Scandal
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Ben Mezrich Responds to Poker Community’s Criticism of “Straight Flush”
To say that the poker community’s response to Ben Mezrich’s “Straight Flush” has been apoplectic would be a slight understatement. The most substantial criticism has...
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With Avoine Dismissal, DoJ Clear to Sell Assets of Ultimate Bet / Absolute Poker
Online poker’s Black Friday continues to slowly wind its way through the courts. The latest loose end tied up yesterday as the DoJ reached a...
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Sounding the Iovation Alarm
The news that Iovation – a company with deep links to the UB scandal – was providing location verification services for Nevada-regulated Ultimate Poker spread...
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Annie Duke: I Was Never Shown Any Non-Public Hole Card Information
Annie Duke took to Facebook this week to clarify her knowledge of and involvement in the Ultimate Bet superuser scandal. Both Duke and fellow ex-UB...
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Chad Elie Sues Jeff Ifrah
Chad Elie, who is in the middle of a five-month jail sentence stemming from online poker’s Black Friday, has filed a civil suit against lawyer...
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Bitar Pleads Guilty, Avoids Jail
UPDATE 4/15: On the 2nd anniversary of Black Friday, Ray Bitar pled guilty in a Manhattan court via videolink. His plea was accepted and he was...
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Ultimate Beat Documentary: New Twists, Turns and Teases
Some recent updates of note from Ultimate Beat, a work-in-progress film that aims to document the Ultimate Bet scandal. The first update came right around the...
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Tens of Thousands in Player Funds Vanish
That’s the apparent takeaway from the recent closure of little-known poker site KingdomOfPoker.com. A source close to the room estimates that roughly $50,000 in player...
