Door Rik Klein Entink, geplaatst op donderdag 02 juni 2011, 09:30. Views: 6.

Gisteren maakte Phil Ivey bekend dat hij niet deel zou nemen aan de World Series of Poker 2011. Hij voegde daar aan toe dat hij Tiltware (marketing en software bedrijf van Full Tilt Poker) voor het gerecht had gedaagd.

Tiltware LLC is met een verklaring gekomen die er niet om liegt. Zij slaan hard terug richting Phil Ivey, noemen hem een egoïst en claimen dat zij nog geld van Ivey krijgen in plaats van andersom.

Onderstaande verklaring is dus niet van Full Tilt Poker, maar van Tiltware LLC:

"Contrary to his sanctimonious public statements, Phil Ivey's meritless lawsuit is about helping just one player – himself. In an effort to further enrich himself at the expense of others, Mr. Ivey appears to have timed his lawsuit to thwart pending deals with several parties that would put money back in players' pockets. In fact, Mr. Ivey has been invited -- and has declined -- to take actions that could assist the company in these efforts, including paying back a large sum of money he owes the site. Tiltware doubts Mr. Ivey's frivolous and self-serving lawsuit will ever get to court. But if it does, the company looks forward to presenting facts demonstrating that Mr. Ivey is putting his own narrow financial interests ahead of the players he professes to help."