Party Poker acquires TonyGPoker

[The Buzz]

Party Poker made news last week when they added Kara Scott to their "Team Party" roster. They made even bigger news this week.

Party Poker has added bad boy Tony G to its "Team Party" roster and has acquired the assets of TonyGPoker.com. "The Mouth From Down Under" also confirmed that he will take part in the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV in Las Vegas in February.

Online Casino City has the press release:

GIBRALTAR -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- In a significant move for the industry, Party Poker is delighted to announce that the one and only Tony G is the latest player to be added to the roster of 'Team Party.' Tony will make his debut in Party colours at the Aussie Millions. At the same time, it has been announced that 'The Mouth From Down Under' will take part in the eagerly awaited PartyPoker.com Premier League IV in Las Vegas in February and that the assets of Tony G Poker have been acquired by PartyGaming.

Antanas Guoga, more commonly known as Tony G, is a businessman and respected professional poker player known for his entertaining outlandish table talk and aggressive play. Undoubtedly one of the biggest characters and hottest box office in the game today, Tony won the WPT Bad Boys of Poker II in 2006 and famously finished runner-up in the 2006 PartyPoker Intercontinental Poker Championship in Las Vegas. Tony has cashed 15 times at the World Series of Poker and historically won the inaugural Asian Poker Tour event in Singapore in 2006, giving half of his prize money to charity. Known for his extraordinarily big heart and philanthropy, Tony also generously donated the $205,000 he won at a big tournament in Moscow in November 2007 to local orphanages. Tony has accumulated over $4,000,000 in live tournament winnings.

"I cannot wait to start playing for Team Party on the circuit," said Tony. "I've always loved Party and what better way to kick off than at the Aussie Millions. I am also really excited about the Premier League in February - it is the best event in poker in my eyes. After finishing runner-up and third in the last two years the title has to be mine! I just hope my rivals have the heart and commitment to the game to stop me!" Tony joins a line-up that also includes Phil Hellmuth, JC Tran, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Luke 'FullFlush' Schwartz and Roland De Wolfe.

Tony, whose poker catchphrase is 'On Yer Bike' – his 'farewell' message to opponents he knocks out - will be joined at the Crown Casino in Melbourne for the Aussie Millions by fellow Team Party players Bodo Sbrzesny and Stewart Scott as well as 43 online qualifiers who won packages online at PartyPoker.com. "If one of the Party qualifiers knocks me out of the Main Event I will buy them a bike. First of all though I will ride it out myself – I know when it is bike time!"

Tony's landmark personal player deal incorporates live tournament buy-ins to events around the world. He will also be playing online under the screen name 'TonyG' and has already sparked plenty of debate with his presence at the cash game tables. Tony G joins Team Party alongside Mike Sexton, Kara Scott, Ian Frazer, Bodo Sbrzesny, Remy Biechel, Stewart Scott and Felipe 'Mojave' Ramos.

The acquisition of the assets of TonyGPoker.com sees all TonyGPoker.com players migrate to Noble Poker. TonyGPoker.com is a well known online poker room with an extensive selection of games, tournaments, freerolls and promotions. As part of the deal, Tony will continue to run the Sunday Bike Ride, a popular bounty promotion, at NoblePoker.com, which is owned by PartyGaming.

"It's business as usual for TonyG Poker. The exciting acquisition of its assets by the PartyGaming will create a larger more flexible and productive playing environment," said Tony.

A PartyGaming spokesman said: "We're delighted to welcome Tony to Team Party. Tony is undoubtedly one of poker's biggest characters in the game – a personal deal for him made huge sense. We are also happy to have acquired the assets of TonyGPoker.com and look forward to welcoming his players on board."

[thepokerkeep]

Hmmm....

Wonder what happens to the affiliates here? Players are being moved to Noble... will the affiliate accounts be moving as well?

[RBS]

Omg as i read it they will NOT pay affiliates for future revenue earned through current trackers (from the 1st February).



Tony G Poker is undergoing a merger with Noble Poker. As a result, current Tony G Poker affiliate deals will not be carried forward by Noble Poker.

The merge with Noble Poker means that Tony G poker players will benefit from Noble Poker's fully supported poker room, providing players from around the world with a global poker room with many interactive features that will appeal to both the casual player and the pro player. As part of the merger deal with Noble Poker, Tony G will continue to run the Sunday Bike Ride, a popular bounty promotion, at Noble Poker.

Players will keep their same user names, passwords, and balances.

Noble will not pay affiliates for future revenue earned through current trackers (from the 1st February).

Source/ Poker Affiliate World

[thepokerkeep]

I am happy to say I do not promote TonyG, Noble, or Party Poker. If I did, they would all be blacklisted immediately.

Sadly this type of affiliate revenue theft is becoming more and more common. I hope AGD, GAU and GPWA all rogue this group. Party Poker should be ashamed of themselves and the affiliate industry needs to hold them accountable.

[Anthony]

I agree, we will look into it.

[webmacho]

Omg as i read it they will NOT pay affiliates for future revenue earned through current trackers (from the 1st February).



Tony G Poker is undergoing a merger with Noble Poker. As a result, current Tony G Poker affiliate deals will not be carried forward by Noble Poker.

The merge with Noble Poker means that Tony G poker players will benefit from Noble Poker's fully supported poker room, providing players from around the world with a global poker room with many interactive features that will appeal to both the casual player and the pro player. As part of the merger deal with Noble Poker, Tony G will continue to run the Sunday Bike Ride, a popular bounty promotion, at Noble Poker.

Players will keep their same user names, passwords, and balances.

Noble will not pay affiliates for future revenue earned through current trackers (from the 1st February).

Source/ Poker Affiliate World

this is clear case of SCAM. tony got some players with affiliates agreement was lifetime rev share. now he sell them, and the affiliates are on dry

[RBS]

So the spammer above me is spamming with a URL owned by a member of these forums, this URL even have a "approved portal GPWA seal" on the site, and guess what itīs owned by RakeTheRake

Itīs so nice to see the big players set the standards


I just could not resist, LOL.

[hazo]

This is not the first time TonyG has done something like this. Reminds me of Doyle's Room.

[ultimateonlinecasino]

no matter where tony-g goes, people suffer.
unpaid rake-race payments from pokernews.com or t6poker disaster.

[CoopersPick]

sucks they are screwing over previous affiliates, but you prolly can just re-register once the new take over happens.

[thepokerkeep]

sucks they are screwing over previous affiliates, but you prolly can just re-register once the new take over happens.

Why would anyone want to re-register?
So we can send them more free players?
A company rips off affiliate, steals all their "lifetime" players/commissions and you say "you prolly can just re-register"! WTF!!

[RBS]

Lol i was going to write the same.

Who in thier right mind would ever signup at the company that just stole your players ?