp points when you reopen ?
i hope so cause i had 2 mill more worth than my 4k bankroll

Hi Lee,

im from the german community and i have two questions:

1. I still had some tournament tickets on my account when Black Friday occured as well as FTP Points + some money of course.

What will happen regarding those tickets and bonus points ?

2. My account has been frozen like a couple of days before Black Friday, the explanation given was a 'we are making a security check'.
I didnt do anything wrong with my account and i even posted a thread about the sudden account freeze in a poker forum because it felt very strange to me.
Fulltilt wanted me to sent a copy of my id card + documents with my adress on it to them again (the account was already approved and i played on it for a long period of time), but a few days later the fbi took the site down, so this never happened.
So my second question is:

Will i be able to play with my Fulltilt account or is it still closed when the site reopens ?

Hi Lee,

I was banned from Pokerstars several years ago when I was 18. I can understand if I will be banned on Fulltilt too, but I really hope that I can at least cash out my money because I did not do anything wrong on Fulltilt poker.

Hi Lee,

FTP shut down on Black Friday a few minutes before the rakeback would have arrived. It was already collected the week before so it was the money of the players, i think... Do they get paid the rakeback fully, no matter what is the decission for the rakeback in the future?

Hello!
Are you planning to reopen fulltiltpoker.net as a "playmoney only" site?
I am asking, because this could be a way how the players from countries like spain, italy, france, estonia etc. could get access to their funds and accounts.
You wouldn,t be able to play there with real money but you could withdraw it.
Anyway, just an idea.

Hi guys,

Thank you for all your questions so far! I'll be forwarding them to Lee and see if we can answer to all your queries.

Please keep in mind that some things i.e. user specific questions regarding old accounts/current accounts you will have to take up with Full Tilt/PokerStars customer support and they will be happy to help you further on.

Ingrid

Hi, I ordered an Item of the FT Store (a monitor). I received a confirmation from the store on 16.06.2011. Because of the breakdown i never received anything. What about that?
Thanks