The gloves are off in the feud between between Phil Ivey and Full Tilt Poker. Just one day after Ivey took to Facebook to denounce the site for not taking swifter action towards reimbursing American customers, the company fired back with a statement of their own.
“Contrary to his sanctimonious public statements, Phil Ivey’s meritless lawsuit is about helping just one player – himself,” opens the statement labelled to be from Tiltware. The statement goes on to not only claim Ivey is putting himself before the players, but also asserts that Ivey owes the company a sizeable sum of money:
“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.”
The lawsuit referenced in the statement was filed today in a Nevada Clark County District Court. The suit names Tiltware as the software provider for the online poker room and also identifies its location as California, rather than its presumed home base in Dublin, Ireland.
The suit seeks damages in excess of $150,000,000. This number is also the figure the suit claims is the amount owed to Full Tilt Poker’s US customer base, whose funds are still unaccessible. Within the suit, Ivey alleges he was never informed that the company was informed by the Department of Justice that their actions violated US laws. He also denies knowledge of the alleged bank fraud charges originally named in the April 15th DOJ indictment.
Since issuing his statement yesterday, Ivey has not spoken publicly on the matter. The counsel representing Ivey in the suit is Chesnoff and Schonfeld. Lead attorney David Chesnoff is a renowned criminal defense attorney whose past clients include Doyle Brunson, Mike Matusow, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Mike Tyson, and Shaquille O’Neal.
“Contrary to his sanctimonious public statements, Phil Ivey’s meritless lawsuit is about helping just one player – himself,” opens the statement labelled to be from Tiltware. The statement goes on to not only claim Ivey is putting himself before the players, but also asserts that Ivey owes the company a sizeable sum of money:
“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.”
The lawsuit referenced in the statement was filed today in a Nevada Clark County District Court. The suit names Tiltware as the software provider for the online poker room and also identifies its location as California, rather than its presumed home base in Dublin, Ireland.
Since issuing his statement yesterday, Ivey has not spoken publicly on the matter. The counsel representing Ivey in the suit is Chesnoff and Schonfeld. Lead attorney David Chesnoff is a renowned criminal defense attorney whose past clients include Doyle Brunson, Mike Matusow, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Mike Tyson, and Shaquille O’Neal.
