The Ultimate Bet Scandal You Never Knew About…

Another AP-Like Superuser Account Accounted For At Ultimate Bet.

Online poker player and PokerDB developer Nat Arem has recently gone on record as saying that “there was blatant cheating on both AP and UB in 2007,” and that although the Ultimate Bet scandal wasn’t as publicly talked about as the superuser scandal at Absolute Poker, it was still a very REAL situation that was going on right underneath the noses of many online poker players.

The “superuser account” in question this time around is that of NioNio, who was beating up some of the game’s best players at $25/$50 and $50/$100 NL at the time of the initial controversy. Players complained and voiced their concerns on 2+2, but for some reason or another, the situation itself was never mainstream news and many poker media outlets refused to touch the story. However, when the AP scandal involving the user ‘Potripper‘ came about, it looked as if the Ultimate Bet situation was almost swept under a rug for quite some time while the company tried to sort out the security issues that allowed a superuser account to even be created in the first place.

Now an administrator over at Pocket Fives, Nat is a little vague on what exactly Ultimate Bet’s stand on the alleged superuser account of NioNio - releasing this statement on the popular P5’s Forums (this is a partial excerpt):

“I’ve spoken with the guy who is, basically, leading the investigation at UB. I guarantee that he is working on it. I am 100% confident that it is a priority in his mind. For many reasons, he’s more upset about the whole thing than anyone else that I’ve met or talked to. While I can’t tell you a lot of what he’s told me, I can tell you that UB is not ignoring it internally. In fact, the delay in resolution is not at UB itself. They’ve done a very thorough investigation and they’re committing some very significant resources to make sure that it never happens again at AP or UB. More information about UB/AP’s steps will be made more public over the next few weeks and months.

I reallllllly want to tell the whole story as I know it, but I can’t. In fact, telling the whole story as I know it could jeopardize the whole outcome of this situation. Once the facts are revealed, people will understand why I can’t say what’s going on right now. You’ll just have to trust me on that.”

PokerOwnage.com will hopefully have more on this story as it comes along over the next few days. I’m sure many forums will be buzzing about this news, and maybe then we’ll also be able to get an answer from Ultimate Bet about this new SuperUser account mess.

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