Comments on: AP and UB Merge to Form Criminally Questionable Supersite Bodog loses position as industry badboy

By: greylocks

greylocks — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:45:08 +0000

I’ve got a somewhat different take on this whole matter. Response posted on my blog.

http://randomshuffle.blogspot.com/2008/07/sometimes-one-head-is-better-than-two.html

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:34:49 +0000

prick?

I just assumed it was “for your pleasure”.

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:07:24 +0000

I always assumed that the first two words of “FYP” were more along the lines of “F*ck you” … but I couldn’t figure out which P-word people were calling me.

By: donkey

donkey — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:05:30 +0000

Nice photo, Dan, looks kinda like Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke, a couple of “pricks”

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:12:50 +0000

FYP=Fixed your post.

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:40 +0000

FYP … hmm, I’ve been doing my Rosetta Stone for l33t-speak, but can’t seem to figure out FYP …

For your, um, perusal?

pants?

Phuck-up?

By: Short-Stacked Shamus

Short-Stacked Shamus — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:32:09 +0000

“theoretically this company should have more knowledge than anyone else about how a site’s integrity can be breached”

FYP

By: Poker on TV

Poker on TV — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:06:27 +0000

There isn’t much else out there, but UB has a short statement on their site, reading, in part:

“We’re joining one of the industry’s biggest and most exciting poker networks, CEREUS, which will offer more of what players want – new features, more action, and ultimate rewards.

CEREUS is the result of more than 12 months innovation and development. What does it mean for UB players? As part of the network, UltimateBet will retain all the unique assets that create the ultimate poker experience, but we will share more players, more action, more tournaments, and add incredible new features.”

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:53 +0000

Ah, I don’t think I understood that. I was thinking it would be a brand new site itself.

Got a link to anything more explanatory than a press release from Cereus?

By: Poker on TV

Poker on TV — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:54:01 +0000

There’s no new site, just a new network. AP and UB will be sites on the network.

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:36:42 +0000

M1, welcome to the Pokerati fray. Though he probably doesn’t get credit for it, Oliver T is one of the funniest mo-fos out there with any (off-table) poker knowledge in his mind … and sometimes I even think he’s trying to be!

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:34:13 +0000

Actually, Shamus, Tropical Steve kinda-sorta did already:

http://pokerati.com/2008/07/24/kahnawake-gaming-commission-speaks-about-ap-ubkgc-claims-decision-regarding-ultimatebet-is-forthcoming/#comment-154165

By: California Jen

California Jen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:21:46 +0000

Oh, Dan. LOL to your entire post.

Oh, Shamus. No one else wanted to ask that question.

By: menacing_1

menacing_1 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:03:39 +0000

No, olivert said it will be held next year in Dubai, UAE. One of his more off-the-wall opinions if you ask me, but I’ll quit posting forever if he’s right.

By: Short-Stacked Shamus

Short-Stacked Shamus — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:00:54 +0000

Okay, I’ll ask the question. I know everyone else wants to…

Are they Cereus?

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:44:14 +0000

Duly noted and corrected, Oliver.

By: olivert

olivert — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:08:14 +0000

> … Oliver’s prediction that very soon the WSOP will move to Montevideo

I didn’t say that.

I did say that there is only one building available if WSOP Latin America were launched and if the WSOP were still owned by Harrah’s/Caesars Entertainment: Conrad Punta del Este Resort and Casino in Punta del Este, Uruguay

http://conradhotels1.hilton.com/en/ch/hotels/index.do?ctyhocn=PDPCICI