Responses to “The Lederer Files”

Parts 5 & 6 of the PokerNews interview with Howard Lederer were released today and after a slow start the interview is becoming interesting. Lederer’s first interview since Black Friday naturally has a lot of poker players talking, here are what some famous pros are saying on Twitter.

2003 WSOP Main Event Champ Chris Moneymaker tweeted:

Watched ep 5/6 today to see if comedy continued. Actually got a few more answer. Howard selling bad guys as @philivey and @EdogPoker.

— Chris Moneymaker (@CMONEYMAKER) September 20, 2012

Would think that @philivey HAS to make a statement or do an interview at this point. For @EdogPoker that ship has probably sailed.

— Chris Moneymaker (@CMONEYMAKER) September 20, 2012

Sports bettor/ high stakes poker player Haralabos Voulgaris (who Erick Lindgren has reportedly owed a large sum for some time) comments on Lederer’s claim that Lindgren borrowed $2 million (actually receiving $4 million) to pay back debts:

@gm2022SNE @Kevmath no wasn't me, i wish it was, Edog was pretty good at avoiding me and claiming he was broke / cash poor.

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) September 20, 2012

I tell ya what gotta love this edog, gets a 2m loan, receives 4m by mistake, and is still broke enough to file for bankruptcy. #talent

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) September 20, 2012

Should add, never repays any of the money, nor sends back the mistaken 2m. What a guy.

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) September 20, 2012

Daniel Negreanu was outspoken as always. A few of his many tweets on the subject:

Lederer Files Ep 4: I know personally for an absolute fact that he is lying in this segment.This guy takes no blame for anything it's absurd

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 19, 2012

As expected Howard is using this interview to throw Ray, the shareholders, and Ivey under the bus while claiming he was the good guy. HA!

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 20, 2012

Lederer Files: the list of people who owed FTP money is MUCH longer than what he listed. NO ONE would pay back a Ray Bitar led FTP ever!

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 20, 2012

Former FTP pro John Juanda also chimed in with some thoughts and corrected Howard’s claim that Juanda was the 2nd largest shareholder in the company:

I think @pokernews did good job asking so many tough questions, but HL got away from most by simply saying I DON'T KNOW #LedererFiles

— John Juanda (@LuckBoxJuanda) September 20, 2012

As Ray Bitar's boss, Howard Lederer should've accepted more blames instead of trying to shift blames to everyone else. #LedererFiles

— John Juanda (@LuckBoxJuanda) September 20, 2012

For the record, Howard Lederer was wrong when he said I was 2nd largest shareholder of FTP! Maybe he REALLY didn't know!!??? #LedererFiles

— John Juanda (@LuckBoxJuanda) September 20, 2012

And finally on Reddit, someone claiming to be a former employee at Full Tilt Poker (“ftpinsider” ) gave a glimpse behind the scenes at FTP and shared his feelings from watching the video. The Lederer Files: 30% Truth, 30% Plausible Deniability, 30% Lies, and 10% Fucking Bullshit by ftpinsider can be found on reddit here.

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