Poker Stars has released an official statement announcing that a lawsuit filed against the online poker site by Natalie Teltscher, also known as “TheVOid”, has been withdrawn by the player. Teltscher filed a legal complaint in the Isle of Man courts after PokerStars disqualified her and banned her account after suspicious activities occurred during the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker main event, for which the player was awarded over $1.2 million after the two last players agreed to split the pot.

Teltscher agrred to withdrawal the case after PokerStars successfully proved that even when the account was on her name, she was not the person playing under the registered username, which gives PokerStars the right to block her account and freeze the funds according to the procedures and rules established on the site's terms of use and player protection policies. According to PokerStars, the player also agreed to pay a percentage of PokerStars’ legal expenses.

PokerStars.com release is published below:

“PokerStars is pleased to announce that Natalie Teltscher has recently withdrawn her claim in the Isle of Man Courts against PokerStars. Furthermore, in discontinuing her claim, she has agreed to contribute a sum towards the legal costs incurred by PokerStars in this matter.
   
Ms Teltscher brought her claim against PokerStars because she was disqualified from first place of the 2007 WCOOP Main Event after PokerStars internal investigations demonstrated beyond doubt that she had not played on the account.  On her disqualification all other players were moved one place higher in the prize table and the money confiscated from her account, TheV0id, was redistributed in full, according to the amended tournament placings.
   
Ms Teltscher initially claimed that she had played the account.  However, when faced with the results from PokerStars’ investigation she eventually admitted she hadn’t played.

The decision of Ms Teltscher to withdraw her claim fully vindicates PokerStars’ decision to disqualify her from the tournament and subsequently defend the claim, actions which were taken in order to protect the integrity of the games on offer at PokerStars”