{"id":5817,"date":"2012-03-07T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=5817"},"modified":"2012-03-07T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T09:40:00","slug":"sorry-says-ceo-of-full-tilt-poker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/sorry-says-ceo-of-full-tilt-poker\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;SORRY!&#8221;  says CEO of Full Tilt Poker [1]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/archives\/5817\/ray-bitar\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5819\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5819\" title=\"ray bitar\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ray-bitar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bitar is sorry&#8230;&#8230;so are the poker players<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CEO of Full Tilt Poker, Ray Bitar has spoken to the world of poker for the first time since Black Friday, giving the gaming world an insight into how his \u201clife has drastically changed since last April.\u201d Speaking to PokerStrategy.com, he delved into why he remained behind closed doors after Black Friday initially kicked off. He said: \u00a0\u201cOne is the ongoing legal process which has precluded me from providing any relevant information surrounding the on-going investigation, and of course, I have not wanted to jeopardize the process in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His second justification was that he claims he has been vigorously working every single day to ensure that players see their cash. His silence is also down to \u201cworking on the future plans of FTP,\u201d which weren\u2019t specified at this stage. \u00a0Ray said that if he kept on releasing public statements, then it would probably hinder the investigation as well as efforts to rectify the whole saga: \u201cpublic statements would diminish the likelihood of a successful outcome, which is what we need to be focused on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He understands why the poker community are still livid at being out of pocket. Totally sympathising with them he said: \u201cGiven the lack of information that has been made public, I can certainly understand these sentiments. My primary focus has been and continues to be working towards getting us to where we want to be \u2013 the repayment of the players and the survival of the company. I have been fully dedicated to this cause and am doing everything possible for a beneficial outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In his closing statement to PokerStrategy, he left the gaming community with this thought: \u00a0\u201cI would like to offer my sincere apology to all who have been affected by these events and to clarify that my silence was not an attempt to \u201chide,\u201d or \u201cignore,\u201d the situation. It was done out of necessity to ensure the focus remained on the continued efforts to reach the best outcome for the players. My entire focus is on obtaining a successful resolution for the players. I hope that before long I can provide some good news for all of the players involved.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO of Full Tilt Poker, Ray Bitar has spoken to the world of poker for the first time since Black Friday, giving the gaming world an insight into how his \u201clife has drastically changed since last April.\u201d Speaking to PokerStrategy.com, he delved into why he remained behind closed doors after Black Friday initially kicked off. He said:  \u201cOne is the ongoing legal process which has precluded me from providing any relevant information surrounding the on-going investigation, and of course, I have not wanted to jeopardize the process in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-5817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;SORRY!&quot; says CEO of Full Tilt Poker [1] - iGaming Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/sorry-says-ceo-of-full-tilt-poker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;SORRY!&quot; says CEO of Full Tilt Poker [1] - iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CEO of Full Tilt Poker, Ray Bitar has spoken to the world of poker for the first time since Black Friday, giving the gaming world an insight into how his \u201clife has drastically changed since last April.\u201d Speaking to PokerStrategy.com, he delved into why he remained behind closed doors after Black Friday initially kicked off. 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