Today Ultimate Bet made a press release. The finally admited to the cheating scandal that plagued their site for a while now.
The member's of the 2+2 community and other online poker sites used statistical data to determine that some players were cheating. They had an unfair advantage and could see other players hole cards.
It happened on Absolute Poker last year.
Both Ultimate Bet and Absolute hax are owned by the same company. Suprise suprise.
While it rocks the boat on the concept that online poker is safe and secure, for the most part all the other sites seem legitimate.
This post is a good explanation of the cheating at AP. The cover up sure doesn't do them any good.
http://www.poker-prop.net/forum/f23/absolute-poker-ultimate-bet-unethical-142/
This is the summary of the press release from UB. It was handled better than AP, but they don't really mention the fact that they are likely connected or even mention AP at all. They are owned by the same company... you think it would come up.
http://www.ultimatebet.com/poker-news/2008/may/nionio-findings
It's a little disconcerting, but I'm not really that worried. I don't plan to play on UB and AP at all, so it's not that worrying to me. I'm rather confidant that Pokerstars and Full Tilt's business practices are better and more ethical than UB and AP, so I'm not concerned. Regardless, it's bad for online poker's reputation.
On the brighter side, look! New toys from FTP. It's pretty neat. I always loved the commercials, they are fun to watch. There is a little bit of lag which can be negated if you let it load a bit longer, but it's still neat. One downside is you have to refresh the page to see a different commercial. My favorite though is definitely The Mouth and Allen Cunningham. Hahahhahahahhaha...
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