Clonie Gowen vs Full Tilt Poker
Professional poker player Clonie Gowen filed a multi-faceted lawsuit on November 14th 2008 against her alleged former employer - Full Tilt Poker - and the individuals and corporations that are part of the Full Tilt operation.
In the complaint - Gowen not only names Tiltware, Inc. - the developers of the Full Tilt Poker software - as a defendant, but also names both Full Tilt Poker sites com and net. And each individual member of what is called *Team Full Tilt,* which includes Ray Bitar, Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, and Danish members Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius.
The suit is based on facts stated by Gowen that she was hired by Full Tilt Poker to be one of their *celebrity players* and that her compensation for that job was a one percent ownership of the company and any extended parts thereof. From 2004 until November 11th of this year 2008 (when Gowen was informed that she was being released by Full Tilt), she played under the “Team Full Tilt” banner, wore their logos and promoted the site at poker tournaments around the world, pointing out in court documents that she did not receive any buy ins for tournaments or other financial backing from the company for that time other than her 1% ownership. She also alleges that there were undisclosed regular payments to the members of Team Full Tilt that started in May 2007 and that she was denied the same compensation.
Gowen is seeking her one percent of the entirety of the Full Tilt operation, which her attorneys have estimated at $40 million, with the additional possibility of punitive damages adding on to that amount.
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