FCP Bob 1,312 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 After much thought and consideration, Full Contact Poker has decided that it is in the best interest of its poker players to merge with one of the industry’s top poker sites, PokerStars.com. As part of this merger, all FCP player balances (cash and player points) will be transferred to PokerStars. Full Contact Poker and PokerStars will try to make the account transfer process as easy and seamless as possible.We would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding during the transition process, which will take place over the next few days. Please take care to read the information that follows very carefully. Full Contact Poker will cease all poker and casino operations in all countries and return FullContactPoker.com to its roots as a forum-based poker community that features Daniel Negreanu and his popular blog, video diaries and a new video poker school that is in development. FCP players now have the opportunity to shift their FCP accounts over to PokerStars, where they will join over 9 million other players on the World’s largest poker site, assuring themselves of a game of poker any time of day.In a separate agreement, Daniel Negreanu has signed as a member of Team PokerStars, showing his commitment to where he sees the future of online poker.The soon-to-be-revamped Full Contact Poker website and community will now have the best of both worlds. Daniel will continue to be an active leader in the FCP Community, while at the same time PokerStars has agreed to become the new home for many of our community’s online poker events, including Negreanu’s Protégé 3, future Weekend at Daniel’s events, the weekly Negreanu Open and much more!The following is a list of very important dates and details on how the transition of players from FCP to PokerStars will happen:· Monday, June 11th - The following software functions will be turned off:o FCP players will no longer be able to make real money deposits at fullcontactpoker.como FCP players will no longer be able to make withdrawal requests through Full Contact Poker. However, you will be able to make withdrawal requests from PokerStars once you have initiated your account balance transfer to PokerStars (these account transfer instructions will be detailed in an e-mail message to this address directly from PokerStars on Thursday, June 14th)o FCP Casino will be shut down· Tuesday Morning, June 12th - FCP poker room on the Digital Gaming Network will be shut down and players will no longer have access to the software.· Until Wednesday morning, you will still be able to log into your player account to view your account balances and FCP points balance. You will also be able to redeem your FCP points for merchandise in the FCP Store. After Wednesday morning around 9:00 am EST, your FCP points will no longer be available to redeem in the FCP Store, but they will be transferred to PokerStars and converted into PokerStars Frequent Player Points (FPPs). For every 2.5 FCP points you have, you will receive one PokerStars FPP that can be used in the PokerStars store and/or redeemed for tournament entries the same way current PokerStars players are able to redeem their points.· Wednesday Morning, June 13th - FCP player accounts will be locked and players will no longer be able to log into their FCP accounts. At this point, all player account balances will be prepared for transfer to PokerStars. (Note: Bonus money balances will not be transferred to PokerStars and will expire.) All currency conversion adjustments necessary to determine a final U.S. dollar value will use the international currency rates posted for June 13th, 2007.· Finally, by Thursday, June 14th, PokerStars will send FCP players a welcome e-mail and have a secure web application ready for you to authenticate your account identity and then transfer your account balances.The welcome e-mail from PokerStars will detail the final transfer instructions and confirm the day and time you may begin this authentication process. We kindly request that you do not contact PokerStars Support prior to receiving this email, as they will not be able to give you any details on how this procedure will work at this time. Once it becomes active, you may also visit the following link to access these transfer instructions https://www.pokerstars.com/welcomefcpIf you signed up at FullContactPoker.com or FullContactPoker.net, but never created a real money account, you too may receive an e-mail from PokerStars describing their services and explaining the best way to create a new account. If you wish to learn more about PokerStars, please visit http://www.pokerstars.com.For the latest news please visit the Full Contact Poker website and forums, where we’ll be making updated announcements and addressing any commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not addressed on the FCP website and forums, you can send an e-mail to info@fullcontactpoker.com.We sincerely thank you for your business and support during the past two years and look forward to an exciting new beginning with a restructured FullContactPoker.com website and a relationship with PokerStars.-Team FCP Link to post Share on other sites
Dogpatch 2 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 ummm...w00t?!This sounds awesome. I hope the rest of the forum is pleased. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 This is the message that will be e-mailed to all of the players today. Link to post Share on other sites
krup24 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 excellent movei hope that there is clarification that probably 90% of FCP players already have PS accounts, some with same sn some without for the transfer. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 excellent movei hope that there is clarification that probably 90% of FCP players already have PS accounts, some with same sn some without for the transfer.If you already have an account at Poker Stars then your balance will go to your current account. If a player doesn't have a Poker Stars account then they will have to open a new account and their balance will transfer to that account. Link to post Share on other sites
GetSprung 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 This is fairly exciting Link to post Share on other sites
Freddec 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Negreanu Open on Stars now huh...........maybe i will actually play in one of these now, cool Link to post Share on other sites
jhnyblz 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 If you already have an account at Poker Stars then your balance will go to your current account. If a player doesn't have a Poker Stars account then they will have to open a new account and their balance will transfer to that account.Are we to be expecting something asking us if we have a Stars account so that we can instruct the support staff to migrate our balances from FCP to Stars under the correct account? Is that one of the issues that the 'Welcome' email will help mitigate? Link to post Share on other sites
vvganeshavv 4 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 This is pretty much awesome!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 Are we to be expecting something asking us if we have a Stars account so that we can instruct the support staff to migrate our balances from FCP to Stars under the correct account? Is that one of the issues that the 'Welcome' email will help mitigate?Exactly, the welcome e-mail from Poker Stars will give you the detailed instructions on what the procedures are. Link to post Share on other sites
Canuckickstan 2 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Wow, Happy Monday. This is great news for us and DN. Link to post Share on other sites
dna4ever 2 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Negreanu Open on Stars now huh...........maybe i will actually play in one of these now, coolyea, some of the details are in the NegO stickied thread Link to post Share on other sites
The Czar 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I, like many, wish things would have worked out here, but I'm excited about the change and it sounds fairly seamless. Thanks to all the FCPInfos for all their support and patience. This transition should bump the Neg-O interest again. Link to post Share on other sites
2bthebest 2 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Note: Bonus money balances will not be transferred to PokerStars and will expire.Couldn't keep our remaining bonus huh? Bummer.I'm sure this will go much smoother than the switch from ongame to DGN right?Next job for FCP now that we are going to pokerstars...Bob = next Lee Jones (You wanna move to Isle of Man?) Link to post Share on other sites
SAM_Hard8 50 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Yo BobCan I use my FCP name instead of my Stars name? Link to post Share on other sites
Waffles2003 1 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 this is great news, I am hoping you will still have the nego mixed league as well as the heads up league on Pokerstars. Link to post Share on other sites
theresa113 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I am very excited about this. Link to post Share on other sites
Waffles2003 1 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 what about Bob?no more bob? Link to post Share on other sites
koolromeo 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 just curious as to why this is a big deal? is there some benefit to the players that i'm not seeing? Link to post Share on other sites
zimmer4141 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 So does this mean that my Charter Membership is now meaningless?How dare you take away the many benefits that came with that great distinction and honor! Link to post Share on other sites
hblask 1 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Hmmmmm, what about Bob? Are you still going to be supporting the forums?I'm bummed about not getting the bonus transferred, but it would've taken me 100 years to clear it on DGN because I can only take it in small doses, but at least I get a couple thousand more player points on a site I actually play.Anyway, onward. Enough of the crappy DGN software, and hopefully the community can grow on Pokerstars. Link to post Share on other sites
gatortom64 1 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Hooray!!! Love the idea!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Chiefclint 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 thanks Bob for all the help in the past and GL with the new stars affiliation. Link to post Share on other sites
Figger 0 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Note: Bonus money balances will not be transferred to PokerStars and will expire.Couldn't keep our remaining bonus huh? Bummer.I'm out over $500 and not very happy. Pokerstars should have accommodated for this somehow !!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Yoda 1 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Ouch. I'm going to lose over $1000 bonus money... Link to post Share on other sites
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