The Howard Lederer Files: Full Tilt Poker Frontman Speaks Out in 7-Hour Interview

Written by:
Ace King
Published on:
Sep/18/2012
The Howard Lederer Files: Full Tilt Poker Speaks Out in 7-Hour Interview

Poker News was scheduled to begin publishing the first segment of what it is calling “The Howard Lederer Files” (or “The Lederer Files” for short) beginning today Tuesday September 18, 2012.

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Lederer breaks his nearly two-year silence by sitting down with PokerNews.com to talk an entire 7 hours regarding the trials and tribulations of Full Tilt Poker.

While customers of the once second largest online poker room are about to be paid, courtesy of PokerStars, which acquired Full Tilt as part of a deal with the US Government, Lederer faces some massive hurdles that will be difficult to overcome.

The US Government alleges that Lederer engaged in a ponzi scheme tied to FTP and they are looking to seize nearly all of his assets, millions of dollars worth.

Interviewer Matthew Parvis describes what to expect:

During my initial conversation with Lederer, I made it clear that if he was looking for an outlet to make this easy on him in return for the opportunity to run a story, then we were not interested. This was a non-issue, as Lederer mentioned he was willing to sit down at length, and answer all questions I had as candidly as he could. I also made it clear that my team and I would need adequate time to prepare in full, and that he would need to prepare for quite a long sit-down to cover everything we were hoping to cover. Lederer agreed, and ultimately we decided on a video interview so there would be nothing lost in translation. The poker community deserved not only to read what Lederer had to say, but they deserved to see and hear the answers directly.

Over the course of the next week, I went through as much information as I could in relation to Full Tilt Poker's rise and fall, Lederer's relationship with the company, and the indictments and complaints from the Department of Justice. I scoured online poker forums to learn what was most important to the community, in addition to trying to speak to people relevant to the story, most of whom declined to speak or comment. I also spent some time with Lederer to get a better feel for the story itself, and the man with whom I would be sitting face to face with in an attempt to find the truth about the failure of Full Tilt Poker.

Gambling911.com looks forward to it.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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