Quote Originally Posted by thesidedish View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post

Come on, you don't really believe this, right?

The government's intervention on April 15, 2011 did not affect the money that was already stolen by Full Tilt. The government simply put a halt to the scam (though they didn't realize it was a scam at the time of the bust!)

On 4/15/11, Full Tilt was broke, and they had stolen all of our $300 million that they were supposed to be holding for us.

That's why everyone is so pissed, and rightfully so.

Hmmm guess I forgot about that...I'm just tired of hearing "professional" players who should pursue other careers say Howard & Chris ruined their life
Some of these pros were indeed stupid in that they had a 250k life roll and 230k of it was on Full Tilt.

I used to repeatedly warn everyone not to do things like that, as even the most "stable" sites were still operating illegally and without regulation, so your money was not as safe as it appeared.

However, I'm still in the camp to where you don't blame a victim of a theft just because they acted stupidly with their money.

For example, if you left $20,000 sitting on the passenger seat of your parked car, and came back to find the window smashed and the $20k gone, I would be the first person to say that you were an idiot. However, the guy who stole it is still a scumbag thief and still deserves to be punished for his crime. And you still have the right to be pissed at him.