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Pokerstars Purchases FTP???

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  1. sssssssivarT sssssssivarT is offline

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    Jul 7th, 2012 (7/7/2012 12:47pm) in reply to mcandrews3rd

     
    Originally Posted by mcandrews3rd View Post

    personally really doubt this is happening, for stars to invest 700 million into this, they must have like a 10-20 year long plan for the site

    given that they have the no.1 online site already and plenty of live tournament series giving them loads of profit why they would invest so much money in such a long term investment baffles me

    they would make a ton more investing in other things, so really dont know why they would do this

    all that being said i really hope it does happen

    and thats why you dont own billion dollar companies.
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    Jul 7th, 2012 (7/7/2012 2:18pm) in reply to mcandrews3rd

     
    Originally Posted by mcandrews3rd View Post

    personally really doubt this is happening, for stars to invest 700 million into this, they must have like a 10-20 year long plan for the site

    given that they have the no.1 online site already and plenty of live tournament series giving them loads of profit why they would invest so much money in such a long term investment baffles me

    they would make a ton more investing in other things, so really dont know why they would do this

    Really?? You cant be serious.. I think theyd be fools not to especially with players like Zynga trying to get into the mix. Theyd have the market locked up for when legislation goes through in the US.
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    Jul 7th, 2012 (7/7/2012 3:39pm) in reply to oneonth3run

     
    Originally Posted by oneonth3run View Post

    Rumors from random sources say there will be some kind of special announcement around the start the main event. Probably a load of BS but here's to hope.

    so today's the day??????
     
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    Jul 7th, 2012 (7/7/2012 4:40pm) in reply to McBain74

    yea main even starts ins like 3 hours so should probably be in the next 3 hours if they will announce anything today JUANNNNNN TIME
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    Jul 7th, 2012 (7/7/2012 9:36pm) in reply to McBain74

     
    Originally Posted by McBain74 View Post

    so today's the day??????

    Highly doubt it. Someone just jerkin' our FUCKING CHAINS.
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 3:21am) in reply to IMLegend

     
    Originally Posted by IMLegend View Post

    Really?? You cant be serious.. I think theyd be fools not to especially with players like Zynga trying to get into the mix. Theyd have the market locked up for when legislation goes through in the US.

    invest 700 million into a business that could take 10 or more years to yield a return, or find something more lucrative to invest 700 million in

    pretty sure a lot of people could find something more profitable to invest that amount of money in
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 9:07am) in reply to mcandrews3rd

     
    Originally Posted by mcandrews3rd View Post

    invest 700 million into a business that could take 10 or more years to yield a return, or find something more lucrative to invest 700 million in

    pretty sure a lot of people could find something more profitable to invest that amount of money in

    With Isai's net worth, I'm sure being able to travel to visit family and avoid any jail time is the primary reason for the FT acquisition; remember he has family in Canada who he cannot see. From a PS perspective, being able to re-open FT (or PS) to the US market upon legislation is good enough for them, which i'm sure will be included in this deal.
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 10:41am) in reply to mcandrews3rd

     
    Originally Posted by mcandrews3rd View Post

    invest 700 million into a business that could take 10 or more years to yield a return, or find something more lucrative to invest 700 million in

    pretty sure a lot of people could find something more profitable to invest that amount of money in

    You have to also look at the intangibles of pokerstars potentially being allowed back in the US market post regulations. If this is the case, the $700M is easily worth the gamble.
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 4:09pm) in reply to scottypimpin1

     
    Originally Posted by scottypimpin1 View Post

    With Isai's net worth, I'm sure being able to travel to visit family and avoid any jail time is the primary reason for the FT acquisition; remember he has family in Canada who he cannot see.

    lol, i love the assumptions people make. definitely the primary reason, eh?
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 4:21pm) in reply to MUPokerPlayer

     
    Originally Posted by MUPokerPlayer View Post

    lol, i love the assumptions people make. definitely the primary reason, eh?


    Isn't everything speculation and assumptions at this point? I put my 2 cents in, seems pretty logical to me, if you disagree oh well, not sure what calling me out on it accomplishes....
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 4:57pm) in reply to scottypimpin1

    worst thread of all time
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 6:57pm) in reply to Andrew

    I wonder how much traffic on PocketFives.com picked up since black friday, I know i have visited the sight a lot more Since Black Friday.
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 7:12pm) in reply to Joe_STL_314

     
    Originally Posted by Joe_STL_314 View Post

    I wonder how much traffic on PocketFives.com picked up since black friday, I know i have visited the sight a lot more Since Black Friday.


    I figured they would have lost traffic since bf...
     
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 7:20pm) in reply to pokerscrub1

     
    Originally Posted by pokerscrub1 View Post

    I figured they would have lost traffic since bf...

    Seems more likely of the two...
     
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    Jul 8th, 2012 (7/8/2012 7:36pm) in reply to Adam

    Wait until JB Grindier hits the November nine and tid! Should be fun. btw anyone that thinks that the DOJ would coordinate with pokerstars so they can announce something at the Main Event needs their head examined.
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    Jul 13th, 2012 (7/13/2012 8:40pm) in reply to rebelfd

    We've seen tweets over the last few days saying the PokerStars purchase of FTP is dead. PokerStars has also rebutted and said the Tweets aren't true. Here's our recap, in case you missed it:
    http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/...r-dead-587542/

    What do you think? Will PokerStars' acquisition of Full Tilt go through? If so, when?
     
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    Jul 13th, 2012 (7/13/2012 10:14pm) in reply to Dan

     
    Originally Posted by Dan View Post

    We've seen tweets over the last few days saying the PokerStars purchase of FTP is dead. PokerStars has also rebutted and said the Tweets aren't true. Here's our recap, in case you missed it:
    http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/...r-dead-587542/

    What do you think? Will PokerStars' acquisition of Full Tilt go through? If so, when?

    Who cares what we think. Who cares what the so called experts think too.

    Everyone says they have a source who knows something. No one knows anything. Haven't we had enough baseless speculation about this yet?
     
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    Jul 13th, 2012 (7/13/2012 11:34pm) in reply to TheVillageGrinder

    Its funny how everyone believes every tweet from any joe schmo even tho all previous tweets from people in the know end up being false speculation. Gotta just let everything play out people!
    Edited By: frizzlefry777 Jul 13th, 2012 at 11:35 PM
     
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    Jul 14th, 2012 (7/14/2012 12:05am) in reply to TheVillageGrinder

     
    Originally Posted by TheVillageGrinder View Post

    Who cares what we think. Who cares what the so called experts think too.

    I care
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    Jul 14th, 2012 (7/14/2012 2:37am) in reply to TheVillageGrinder

     
    Originally Posted by TheVillageGrinder View Post

    Who cares what we think. Who cares what the so called experts think too.

    Everyone says they have a source who knows something. No one knows anything. Haven't we had enough baseless speculation about this yet?

    This...Almost everytime someone makes a statement about the deal they are completely wrong. Please stop making these pointless articles about what some random thinks is going to happen
     
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