Door HansytheKing, geplaatst op vrijdag 22 april 2011, 13:30. Views: 3.

Voor het eerst sinds vorige week vrijdag heeft Absolute Poker een officiële verklaring gegeven over de gebeurtenissen rond Black Friday.

Absolute Poker has retained Blank Rome LLP as United States counsel to provide legal advice in relation to civil and criminal matters filed in federal court in Manhattan and made public on April 15, 2011. Absolute Poker is aware that on April 19, 2011, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York entered into separate agreements with FullTilt Poker and PokerStars. These agreements concern the use of the respective www.fulltiltpoker.com and www.pokerstars.com domain names. The US Attorney, in a press release dated April 20, 2011, stated that the government is willing to enter the same agreement with Absolute Poker and UB.

At this time, Absolute Poker's top priority is, and must be, the refund of balances to its and UB's US players. However, given the far-reaching consequences of the US Attorney's actions for Absolute Poker and for the entire poker community, Absolute Poker believes that the responsible course of action is to review with its attorneys the relevant court filings before taking any action.

Absolute Poker believes that the US Attorney shares the view that refunds to US players are an immediate and pressing concern, and Absolute Poker wishes to make clear that it wants to work cooperatively with the US Attorney to safely and efficiently return its players' funds. To that end, Absolute Poker's counsel has initiated communications with the US Attorney's office and plans to continue proactively advancing those discussions.

Further information and timely updates will be provided to Absolute Poker/UB's players as we move forward.

Blank Rome LLP staat in de top 100 grootste advocatenkantoren met meer dan 500 werknemers in de Verenigde Staten met in 8 verschillende staten een kantoor. Eveneens heeft Blank Rome een kantoor in Hong Kong. Blank Rome beschikt over een zogenaamd White Collar Defense Team. Een speciaal team topadvocaten dat gespecialiseerd is in Witte Boorden criminaliteit.

Maximaal $250 per week uitcashen

Er komen geluiden van benadeelde/ongeruste Nederpokerleden dat Absolute Poker cash-outs heeft gecancelled en vanaf vandaag slechts $250 per speler per week zal uitcashen.

Uit de post van BigGrin op het Nederpokerforum:

Absolute support chat:

VIP: Hello, Thank you for contacting FAME. My name is Evelin. How may I help you today?
Hero: Hello
Hero: cashout declined?
Hero: whats going on I am non-us the told me I should not be affected by all this
VIP: Due to recent developments in the United States and changes to withdrawal policy, your recent withdrawal request has been cancelled and returned to your player account. Your cashout is a priority for us. However, payout processing and their timelines have been adversely affected as a result of these developments and payout requests are currently limited to a $250 maximum per week. We appreciate your patience and we will provide you with more information as we work to resolve these issues.
Hero: 250 a week ?
VIP: Yes, We will provide you with more information as our legal team works to resolve the outstanding issues.
Hero: pfff
Hero: this sucks
Hero: so i should try again for 250? And pray my money is safe the next months?
VIP: Yes, please try it again.