BlueFire Poker releases official statement on the departure of Phil Galfond

Questions are still being asked by current members of BlueFire Poker and the poker world at large, even after the site released their official statement on the departure of Phil Galfond. Despite promising to explain the situation, the statement made by BlueFire Poker co-founder Billy Murphy was vague in details regarding Galfond’s departure, but explicit and in-depth when it came to refunds for current members — There will not be any refunds or pro-rated membership fees given out (nor should there be) due to Galfond leaving the site.

As we reported a few days ago, Galfond announced he was leaving the site with a lengthy blog post that was moved to the forum section of BlueFire Poker without warning or explanation. This set off a firestorm of speculation, as well as the usual side-stories that inevitably come about on the 2+2 poker forum, and have already been raging on for days.

The statement by Murphy has done little to put out the fire, and seems to have only thrown fuel on the fire, as posters returned to the thread with a renewed interest. Here is a look at the statement released by BlueFire Poker:

Hello Members,

I am a co-founder of BlueFirePoker and started the site with Phil. A former professional player myself, we started BlueFirePoker with the goal of creating the highest quality training content for players looking to get an edge, and we built a team that has enabled us to make that possible.

We at BlueFirePoker are sad to see Phil leave. It’s been a privilege to work with a player of his caliber-he has contributed a lot to the game and this community. Since his announcement, there has been a lot of conversation in the community about his departure. We would like to clarify some of the confusion.

We want to start by saying we would like to extend our apologies for the miscommunication about moving Phil’s important message to the community. The announcement was moved from the blog section of our website to the forums. We also announced the statement via our Twitter feed, with a link to the announcement, but it still led to some confusion as to where the message had gone.

We are going to continue to seek the top talent in the poker community to create the best videos and content for our subscribers. We have formed a team that enables our subscribers to have access to top-tier coaches- across cash games, SNGs and MTTs. We’ll continue to build on what we’ve created and will have opportunities on the way to improve the BlueFirePoker experience for the thousands of subscribers who use our training resources.

Let us know what you’d like to see and any questions you have. Also, visit http://www.bluefirepoker.com/announcementfaq.htm for additional information.

Thank you for helping usmake BlueFirePoker the best poker training resource available.

Billy Murphy
Co-founder
BlueFirePoker

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