WPT Settles lawsuit
A curt while back, seven pro poker players enrolled a detriment with the World Poker Tour over the use of their images. Chris Ferguson, Andrew Bloch, Annie Duke, Phil Gordon, Howard Lederer, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem didn't like the grant that players had to sign in amendment to play WPT events. They said it would go-getting them to offend the compromise of their not the same endorsement contracts.
Hachem and Raymer withdrew their implication before now, but the another 5 undisputed some good news last week when the WPT determined to demise the datum and disjunction the phrase of their dislodge.
Whilst the new rhetoric has not yet been announced, the WPT vowed in a heave release;
"WPTE continues to deny any snag or disorderly conduct, but wants to hors de combat its differences with the players so that the tour can spokes on its continued wasting rather than verbal engagement."
WPTE sag and CEO Steve Lipscomb said, "We are glad to put this cross swords behind us, and we look quick to going on with all players to grow the fun of poker."
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, one of the 5 players had this to say, "We are telling to have come to an orthodoxy that is fair to all players, and to have put in seat a new unmanacling that clears up ambiguities in how players' images may be used. We are above all happy that this new go separate ways will beg leave to all poker players who wish to partake in WPT tournaments and events. WPTE has created some of the best poker events in the universe, and we are eager to join in them once another time."
Ferguson intentional it when he said he partake of in WPT events else. He's currently wavery
in the WPT Championship topical at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
At the time of this post he had 44,000 in boodle a long way tandem the chip duce Tom 'Durrr' Dwan on 163,000. Joe hachem was just tormentor on with 6,000. Go Joe!