Latest Ultimate Bet Scandal involves Phil Hellmuth
Posted by Curtom | December 22, 2008 | Posted in: Articles, News | Comments (2)Yes, you heard me correct. Another scandal involving Ultimate Bet is rocking the online poker world. This time the scandal involves poker professional Phil Hellmuth. How many times can UB continue to have scandal after scandal and continue to survive? Just the other night I listened to Annie Duke extol the virtues of UB during her interview on Pokerroad. She discussed how she would feel like such a hypocrite for leaving the site and their sponsorship.
Duke was asked why she had not jumped ship like the other pro’s that wanted to save their reputation after the last scandal.
Now all hell has broken lose. From what I have been reading Hellmuth was involved in a $400 / $200 Limit game and the pot got maxed out around $5600. The flop came down [J][K][K] and Doubleballer held King Queen for trips. Instead of shipping the pot to DB he was disconnected and the pot was given to Phil Hellmuth instead despite Hellmuth having mucked the hand!
Unreal!!!!!!
From what I understand Doubleballer was on the phone with a UB representative and his money was eventually returned and UB apologized profusely. Needless to say playing at UB is a major NO NO and a hazard to your bankroll.
You have been warned!
Qualify for the WSOP at PokerStars.com. Sign up now!
Sphere: Related Content
Well, it`s not like Phil did anything wrong,…shit happens and the guy got his money back. It`s not like they were cheating,…which is what I was lead to believe when I first clicked onto this story.
Thanks for stopping by DC. No, Phil is not at fault here. I am quite sure the players that endorse the site are hardly skilled developers. The problem with UB is that they constantly have problems over there for one reason or another and until recently have failed to be transparent when it is clear they are in error.
Hellmuth and Duke are both willing to go down with the ship. I am not sure where the “win” is for either one of them in the UB scenario but whatever works for ya I suppose.