Sunday, April 17, 2011

Pokerstars and Full Tilt suspend US real-money play, withdrawals

Naturally, in response to the DOJ's indictment, they're suspending US operations.

PokerStars suspends real money poker for US players
Less than twenty-four hours after the United States Attorney of the Southern District of New York unsealed its indictments for 11 online poker executives, PokerStars has suspended its "real money poker services" to US players. CardPlayer.com reports that Full Tilt will soon follow suit. The press release from the US Attorney's Office of the SDNY regarding the indictments can be read here...

Full Tilt Poker suspends US players from real money games
As reported by CardPlayer and other news media, Full Tilt Poker has suspended US players from access to real money games and tournaments. In anticipation of the FBI's seizure of the FullTiltPoker.com domain, operations have been moved to FullTiltPoker.co.uk...

Full Tilt restricts US players from withdrawing funds
US players with real money accounts at Full Tilt "will temporarily be restricted from withdrawing" funds. Account holders are directed to contact support@fultiltpoker.co.uk with any questions...

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