Forum allegations that the online poker provider Tribeca Tables has axed 30 percent of its labour force in the UK and North America were denied this week by a company spokesman.

The claims that the company has laid off almost 30 percent of its first and second tier support staff from UK and North American locations as a result of halting its US business were strongly denied by the spokesman who said: "I think this report is incorrect. We certainly have not released anyone from the UK. I believe we have released a couple of development engineers who were working on future projects. These were some light-weight functionality projects that were terminated by us. It is certainly nothing like 30 percent of our staff. All the customer support staff are still in place for a smooth transition of the European facing accounts to the Playtech platform."