Woman suing PokerStars for $1.2 in tournament winnings
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A woman named Natalie Teltscher is suing PokerStars for winnings that were withheld from her account because of what the online poker site said was a breach of tournament rules.
Teltscher, who is the owner of the account “the VOid,” won the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker main event on PokerStars. The winnings of $1.2 million were withheld by PokerStars, however.
The lawsuit was filed on the Isle of Man, where PokerStars is based.
According to pokerlistings.com:
Teltscher said she had agreed with a third party that they should play the entire tournament on her behalf. After 22 hours of play, her account the VOid was one of two left in play in the tournament, and the players decided to split the remainder of the prize pool, giving the VOid a $1.228 million payday.
PokerStars told the High Court in Douglas that Teltscher claims she never entered or played in the tournament and the poker site was entitled to disqualify bother her and the person who is supposed to have played under her user name because they breached tournament rules.
