Merge Poker Network Stiffing Vendors

Written by :

C Costigan

Published on :

3 November, 2009

The struggling Merge Poker Network reportedly owes $160,000 to a poker payment platform, PIC Club, Gambling911.com can reveal today. PIC Club has been trying to get its money since July and finally issued a deadline of this past Friday to be paid in full. PIC Club offered to take off $64,000 from that amount.

"Merge had a contract with us and we were giving them plenty of time to pay what was owed," said Chuck Kidd, head of PIC Club.

Coming to Kidd's defense was at least one respected bookmaker out of Costa Rica where PIC Club operates.

"He (Chuck) proved to me his business is healthy," said the bookmaker, one of the most respected in Costa Rica. "He has been trying to take the high road in all of this but sooner or later they (Merge) has to pay up."

In recent months a number of online poker rooms have folded and many fear Merge will be next.

Merge last week averaged a mere 415 real cash players on its total network compared to 26600 at the world's largest online poker room, PokerStars.

Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher

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