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Earlier this week Phil Galfond made a lengthy blog post on his BlueFire Poker blog announcing he would be parting with the site in the very near future; later in the day the post was moved to the site’s forums and Galfond’s account password had been changed, denying him access to the site. The news came as quite a shock to BlueFire Poker members who took to the forums looking for answers.

Well, after becoming the obligatory drama-bomb of the day at the 2+2 poker forums, BlueFire Poker promised a statement in the near future. The statement finally came on Wednesday, and needless to say, the explanation (or lack thereof) has done little put out the small fire that Galfond’s departure has caused.

Link to Galfond’s original post

Link to 2+2 thread on the matter (that has reached an absurd 68 pages at this point!)

Here is a look at the BlueFire Poker statement made very early Wednesday morning:

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 us make BlueFirePoker the best poker training resource available.

Billy Murphy