Oh, No He Didn't!

Just before 7.30pm, I received this particularly interesting email from one Michele Clayborne. It seems that after Phil Ivey came out swinging against his former sponsor (you can read the press release here), Tiltware have returned fire, releasing this official statement:

“Contrary to his sanctimonious public statements, Phil Ivey’s meritless lawsuit is about helping just one player – himself. 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.”


And with reports coming out of yesterday's opening day of the WSOP of a verbal stoush between James Bord and John Juanda during the $25,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em Championship, there's no doubt that there are going to be some serious fireworks during the next two months. Stay tuned!

Yes, this shit did indeed just got real.