Marc Karam, a well known and respected online poker player, recently spoke with Poker News Daily about the Eurolinx liquidation that recently tarnished the reputation of the online poker industry. Eurolinx was a skin on the Microgaming network that was reputed for making deals with highrollers. Many of those players have now lost their bankrolls and are likely never to see a single penny from this incident.

Karam states that after he made the final table at the EPT Monte Carlo, he was approached by a Eurolinx representative and offered a sponsorship that included tons of bells and whistles, including 100% rakeback, an amazing affiliate deal and paid live tournament entries.

The relationship started to go south when in Mid 2008, Eurolinx’s owner and manager Jo Remme started making promises and eventually ended up borrowing $200k in exchange for them covering the launch of Karam’s own branded poker skin on the Microgaming network. “I had websites created, merchandise and gear ordered with my logos, etc., for the new site. From what I have heard, he sold a few shares of Eurolinx to high-stakes players who were playing on or sponsored by the site at the time.” said Karam, but the deal never materialized, they would eventually announce the shutdown and the liquidation.

Karam joined the club of hundreds of players who are likely never to see any of the money they had invested in Eurolinx.

To read the full interview click here.