Amaya acquired the Rational Group\u2019s assets in 2014<\/a>, the brand was low on its list of priorities. As the once-popular site\u2019s traffic dwindled, so did its importance in the eyes of the new Canadian owners. Any attempts to revive the fortunes of this former nosebleed battleground by reinventing it as a site for recreational players failed to make much impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nRafi Ashkenazi, chief executive of PokerStars and Full Tilt, said in February that the merging of traffic would make the company \u201cmore nimble,\u201d allowing for it to focus technology on one platform as opposed to two. He said that would help it \u201cinnovate more quickly and enter newly regulating and existing markets swiftly.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are also expected to be job losses at the company\u2019s Dublin, Ireland headquarters.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, now five years past Black Friday, some of the mess created by the original Full Tilt still lingers. The Garden City Group (GCC), the financial claims administrator charged by the Department of Justice with overseeing the repayment process to Full Tilt\u2019s American victims, said this week that 1,500 claims, or around half of those yet to be processed, have been denied.<\/p>\n
These claims are believed to relate to affiliates of Full Tilt, as well as those who dispute the balance accepted by GCG. Those in the group whose claims have been denied have just ten days to file an appeal, the account administrator said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Full Tilt Poker, once a kingpin of the American online poker scene during the game\u2019s Internet heyday, will soon be fading into history. As of Tuesday, May 17, 2016, the Full Tilt poker platform will cease to exist, as site owner Amaya merges its traffic with PokerStars, and retires the controversial poker client for good. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":35772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Amaya Online Poker Platform Full Tilt Ends on May 17<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n