Epic Poker League: $7.855M loss over 14 months

The fallout from Jeffrey Pollack’s ill-timed temper tantrum continues.A CardPlayer continued their Epic Poker League exposA© , this time following the money.A Using the Federated Sports & Gaming bankruptcy documents filed with the court April 4th, CardPlayer breaks down the numbers and lays bare the full extent of the the Epic Poker League’s … (more)

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Sat, April 7th, 2012

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