Everyone that is American who played online poker in the United States remembers the fateful day that would become known as Black Friday, when he or she woke up and logged on to the Internet like seemingly any other day. April 15, 2011, was different though, and I'll never forget the shock that hit me like a splash of cold water when I logged into PokerStars and saw the pop-up promptly tell me I was compelled to cash out everything I had.
As the poker world buzzed with the news that turned the industry upside-down, plenty of predictions were thrown around about how long players would be left in the cold.