When the online poker community became harshly disillusioned by the developments on Black Friday; when they grew frustrated at how seemingly impossible it was to get straight answers; when it seemed that the poker world was morally bereft, one site stood in the face of this chaos and sought to bring balance to it. Subject: Poker spent the last nine tumultuous months quelling disillusionment with comfort, curing distrust with unabashed honesty and fighting ethical ineptitude with integrity.

Unfortunately, S:P has bluntly—that is, the only way they know how to communicate—announced that “[they] will not be publishing any more articles.” It is even more unfortunate that this self-removal from the reporting landscape comes at a time when even more questions about Full Tilt Poker are left unresolved than were even imaginable back in May when S:P made its first post.

They were on the front lines of all updates on the Groupe Bernard Tapie’s (GBT) interest in buying Full Tilt, and now that deal seems as uncertain as it ever did. They were the first to report on Chris Ferguson’s secret bank accounts, and since then, only more debts and monetary gripes have come to light with little resolution to the original story. Recent rumors have stirred up about different shareholders bad mouthing other shareholders and declaring an almost inevitability of the GBT deal falling through; the list goes on.

But Subject: Poker is taking all possible measures to maintain continuity in the quality of reporting on these situations. For one, Stephen-Davidowitz says, “The website will stay up with all articles intact for the foreseeable future.”

Maybe more importantly, though, their main contributor, Diamond Flush, is starting his own site. S:P announced that they are handing over many of their resources, even surplus from unspent donation money, to Diamond Flush to continue the spirit of S:P.

Also, it may be a small solace that there is as much integrity in their departure as there was in their operation. The reason for them discontinuing is because the two founders, Noah Stephens-Davidowitz and Thomas Bakker, are starting a poker consulting company. As Stephens-Davidowitz says, “Subject: Poker’s founding principle is independence, so it would be inappropriate for me to continue Subject: Poker.” It’s doubtful that many in the community would have vehemently objected to their new found conflict of interest, but their journalistic sensibility prevailed even in the absence of any outcry.

In more of a no-brainer, they disabled their donations link two weeks in advance of the announcement. Now, with the disbandment made public, they are accepting donations again, which will go toward maintaining the domain and toward Diamond Flush’s new endeavors. They have given recent donors the option of getting a refund if they disagree with those investments or if they feel their money was taken on false pretenses.

As a final farewell, Stephens-Davidowitz says, “We hope Diamond Flush will be able to bring us some good news.” Regardless of the source, everyone in the poker community can agree to that hope. Who knows, maybe the poker gods will reward us gamblers by parlaying this into some sort of reverse jinx. One time!