Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
I can confirm that surprisingly few people know about Black Friday or understand it, even within the poker community.
When I go play live (typically at Commerce or Bellagio), the subject of online poker comes up and, aside from the people who play both online and live, I hear the following questions/comments:
"Oh, wasn't there some kind of problem with Full Tilt recently?"
"I heard the government made online poker illegal last year."
"The government confiscated everyone's money online recently."
"I heard something happened regarding online poker but I'm not exactly sure what occurred."
The average poker player, if they have heard of the Full Tilt mess, believes that their money being gone is the government's fault and not Full Tilt's fault.