“I can dodge bullets, baby.” – Phil Hellmuth, 2005 “Holy crap we dodged a bullet there, baby.” – Wicked Chops Poker, 2012 If you’ve read the last Federated Sports+Gaming bankruptcy filing you may be asking…
Epic Failed
The parent company for Epic Poker—Federated Sports+Gaming–filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The news was announced via a statement from Jeffrey Pollack on the FS+G website. The shame here is how badly Epic unintentionally misled…
Epic Poker League Suspends Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson
Damned if they do, damned if they don’t: Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson have been suspended indefinitely from the Epic Poker League.Awkward. Today the Epic Poker League announced the suspensions of Howard Lederer and Chris…
Epic Poker League: What Will Be Considered a Success?
The Epic Poker League holds their first Main Event on Monday. Giving credit where it’s due: going from a PowerPoint concept to an actual real, living event with a (time-buy) TV partner and palpable enthusiasm…
Federated Sports+Gaming and Heartland Poker Tour?
Federated Sports+Gaming announced the acquisition of the Heartland Poker Tour yesterday. While the announcement wasn’t terribly clear on how HPT will be integrated with the upstart league (other than possibly being a Pro-Am feeder), it’s…
