While the poker community focuses a great deal of attention on the Kentucky governor\’s attempt at censorship and the potential for Rep. Barney Frank to do something with H.R. 6870 after it recently passed in the House Financial Services Committee, […]
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For those that have forgotten, an article today on msnbc.com brings up the scandal yet again. Mike Brunker ties in a $80m (Canadian) claim against the former owner of UB –Excapsa Software Inc. of Toronto by Blast-Off Ltd. of Malta
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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
Team UB: These sponsored players proudly wear the Ultimate Bet logo and/or the emblem of Satan. I meant to put this picture up (or at least its predecessor) about 10 months ago to make fun of Tom, who was being
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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The official announcement came on July 29, but the post has been delayed as I decided how or if to mention it. After Tiffany Michelle’s impressive run in the 2008 WSOP main event and 17th place finish, she has been
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