9:01am: It’s been completely verified by numerous different sources that there is indeed truth to everything that EPASSPORTE is pulling out of the U.S poker market. By almost all accounts, EPASSPORTE will continue to provide it’s merchant services to non-poker related markets and cut ties with online poker rooms.

Numerous sites are looking into alternative options already, including Cake Poker, who was the first room to officially break the story on EPASSPORTE. Nearly almost every online poker room sent out emails on Saturday notifying their players of this news, which was in contrast to news that was delivered on Friday that it was “technical difficulties” that prevented players from using EPASSPORTE to withdraw and deposit.