One Pair 21 April 2011 17:14 h
whowants79 Registered at 2009-09-26 Posts: 11	hi there people just saying a quick high 5 and wanted to know what people think about black friday ?
Flush 22 April 2011 11:28 h
DaniFonseca Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 271	Black friday? what is that?
One Pair 28 April 2011 11:24 h
endagor Registered at 2010-02-13 Posts: 10	why? bb
Flush 28 April 2011 13:02 h
DaniFonseca Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 271	What is it?
Flush 28 April 2011 13:22 h
AAndreia Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 270	google is our friend
Flush 30 April 2011 07:22 h
SimonsQQ Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 270	From pokernews "...the U.S. Department of Justice issued an indictment against the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker charging bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling. A short time later, PokerStars, the world’s largest online site, blocked U.S.-based players from its site. Shock waves from the announcements were quickly circulated via Twitter, Facebook, and various forums as poker pros, online grinders, and the media alike voiced their dissatisfaction, concerns, and often, panic, on a day dubbed “Black Friday” in the poker world."
Flush 30 April 2011 11:16 h
AAndreia Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 270	i posted a link to that article. it seems it was deactivated...
Flush 30 April 2011 14:43 h
DaniFonseca Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 271	oh thanks QQ, since im not from the us, i didn't know about that. That's a big loss for poker sites.
Flush 30 April 2011 15:37 h
JhooksJ Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 270	I don't know if it was such a good idea blocking the us players by pokerstars. will see how things develop.
Flush 1 May 2011 06:45 h
SimonsQQ Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 270	It seems both sites regained their .com domains, and it seems both are trying to make a deal so they can refund the us players.
Flush 1 May 2011 13:39 h
AAndreia Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 270	To shed some light on the matter, (from pokernews) "So how did poker’s Black Friday, which just happened to occur on April 15, well known as tax day in the U.S. (Coincidence by the DOJ?), come about? According to Australia’s Courier-Mail, it was young Australian entrepreneur Daniel Tzvetkoff who brought the online poker world to its knees. Apparently, Tzvetkoff is the one who set up the payment processing schemes used by the major online poker sites -- and earned a fortune for himself at the same time. Eventually, PokerStars and Full Tilt attempted to sue Tzvetkoff, claiming he owed them more than $100 million after getting a greedy. Fast forward to April 2009 when rumors circulated that those sites tipped off the FBI that Tzvetkoff was visiting Las Vegas. He was subsequently arrested, charged with money laundering, bank fraud, and wire fraud, considered a flight risk, and denied bail; however, it seems that Tzvetkoff struck a deal to hand over the major sites to the DOJ, a fact evidenced by Friday’s developments and the fact that Tzvetkoff was released on bail after meeting with prosecutors last August." It seems there is some truth behind those claims
Flush 1 May 2011 17:13 h
DaniFonseca Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 271	Just one dude did all this??? wow....
Flush 1 May 2011 17:27 h
TheRiver Registered at 2011-03-20 Posts: 270	First they work with him and then sue him? This is getting weirder and weirder
One Pair 5 May 2011 23:55 h
-blakSKORPO Registered at 2010-12-16 Posts: 26	yes