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Chili Poker CEO Alexandre Dreyfus on Tuesday posted on his Twitter page the following:
"PokerStars buys Full Tilt for a consideration of $750M, including settlement with DOJ and full balances of players ($330M). I'm impressed."
Dreyfus has ties to France and it is French businessman Bernard Tapie who has been looking to purchase Full Tilt Poker.
Then came another interesting tweet on Tuesday from IGamingFrance:
"Laurent Tapie confirms deal is off for FTP buyout, insinuates external sabotage over DOJ negotiations. More to follow." IGF also confirmed that a statement is reportedly due out later today: "Just spoken to Laurent Tapie re: Stars-FTP buyout, no comment, he'll put out a release later today."
According to PocketFives.com, Groupe Bernard Tapie was expected to issue a statement shortly.
A purchase by PokerStars might provide the hope American players and those worldwide were waiting for since Stars, unlike Full Tilt Poker, paid its players in full immediately following the US Justice Department freezing of accounts belonging to both company after indictments were handed down last April.
This news is developing…
