The World Poker Tour Enterprises Inc. (WPTE) and a group of five top professional poker players have finally settled their differences after a dispute lasting nearly two years.

Chris Ferguson, Andrew Bloch, Annie Duke, Phil Gordon, and Howard Lederer had challenged WPT’s standard player’s release and contracts with casinos claiming that they violated federal and state antitrust laws.

World Series of Poker bracelet winners Joe Hachem and Greg Raymer were formerly part of this troupe but broke away to continue to play in WPT events.

In their original lawsuit, the players claimed that the terms of the WPTE player release would force them to violate other endorsement agreements and rights to images that the players and their sponsors had otherwise contracted for, and as a result, the players were forced to forego participating in WPT events.