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by on November 17, 2009 TweetThis
From what we’ve seen of the show (i.e. the above clip, dug up by Pokerati), it’s got that Mike & Mike in the Morning feel, which will be something new for poker TV programming.
Definitely worth a watch on our end. Anyone else tuning in?
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by on September 11, 2009 TweetThis
Click image to see the 117 usernames released today by the KGC in connection with the UB cheating scandal.
They say if you have bad news, release it on Friday. And if it’s really, really bad, release it on Friday, September 11, late in the day when the Entities are only thinking about shit like who the next Friday Night Parting Shot Girl should be.
With that said, it should come as no surprise that the folks at the Kahnawake Gaming Commission did the latter in waiting to release its final decision with regard to the Ultimate Bet online poker cheating scandal.
The findings are the result of a year long investigation into the scamming of millions of dollars from players allegedly conducted by Russ Hamilton and others at Ultimate Bet from June 2003 up until December 2007. As a result of the investigation Ultimate Bet’s owner Tokwiro Enterprises has been forced to pay $1.5 million in fines and reimburse more than $22 million to the players affected by the cheating.
Most noteworthy from the report is that a total of 31 individuals other than Hamilton (who was already named a year ago) have been identified by the KGC as being associated with the cheating scam, and all names have been turned over to law enforcement authorities (who knows where though). The names have not been released publicly but all 117 usernames are included in the report (click post image to see them all).
Our hunch is that it won’t be long before some others are named publicly, including some known poker pros.
After the jump, some noteworthy nuggets from the 11-page document the KGC released (download PDF here):
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by on November 3, 2008 TweetThis
So we’re hearing that Annie Duke may be leaving Ultimate Bet. If it happens, what the f’ took so long? And will Phil Hellmuth follow?
The speculation is Duke will join Team Full Tilt, which wouldn’t be a shocker given her brother’s affiliation with the site. This would make Duke Team FTP’s most prominent female personality, which probably won’t sit too well with Jen Harmon.
In related Duke news (and this is more speculative than the above), word is she at a minimum finished in the top two in this season’s Celebrity Apprentice and may have in fact won it.
These two stories would make sense when tied together. While 60 Minutes may have put a brief hold on its hatchet job on online poker and Ultimate Bet, it will still run, and Duke’s association with the site would surely be brought up. And with an appearance (and possible deep run) on Celebrity Apprentice, Duke’s profile would never be higher.
Developing…
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by on November 3, 2008 TweetThis
So our sources are telling us that 60 Minutes will not air it’s "hatchet job" (as first described to us
They may want to get more interviews, like one with Russ Hamilton (good luck with that). Or more likely, this Sunday is going to be all about Barack "BAM!" Obama.
Hopefully, it just doesn’t air. Bury that thing.
Developing…
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by on September 18, 2008 TweetThis
Ultimate Bet is going to need an army of lawyers to get itself out of this mess.
MSNBC just published an exclusive story on the $85 million dollar lawsuit just smacked down on UltimateBet.
The $75M claim was filed by Blast-Off Ltd. of Malta, "a private company that currently has an ownership interest" in UB, against Excapsa Software Inc. of Toronto, "which formerly owned and licensed the poker software to UltimateBet."
The total sum of the suit doesn’t actually represent the money that UB stole from its players, so its likely for the ambigious "damages." Not joining the suit are all of the legit online poker sites who UB put at risk because they are greedy assholes that could bascially sink the industry as a hole for an extra few mil even though they were already making money hand-over-fist.
The article goes on to detail how UB’s players, not Tokwiro Enterprises (current owner) or the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (regulatory arm), started to note highly suspicious play by the NioNio account. You know the rest of that story.
It continues on how Tokwiro passed the buck to the previous ownership group, which MSNBC blasts by saying that "blaming employees of a prior owner, Tokwiro might have resolved the mystery had UltimateBet not been the rubber ball in an international shell game."
"But it is unclear to whom —and even whether — the software business was sold." – continue reading after the jump
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by on July 25, 2008 TweetThis
CEREUS is the name of the new Absolute Poker + UB super poker platform, which not ironically at all is also the name of the genus name for a cactus plant, as CEREUS will likely leave your account as dry as a desert.
In what has to be the best news ever for people who enjoy buying timeshares, taking part in pyramid schemes, flushing their money down the toilet, or simply getting robbed, Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker have decided to "integrate customers and features" and create one big super user account scamming online poker platform called CEREUS.
According to the press release:
Today, the management of both Absolute Poker and UltimateBet announced the upcoming launch of CEREUS: a new poker platform that will integrate the customers and features from both poker rooms, instantly making CEREUS the third largest online poker network.
Also according to the press release:
CEREUS is the result of more than 12 months innovation and development.
We’d love to sit in on those R&D meetings. "Ok guys, we’ve developed some ground-breaking super-user technology that will more randomize results so the guy manning the account doesn’t actually win EVERY SINGLE hand, minimizing short-term profits but enabling us to present more logical long-term winnings." "Brilliant!"*
There is so much wrong and ridiculous about this it’s, um, ridiculous. Doesn’t matter though as it seems most people don’t care and keep playing these sites. Regardless, read the full press release on the WCP forum here and pick out your favorite lines. For a reminder on why you should never, EVER play on these sites, go
Related, Joanna Krupa doing Ed Hardy is cereusly super.
* Sadly, this conversation might’ve actually happened.
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