It might seem at first glance that Full Tilt and PokerStars fought it out – in the monetary offerings sense – to get Scotty Nguyen to sign some sort of deal. Full Tilt got him for the $50K HORSE final table, and PokerStars got him for the rest of the WSOP, at the very minimum.
An inside source says that Full Tilt reportedly dropped him just after the HORSE win because of his sometimes rude (for lack of a better word) behavior during the final table. Because of the way he acted for a good portion of the play-down, Full Tilt decided they didn\’t want him on the team. Soon after, PokerStars picked him up.
However, another source had a bit of an alternate take on it. This version of the story noted that PokerStars had a deal brewing with Scotty for the HORSE final table but dropped the ball and allowed Full Tilt to come in. Since the Full Tilt deal was a one-time table sponsorship, PokerStars was able to get back in with Scotty after HORSE.
It boils down to the fact that the online poker sponsorship business is a cut-throat industry. And it\’s only going to get more interesting as the main event final table approaches…
