Tag: New Full Tilt Poker
The New Full Tilt Poker: Six Months On
May 30, 2013
From Poker Fuse At midday on Thursday, November 6, Full Tilt Poker was successfully relaunched under new management. As part of Rational Group’s settlement with the US Department of Justice, $186 million, the sum of all non-US player deposits prior to Full Tilt’s closure, was returned to poker players. It could be immediately withdrawn, transferred to PokerStars or—as the new FTP management hoped—left online and used to play on the relaunched site. To encourage players to stay, FTP was launched to much fanfare: “relaunch week” included freerolls, happy hours, and big cash bonuses for all. “The Professionals” graced the high…