Jen, you know more about Absolute than I do, so maybe you already know … but I wasn\’t aware that Scott Tom\’s dad (what\’s his first name? he won a 2008 bracelet, I know that much) may or may not […]
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As noted in the original post, I recently interviewed Tokwiro Enterprises Chief Operating Officer Paul Leggett about a number of issues the recent UltimateBet and Absolute Poker scandals. The interview transcript has been broken up into three parts and posted
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Some might say that I’ve been a raving lunatic somewhat vocal about my frustrations with the AP and UB scandals. This is true, and thus I attempted to contact UltimateBet once again in July for answers to some of my
The readers have spoken … and 42 percent of you are so damn principled that you wouldn\’t even consider accepting tournament buy-ins from Ultimate Bet or Absolute, while 22 percent have a more mercenary attitude and/or have forgiven UB/AP. 18
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With all the attention on the UB/Absolute scandal today, I thought I\’d offer some perspective on non-poker scandals. And since poker is a \”sport\” … Sports Illustrated/CNN have compiled a photo gallery representing the 13 biggest \”Gambling Scandals in Sports.\”
Justin Shronk is also disappointed in Tiffany Michelle\’s decision to sign with UB, and he made no bones about his feelings in an open, thoughtful letter to her on the PokerRoad website. In his Pokerazzi column dated today, he notes
I really don\’t know where I stand on this — especially without knowing the backing details and long-term intangibles — nor whether or not it\’s even my position to have a stance when I think just about everyone is stupid,
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Oooooh, somebody might be in trooooouble! Or this could be a necessary step to ensure that the CEREUS network will have no problems. Either way, the situation is getting dicier. Less than a week after the Kahnawake Gaming Commission finally
Ah, it reminds me of the good-ole-days of the Dallas underground … when a bunch of rooms got ruffled every so often you\’d see the merger of a few \”bad guys\’\” games and would be kinda surprised but not really.
Ret. Sen. Alfonse D\’Amato stops short of calling for UN intervention in the Kahnawake Territory, but he does express a desire to go after rogue online poker companies. This just in over the e-transom, from the Poker Players Alliance: Statement
PPA Speaks out against Absolute, Ultimate Bet D’Amato cites need for oversight, recourse
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