Many eWalletXpress customers are stuck in the same situation, having a balance in your eWalletXpress account when deposits/withdrawals were cutoff. Some media outlets had reported that customers with a balance stuck in their eWalletXpress accounts could email payouts@ewalletxpress.com and request their funds be transferred to their checking account once “the technical issues are resolved.” This is recommended for all readers with frozen accounts, but I must warn customers are not currently receiving responses.
An article published by CasinoAdvisor.com says eWalletXpress has put out statements to clarify the situation. They said EWX will no longer work within the American market, and will only be supporting Canada, the country they are located in. They also stated that EWX has sent the following notice in emails to their vendors, “We regret to inform you that we are no longer able to continue service at this time due to a Federal warrant issued to seize our funds.” When contacting their support for details or logging into the website, the only information given is “they are experiencing technical issues, and there is no timeline for a resolution.”
We wished we had better and more concrete news on the situation, but this is the most current information available at this time. All players are hoping that the situation plays out like the Neteller seizures of 2007, that were eventually released back to players after several months.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
High Stakes Poker Season 7 Tapes Wednesday Without FTP Pros
High Stakes Poker season 7 tapes from December 15-17 at a new venue, the Bellagio.
The PokerStars-sponsored show won't have any Full Tilt pros playing. Many of the best poker players in the world, including Phil Ivey, durrrr, and Patrik Antonius, are sponsored by Full Tilt. According to Barry Greenstein "Full Tilt players are invited to play and (producer Mori Eskandani) was disappointed that Full tilt is not letting them because pokerstars is sponsoring the show." He continues: "I talked to Howard Lederer (of Full Tilt Poker) and Mori.... Full Tilt has two major concerns. First is they don't like their players playing when PokerStars is the sponsor of the show.... Secondly, they were unhappy that PokerStars bought the HSP archives. In the early seasons of HSP, the players didn't wear logos, so FTP is concerned that viewers will be able to go to pokerstars.tv and see the FTP players without logos and be confused by their affiliation." Barry does see an upside in it however: "It's generally accepted that Phil (Ivey) and Tom ("durrrr" Dwan) are the two most popular players to watch from the standpoint of tough play. No doubt that they are both extremely good, and an edge they have on other good players is that they are easily rolled for the game and can win the aggression battles. As a result of this, we have had several good professionals decline to play at the last minute because they are intimidated. This shouldn't happen this year and we may even get some recreational players who think they have a chance to win. It may create better action."
This isn't a first: PokerStars pulled their sponsored players from Full Tilt-sponsored Poker After Dark two years ago. Until season 6 High Stakes Poker wasn't sponsored by an online poker room and didn't allow players to wear logos.
High Stakes Poker was almost canceled once, as it's a poor match for GSN's demographics. GSN's management changed, however, and last season ratings were up substantially over the previous season. GSN President David Goldhill said: "I think we’ve made a real commitment to poker. We’ve given it a full night on the network. High Stakes Poker, our original show, has had a terrific season from a ratings and demographic delivery point of view–up in every key demographic we measure. We’re very excited about how well poker has done on the network. However, we recognize that the poker audience is not exactly the same as the GSN audience for our game show programming. I think whereas a previous approach here would have been, “How do we get the GSN audience to more resemble the poker audience?,” our current approach is, rather than change the entire network to fit the profile of the poker audience, we’ve tried to make the rest of the network better at what it does for the audience that loves it, and keep poker somewhat separate."
See all of our High Stakes Poker season 7 articles.
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The PokerStars-sponsored show won't have any Full Tilt pros playing. Many of the best poker players in the world, including Phil Ivey, durrrr, and Patrik Antonius, are sponsored by Full Tilt. According to Barry Greenstein "Full Tilt players are invited to play and (producer Mori Eskandani) was disappointed that Full tilt is not letting them because pokerstars is sponsoring the show." He continues: "I talked to Howard Lederer (of Full Tilt Poker) and Mori.... Full Tilt has two major concerns. First is they don't like their players playing when PokerStars is the sponsor of the show.... Secondly, they were unhappy that PokerStars bought the HSP archives. In the early seasons of HSP, the players didn't wear logos, so FTP is concerned that viewers will be able to go to pokerstars.tv and see the FTP players without logos and be confused by their affiliation." Barry does see an upside in it however: "It's generally accepted that Phil (Ivey) and Tom ("durrrr" Dwan) are the two most popular players to watch from the standpoint of tough play. No doubt that they are both extremely good, and an edge they have on other good players is that they are easily rolled for the game and can win the aggression battles. As a result of this, we have had several good professionals decline to play at the last minute because they are intimidated. This shouldn't happen this year and we may even get some recreational players who think they have a chance to win. It may create better action."
This isn't a first: PokerStars pulled their sponsored players from Full Tilt-sponsored Poker After Dark two years ago. Until season 6 High Stakes Poker wasn't sponsored by an online poker room and didn't allow players to wear logos.
High Stakes Poker was almost canceled once, as it's a poor match for GSN's demographics. GSN's management changed, however, and last season ratings were up substantially over the previous season. GSN President David Goldhill said: "I think we’ve made a real commitment to poker. We’ve given it a full night on the network. High Stakes Poker, our original show, has had a terrific season from a ratings and demographic delivery point of view–up in every key demographic we measure. We’re very excited about how well poker has done on the network. However, we recognize that the poker audience is not exactly the same as the GSN audience for our game show programming. I think whereas a previous approach here would have been, “How do we get the GSN audience to more resemble the poker audience?,” our current approach is, rather than change the entire network to fit the profile of the poker audience, we’ve tried to make the rest of the network better at what it does for the audience that loves it, and keep poker somewhat separate."
See all of our High Stakes Poker season 7 articles.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Lots of New Poker TV: North American Poker Tour, Poker After Dark, Big Game, Million Dollar Challenge
The season finale of Million Dollar Challenge airs today on Fox after football. You can also watch it on PokerStars.tv.
The North American Poker Tour airs the next three Sunday nights, the 12th, 19th, and 26th, on ESPN2 at 9 and 10 PM. The first week's airings, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure final table, will reair after next week's new shows, the NAPT Los Angeles.
The final Poker After Dark of 2010 airs this week. Its a tourney featuring Phil Gordon, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, and Annie Duke (preview).
The Big Game airs the last game of season 1 this week. You can also watch it on PokerStars.tv.
Gus Hansen is featured on the Tennis Channel's Celebrity Tennis. Multiple airings include 10:30 Thursday.
This week's newsbites:
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The North American Poker Tour airs the next three Sunday nights, the 12th, 19th, and 26th, on ESPN2 at 9 and 10 PM. The first week's airings, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure final table, will reair after next week's new shows, the NAPT Los Angeles.
The final Poker After Dark of 2010 airs this week. Its a tourney featuring Phil Gordon, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, and Annie Duke (preview).
The Big Game airs the last game of season 1 this week. You can also watch it on PokerStars.tv.
Gus Hansen is featured on the Tennis Channel's Celebrity Tennis. Multiple airings include 10:30 Thursday.
This week's newsbites:
- WSOP Main Event final table ratings declined 39% to below pre-November Nine levels.
- Bluff's Readers' Choice Awards are open for voting, with poker TV categories including favorite hostess, announcer, and TV show.
- Ruff Poker opined on how to make the most of it if you make a TV table: play loose hoping to get sponsored/invited to other shows rather than trying to maximize your immediate earnings.
- Lon McEachern described how he got the WSOP gig and does the voiceovers in a brief San Fransisco Chronicle article.
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Short Poker Film "All In"
All In is an amateur Filipino production, but I enjoyed it and think it's worth 10 minutes of your time.
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WSOP Europe Airs In February
The 2010 WSOP Europe will air in two 2-hour blocks on February 13 and 20 on ESPN2. Last year's tournament aired on ESPN2 with ratings declining 25% from the previous year.
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