HAS FULL TILT ACQUIRED DOYLE'S?

23 February 2007

As Doyle's Room backs out of the US, Full Tilt reportedly fills the vacuum

Perhaps triggered by transfers of Doyle's Room poker players across to Full Tilt Poker.com with full priveleges, the rumours are currently rife that Full Tilt has acquired the US operations of the popular poker site by outbidding rival Bodog.com. There are also reports that Doyles Room player accounts are currently being transfered en masse to Full Tilt Poker.

As InfoPowa went to press there had been no response to our enquiries with both sites seeking to clarify the situation and obtain more information on the alleged takeover.

However, the US withdrawal by Doyle's now seems set in stone after yesterday's corporate and communications confusion (see earlier InfoPowa bulletins). A press release from PR representative Kevin Mercuri at 5wpr.com confirmed the closedown of US operations was due to the UIGEA and that new sign-ups for the Costa Rican based online poker room would be immediately stopped.

DoylesRoom.com will not permit US-based play with effect from March 1, 2007, although the site will continue serving non-US players and will increase its focus on Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The release quotes a spokesperson as saying: “In view of the passage of the UIGEA and the cessation of operations by Neteller and other payment processors, the management of DoylesRoom.com has reluctantly decided not to permit online real money play by US-based players at DoylesRoom.com.

Players will find some consolation in the orderly nature of the Doyle's pull-out, which gives them options.

"We know this will come as a disappointment to you but we have taken the view that the most prudent course of action at this time to ensure the security of player funds is to conduct an orderly withdrawal from the United States market," DoylesRoom.com said in an email.

Players' funds remain secure with the poker room, though management warns cash outs may take longer than usual to process as a result of the expected high withdrawal demand from U.S. players.

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