It’s been a great day in Las Vegas, the sun is out, the weather is comfortable and perfect for a bike ride – now if I could just find someone to send down the road it would be even better! My mood and attitude about the gloom surrounding Black Friday is starting to climb out of the hole it was buried in for the last two weeks. We can get around all of this. Online poker isn’t going away. Maybe this whole attack by the DOJ will finally make people realize they have to fight back if they want freedom in their own home.
The cash out status for Full Tilt Poker is improving and it seems things are getting much better. I feel really confident about players in the USA getting their money back soon. I’ve heard some really good chatter today and I know the whole team is working hard to get the player’s money into the USA. The players in Australia have been able to cash out with no problem and so have many other countries so there is no doubt that today there is real stability. I feel good about all of it, just from hearing the news.
PokerStars has paid most U.S. players by now and they are running poker around the clock as usual. That’s a very good sign for online poker.
On the player’s money being safe and coming back to them, I believe Absolute Poker is dead. PokerStars is 100% safe. Full Tilt Poker is 90% safe. That’s my opinion only and you shouldn’t take book on it. I hope that all online poker sites honor the player’s trust and investments of time and money by returning all funds as soon as possible.
I’ve heard some rumors running around the world of poker chatter and there is some huge news coming about Full Tilt but right now it is chatter and I can’t talk about it. I really like to know things I can’t talk about; it’s a game of its own, and I love games.
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But on the lighter side, I am at the Wynn enjoying Steve Wynn’s hospitality and staying one step ahead of his German shepherds this time. I played a freeroll Baccarat tourney yesterday and was first out. I’m playing again tonight in the second chance, there’s $1M up for grabs and Johnny Chan is fighting to win too. After the tourney I’m off to the gym with my personal trainer Paul.
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Have you been dieting as well? You look like you dropped alot of weight, and much healthier. Please give me some tips to get motivated to start getting healthy as well.
With diet just cut down carbs and drink more water then before, cut out sugars and its easy.
Hey Tony, I’m sitting on pins and needles in Canada hoping to get my withdrawal check from Full Tilt. Any thoughts about Canadian withdrawals or what the big Full Tilt announcement is supposed to be today?
Hey Dan, yes he did lose a lot of weight. He took the best advice for that…put the fork down!
Tony, i like your style,
no corporate jibberish, tell it like it is.
UB is dead too, i know you’re a PP guy, great site, hate their software though, stars for the win.
Well i’m off on my bike
all the red pros and annie duke was at ub yet no pros are really saying anything about black friday . even mike the mouth or phil has said alot about it now ub ap bankrupt .the fold and run with us money r pros that scared to speak out
They all talk about usa players, when they gonna have back theu funds. But what about others? I’m waiting for my funds for like a week, and they yust post me that my money is safe and so on. Is my money safe, how do you think?
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Hi Tony,
we have met at The Terrace Restaurant two days ago. You kindly gave me an autograph for my son Johnny. I have also taken a picture of you, which I’d like to send to you. Can I eMail it to you? I am staying at the Wynn, and could also give you a print if you like.
Kind regards
Chris
For what it’s worth, with the whole Phil Hellmuth angle-shooting/bad etiquette situation on the Big Game. You should know all the online kids are with you. We hate Hellmuth simply because he’s just a nitty tournament player, and an overly egotistical person, who treats poker like he invented it. Furthermore, I’m sure the TV audience and poker community loved it too. You gave him what he deserved for treating people so condescendingly on televised poker, and I’m guessing for the 15 years before that as well. Good luck