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Remember Me. Lost User Name or Password? Need an account? If you try to look up the room today, you might get excited initially as the website still exists. Chris Ferguson, already an established and accomplished player at the time, was among those who saw the opening and decided to take his chances. On top of all this, many fans of the game would log in to Full Tilt just to observe some high stakes cash game action.
By the end of , Full Tilt Poker had taken over the online poker scene, leaving Party Poker and PokerStars , their two biggest competitors at the time, far behind. By this point in time, there is hardly anyone in the poker world, especially if they happen to be from the U. The Act was targeted at financial institutions in the States, expressly forbidding them to process any transactions directed towards online gambling sites.
However, the UIGEA was directed at financial institutions and not gambling and poker operators themselves, so there was some grey area. Party Poker decided that it was too much of a risk to continue operating in the States, but PokerStars and Full Tilt saw another opportunity here.
The people behind Full Tilt Poker decided to roll the dice and continue business as usual. Some years later, this would prove to be a big mistake. With one competitor less to worry about, Full Tilt made the brand even stronger and it seemed like their decision to ignore the UIGEA was spot on. The pin was about the drop, and when it finally did, FTP received a huge blow that it would never recover from.
It became known as Black Friday as it was easily the hardest and ugliest day in the relatively short history of online poker. On that day, the U.
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