According to an e-mail sent from Full Tilt Poker to its former Red Pros that was posted on PokerNews, the site has no plans to expand its Pro team anytime soon and won’t assume responsibility for old contracts.

The world’s second largest online poker room, which was re-launched earlier this month, explained in the letter, “The Red Pro team is not being continued by the Rational Group and a new team has been launched under the name of The Professionals. Unfortunately, we do not have any immediate plans to expand the Full Tilt Pro team at this time. We do not rule this out as a possibility in the future, and because of that, we will keep your contact on file should that plan change at any point.”

As it stands, Gus Hansen, Tom durrrrDwan, and Viktor Isildur1Blom are the lone members of The Professionals. Hansen was the anchorman of the group and joined in the first week of October. Blom, who represented PokerStars from 2010 to 2012, and Dwan, who was a face of the old Full Tilt, joined The Professionals in mid-October. Dwan and Blom are pictured.

The same e-mail also relayed the status of the screen names of Red Pros: “For players who changed their screen name once they became sponsored by FTP, we would like to give you a one-off opportunity to change your screen name back to the name you used right before you became a sponsored player.” According to a PokerStrategy interview, Full Tilt had around 250 Red Pros when Black Friday struck in April 2011.

The same PokerStrategy interview outlined the reported specifics of a Red Pro deal: “Most people know the standard Red Pro deal was 100% rakeback and $30 an hour. On top of that, they got a lot of incentives to really push the brand and get exposure. For example, you could expect $3-$5K for every TV episode you made wearing an FTP badge. Most of the players were contracted to a minimum of 10 hours a week table time.” Full Tilt’s long-term plans for its Professionals roster are not known.

Full Tilt’s pre-Black Friday fleet of Red Pros included the likes of former World Series of Poker November Niner John JRD312Dolan, two-time bracelet winner Scott BigRiskky Clements (pictured), and Eli Elezra. CardRunners and Hendon Mob personnel were also former members of the Red Pro team.

The e-mail concludes by providing a quick recap of PokerStars’ settlement with the U.S. Depatrtment of Justice, reminding non-U.S. players that their balances are available for withdrawal. It added, “The Rational Group did not assume any liabilities of the previous Full Tilt Poker companies and therefore previous contractual agreements that Full Tilt Poker may have had, including with FTP Red Pros, were excluded. As such, the Rational Group is not liable and will not pay for any amounts which may have been due to you under your agreement with any former Full Tilt Poker company.”

Full Tilt Poker re-launched on November 6 under its new ownership, PokerStars. The latter assumed responsibility for all non-U.S. player balances, while Full Tilt users in the U.S. will need to wait until at least January, when a Claims Administrator begins work, to be reunited with their funds.

Full Tilt is now the second largest online poker site in the world in terms of real money ring game traffic, according to PokerScout, and has a seven-day running average of 5,800 cash game players. That number is more than double the traffic found on the next busiest network, iPoker, yet just one-fourth of the player count of PokerStars.

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