7th November News

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Annie Duke confirms she will NOT be leaving Ultimate Bet

The gossip mill that is Wicked Chops has again been proven wrong, with Annie Duke posting this on her blog;

Lord...I'll tell you. It is amazing that if someone just says something on the internet all of a sudden people think it is true. The other day Wicked Chops posted that I am leaving Ultimatebet.com for another site. I can tell you that if it is true that was the first I had heard about it! I would love someone from the site that I am moving to to call me and tell me the deal I am getting to leave UB.
"I mean, look, logically why would I stick with UB through everything because of my faith in the management there and then all of a sudden leave like that? I believe in this brand and I believe in the people behind it. Paul Leggett deserves my loyalty and he has it. For life. Period.

Thanks to gambling911.com

davin77 takes down Event #1 of FTOPS X

davin77 has raked in 1st prize of $195,757.30 overcoming a field of 5,124 hopefuls. The event was a $200+$16 6-max tournament with a $1m guaranteed prize.

The final table finished up with the following prizes paid out

1st davin77 - $195,757.30
2nd Bog25 - $119,901.60
3rd smoothustler - $83,213.76
4th SisterSue056 - $61,488
5th AlwaysTrustMe - $45,091.20
6th FaGi - $30,744

For a full report on the final table check out Pokernews.com

Ultimate Bet proceeds with refunds with barely days to spare before the deadline

The KGC Announced on November 5th that more than $21m will be refunded by Excapsa (original parent company of UB & AP) to those cheated during the superuser scandal.

Below is a quote from the KGC's official press release;

Kahnawake Gaming Commission Confirms UB Compliance with Interim Decision

The Kahnawáke Gaming Commission ("KGC") announced today that it has received information from its agents, Ultimate Bet and other related parties indicating that Ultimate Bet has addressed, or is addressing, the matters set out in the KGC interim decision of September 29, 2008.

In particular, the KGC has confirmed that Ultimate Bet has commenced reimbursing approximately US$15M to players who were adversely affected by the cheating incidents. This is in addition to the US$6.1M that Ultimate Bet has already reimbursed to players. The KGC will defer its final decision in this matter for a short period of time for the purpose of ensuring that all required reimbursements have been made.

In addition to reimbursements to players, the KGC is considering the available evidence and will decide whether Ultimate Bet has satisfied all of the other terms of the KGC interim decision.

The KGC's final decision in this matter is expected to be issued once all player refunds have been confirmed.

Murray Marshall
Senior Advisor
Kahnawake Gaming Commission

There is a full summary available of November 5th's events at Pokernews.com

[obga]

FaGi? hahaha

[MJPerry]

FaDi final tabled FTOPS under a poor pseudonym obvs.

[ngaskin]

FaDi final tabled FTOPS under a poor pseudonym obvs.

Haha yeah I lol'd