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A pair of poker players and disgraced former online poker executives teamed up to play in the 2017 World Series of Poker $1,000 Tag Team
event this week.This is the same pair at least partly responsible for fleecing both recreational and pro players out of hundreds of millions of dollars while at the now defunct Full Tilt Poker.
However, it appears there are far worse crimes one can commit against the professional poker playing community. Fraud and deception may break their bankrolls, but words apparently hurt far worse.
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The 2000 WSOP Main Event champion and former Full Tilt Poker executive Chris Ferguson and two-time WSOP bracelet winner, Full Tilt founder and former board member Howard Lederer both showed up in Las Vegas to play in the 2016 WSOP after a five-year absence.
Both had pretty much stayed out of the public eye since online poker’s Black Friday on April 15, 2011. That’s when the US Department of Justice shut down Full Tilt, PokerStarsand Ultimate Bet/Absolute Poker.
At that time, federal authorities filed charges against the sites’ owners for violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, in addition to laws regarding bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling.
The DOJ also filed a civil complaint. It was later amended against Full Tilt specifically, alleging Ferguson, Lederer and other company directors were running a Ponzi scheme. The DOJ alleged Full Tilt’s board paid out hundreds of millions in player deposits to themselves and other Full Tilt owners.
Ferguson denied the allegations through a lawyer. Lederer did a lengthy interview claiming very little knowledge of the online poker site’s financial situation. Both then disappeared from the poker spotlight.
Lederer and Ferguson kind of apologize, return
Ultimately, the case was largely resolved (although criminal indictments for some of the named individuals are still active). Both Ferguson and Lederer eventually settled their civil cases (more here and here).
PokerStars bought Full Tilt and negotiated a plan with the DOJ to pay back the money to its players. By last summer, most of the money had been returned. Just not by Lederer or Ferguson.
Lederer issued a public statement in 2016 apologizing to the poker community for his involvement in the Full Tilt debacle. He said he was sorry for failing to keep player funds on the site segregated. He then returned to playing WSOP events last year.
Unfortunately, he also refused to make any further comment to the press. Ferguson began playing in WSOP events last summer as well. He flatly refused to answer questions or make any public statements on the matter.
Many members of the poker community seemed rather miffed by the pair’s appearance at the 2016 WSOP. However, the response was ultimately limited to a number of toothless negative social media posts.
On Monday, Lederer and Ferguson teamed up with former Full Tilt shareholder and poker pro Andy Bloch to play in the tag team event. This time around the response was pretty much the same. Several teams involved in the tournament took to Twitter to voice their displeasure. None did much of anything else about it.
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Sticks and stones may break your bones
It appears it takes much more egregious offenses to get some pro poker players riled up.
Try writing something negative about poker as a profession. Perhaps tell one of the game’s loudest advocates for social change to keep it down a little. Or, attempt offending the delicate sensibilities of a popular pro.
Certain outspoken members the professional poker playing community will circle the wagons. They’ll attack your credibility and your livelihood. They will attempt to drum you out of the same community you’ve helped uplift and promote for the better part of a decade. In fact, they’ll band together against you and give it everything they’ve got.
Rip them off to the tune of $400 million or more and while you might not be welcomed back with open arms, a weak social media flaming is probably the worst of it. Unfortunately, this segment of the poker world appears to be one place where punishments rarely fit crimes and one that reserves its wrath for the easy targets rather than the tougher ones.
Do you dream of a 54-event long poker festival this summer? Maybe you're checking your bank account for the umpteenth time only to confirm that you cannot afford to play the WSOP.
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Well, despair not, Full Tilt Poker has thought of us who will sit at home longing for WSOP 2008. Thanks to their Mini WSOP, MSOP, the excitement of the WSOP now becomes available to all of us.
At least one percent of it. Every day from May 30 to July 5, that day's WSOP event is mirrored on Full Tilt Poker, with a buy-in amounting to one percent of the corresponding WSOP buy-in.
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Contrary to the real WSOP, the MSOP events offer guaranteed prize pools.
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There'll be seven $100 championship events, a $500 HORSE championship on June 22, and eventually this long trail of competitions leads up to the grand finale, the $100 MSOP Main Event on July 5.
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To also mimic the coveted WSOP bracelets (very respected gold bracelets going to the winner of each WSOP event,) Full Tilt throws in a limited-edition watch in addition to the first-place prize money in each MSOP event.
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As an extra bonus, there's a special prize for endurance. The winner of the MSOP Leaderboard can earn a $10K worth ticket to the 2009 WSOP Main Event.
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Due to the openness of the web, some minor adjustments have been made. The Ladies Event, the Senior Event, and the Casino Employee event have been converted to regular, open events.
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Of course, the Main Event will not be a ten day event. And the Main Event final table will not be delayed until November.