This is a some what over due blog, by about a week or so. Just a few days ago, the news the Poker community at large had been waiting for was confirmed... PokerStars had purchased the assets of Full Tilt Poker and were to restore the balances of the non-US player base, whilst paying the US DOJ renumernations to cover the balances of those players affected from the USA.
It goes without saying, that as an employee of PokerStars, this news was eagerly awaited and overly-expected for sometime, however that did not take anything away from the sheer excitement when the news broke officially.
I can't begin to tell you how happy and proud I was that day and will continue to be, at being part of such a great company. I can only assure people, that I'm not blowing the corporate trumpet for the sake of it, I truly admire the people who run PokerStars. Don't get me wrong, we are not a charity, we want to make money... a TONNE of money.. but we do so by being fair, honest and offering the best product that we continue to refine at the demand and requirements of our players.
We're lucky to have wealthy, highly knowledgable and passionate people at the helm of PokerStars and it goes without saying, the company has managed to find a solution that both suits the needs of the business and provides a lifeline to the Poker community.
After the industry's reputation has been better black and blue with scandal after scandal, it's wonderful that we have something truly great to celebrate. It's going to lead to an exciting new era in online Poker, with 2 brands owned by the same entity competitively trying to deliver the best product to the players. We have a potential re-entering into the US market to look forward to and many Millions back in the Poker economy.
It's good to see that a company that does almost everything right, getting a big reward for their efforts and players being treated as they deserve.
Raise a hand to PokerStars, I know I will be tomorrow... we're having a champagne reception at the IOM office to welcome FTP... our new friend to the PokerStars family!
Ciao ciao!
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