David Benyamine

High stakes cash player David Benyamine is no longer a Full Tilt Pro. The rumours circulating various poker forums and other poker news sites suggest that Benyamine’s deal with the poker room is over. If true, this will come as a shock to most poker fans as he was one of the regular players at the ‘nose bleed’ cash tables and has been playing some of the biggest games that the site had to offer. His avatar on the Full Tilt poker room is no longer the famous red colour and he has been removed from the pro’ list on the official Full Tilt website which shows the details of all the FT professional players.

The reasons behind David Benyamine leaving Full Tilt Poker have not yet been communicated. No official statement has been released by Full Tilt, however, according to the rumours, Benyamine has made a deal with another poker site. Betfair and PokerStars have both been suggested as new homes for the former tennis pro’.

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Clonie Gowan before suing Full Tilt Poker

Well, in 2007, when it came time to receive her distribution check, she was only given a fraction of what she thought she was owed – which was $250,000 from Howard Lederer, chief operator of Full Tilt Poker. Gowen felt the company was worth way more than what Lederer was making it seem to be, and refused the payment. The crazy thing is, despite not being paid she still went ahead and promoted the company anyways!

On November 11th, 2008, she was informed by Full Tilt Poker that she would no longer be apart of Team Full Tilt. This must’ve been the primary factor for Gowen to be bringing such a high-profile lawsuit against the company, especially considering she was supposedly never compensated for promoting the company for the last four years.  The tough thing about this suit is that she openly admits to only having an oral contract that was made with Tiltware LLC executives (controlling company of Full Tilt Poker), and not a definitive written contract about her claims.

The suit alleges the company is worth $4 billion, and she’s owed the 1% she was promised by executives when she signed on with FTP in 2004. It is unclear why she not only named Tiltware LLC in the legal filing, but also other Full Tilt team members such as Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, and Erick Lindgren.

Tiltware LLC has released the following statement about the claims:

“Tiltware, LLC, has been made aware of the recent filing of a meritless lawsuit by a former Full Tilt Poker endorser — Ms. Cycalona Gowen. All claims have no merit and there are many inaccuracies improperly and unlawfully asserted by Ms. Gowen within her frivolous complaint. Tiltware LLC expects that this lawsuit will be dealt with accordingly by a competent court in due course.”

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