Tilt servers down after licence suspension
Players allegedly "booted off" in middle of tournaments, although FTP claims the downtime is "scheduled maintenance."
Full Tilt’s servers are down following the suspension of its Alderney licences, according to reports on various forums and social networks.
Real-money play on Full Tilt poker has apparently been suspended, with players postingon the Two Plus Two poker forums they have been “booted off” the site in the middle of tournaments, however, according to Full Tilt’s site, the downtime is merely the result of “scheduled maintenance.”
Poker pro Bryan Pellegrino, playing on Full Tilt despite signing with Lock Poker last month, tweeted: “my 1ks just got paused on FTP… result of this? are they ceasing operations?”
Also on Twitter, English pro Keith Hawkins said: “Full Tilt ceases operations. I guess after Black Friday, today should be called Predictable Wednesday. I hope everyone gets their money.”
And Full Tilt Poker team pro Tom Dwan tweeted “Seems like Alderney regulatory body (where ftp’s license is) just shut down ftp. Wow I think?”
Elsewhere, on an ’emergency’ broadcast from poker radio station QuadJacks, one speaker suggested: “This could affect other deals, particularly the Binion deal,” referring to the reported talks between Full Tilt and casino executive Jack Binion.
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission announced in April that it would review Full Tilt’s licence, and the result of that investigation was a suspension of licences attached to “Vantage Ltd, Oxalic Ltd, Filco Ltd and Orinic Ltd, collectively trading as Full Tilt Poker.”