Rounders radio this week, the pro Phil Hellmuth at Ultimate Bet has joined the team of the Ultimate Poker Show to discuss the hand which he won on the site for which he works. The program, sponsored by Ultimate Bet was hosted by Mark "P0ker H0 Kroon and Annie Duke. Phil Hellmuth talked about the error that occurred on the Ultimate Bet software as well as the scandal of Russ Hamilton who did much chat in the online poker community.
Rounders radio this week, the pro Phil Hellmuth at Ultimate Bet has joined the team of the Ultimate Poker Show to discuss the hand which he won on the site for which he works. The program, sponsored by Ultimate Bet was hosted by Mark "P0ker H0 Kroon and Annie Duke. Phil Hellmuth talked about the error that occurred on the Ultimate Bet software as well as the scandal of Russ Hamilton who did much chat in the online poker community.
In the hand in question which was number 1162170993, Hellmuth had a pair of Kings and a pair of two. His opponent, DOUBLEBALLER, had a set of Kings. However, at the time of return the pot to the winner, DOUBLEBALLER was disconnect. By default, the CEREUS software awarded the pot to Phil Hellmuth who was sat at the table. Following this hand, a strange interaction was held between Hellmuth and DOUBLEBALLER. A comment from Phil said: "I play U limit, right now.
As a topic on the popular poker forum TwoPlusTwo generated much discussion, Hellmuth was on Skype with poker pro Mike Matusow. Hellmuth explained: "Ultimate Bet comes from changing software and I'm probably one of the most watched poker players on the Internet. It was a total accident. I appreciate of Ultimate Bet is they realized the accident immediately and they send money to DOUBLEBALLER. Then, they studied hand millisecond by millisecond to understand what had happened".
In just a few days, the Tokwiro company who deals with Ultimate Bet, provided an explanation on this matter. They also revealed that in trying to correct their error, some other hands have been affected. The Tokwiro press conference said: "while we are working to correct the"bug"of our software, we have noted 36 hands during which the wrong person was awarded the pot. All these players were refunded of course."
Immediately after the hand, Hellmuth noticed that his bankroll was slightly larger than expected. He mentioned Kroon and Duke: "I was surprised to be so positive in my bankroll. When DOUBLEBALLER is back online and it looked handmade, he wrote immediately to Ultimate Bet. It is only online poker." Already happened to everyone to accidentally close a window while a hand is playing themselves. However, most of the time, the pots are properly attributed and, even if the player has already left the table. Duke suggests: "even if a player is no longer at the table during a hand, if he wins the pot, his account should properly be credited with that pot, be it online or not. Obviously, there was a "bug" and it will be corrected."
The history of hand appeared on TwoPlusTwo site only minutes after the event. In the replies to this topic could read a few allusions to the '60 Minutes' show on CBS airwaves. During this show were recounted scandal in which Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker have been involved. Hellmuth added that players who were victims of this scandal have all been repaid. More than $ 20 million was presented to blurry players. Duke added that if a conspiracy is currently League at Ultimate, that Phil Hellmuth and she is not at the center of it. She mentions: "To be more exact, if there is a conspiracy on Ultimate Bet profit, I don't think that it would allocate to the big day and wrongly Phil Hellmuth pots because several people look carefully each of his hands when he plays."
Hellmuth is one of the most decorated in the history of poker holding 11 the World Series Of Poker bracelets. He won the Main Event of 1989 and the sum of $ 755,000 in addition to becoming the youngest champion of this tournament at the age of 24 years, a record which has just to be beaten by the young Peter Eastgate, 22 years. Hellmuth claims that his reputation is strongest in the Middle: "you the earn your reputation and I think it is wise to say that my reputation is perfect in the middle. I integrated and ethical Affairs."
In the hand in question which was number 1162170993, Hellmuth had a pair of Kings and a pair of two. His opponent, DOUBLEBALLER, had a set of Kings. However, at the time of return the pot to the winner, DOUBLEBALLER was disconnect. By default, the CEREUS software awarded the pot to Phil Hellmuth who was sat at the table. Following this hand, a strange interaction was held between Hellmuth and DOUBLEBALLER. A comment from Phil said: "I play U limit, right now.
As a topic on the popular poker forum TwoPlusTwo generated much discussion, Hellmuth was on Skype with poker pro Mike Matusow. Hellmuth explained: "Ultimate Bet comes from changing software and I'm probably one of the most watched poker players on the Internet. It was a total accident. I appreciate of Ultimate Bet is they realized the accident immediately and they send money to DOUBLEBALLER. Then, they studied hand millisecond by millisecond to understand what had happened".
In just a few days, the Tokwiro company who deals with Ultimate Bet, provided an explanation on this matter. They also revealed that in trying to correct their error, some other hands have been affected. The Tokwiro press conference said: "while we are working to correct the"bug"of our software, we have noted 36 hands during which the wrong person was awarded the pot. All these players were refunded of course."
Immediately after the hand, Hellmuth noticed that his bankroll was slightly larger than expected. He mentioned Kroon and Duke: "I was surprised to be so positive in my bankroll. When DOUBLEBALLER is back online and it looked handmade, he wrote immediately to Ultimate Bet. It is only online poker." Already happened to everyone to accidentally close a window while a hand is playing themselves. However, most of the time, the pots are properly attributed and, even if the player has already left the table. Duke suggests: "even if a player is no longer at the table during a hand, if he wins the pot, his account should properly be credited with that pot, be it online or not. Obviously, there was a "bug" and it will be corrected."
The history of hand appeared on TwoPlusTwo site only minutes after the event. In the replies to this topic could read a few allusions to the '60 Minutes' show on CBS airwaves. During this show were recounted scandal in which Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker have been involved. Hellmuth added that players who were victims of this scandal have all been repaid. More than $ 20 million was presented to blurry players. Duke added that if a conspiracy is currently League at Ultimate, that Phil Hellmuth and she is not at the center of it. She mentions: "To be more exact, if there is a conspiracy on Ultimate Bet profit, I don't think that it would allocate to the big day and wrongly Phil Hellmuth pots because several people look carefully each of his hands when he plays."
Hellmuth is one of the most decorated in the history of poker holding 11 the World Series Of Poker bracelets. He won the Main Event of 1989 and the sum of $ 755,000 in addition to becoming the youngest champion of this tournament at the age of 24 years, a record which has just to be beaten by the young Peter Eastgate, 22 years. Hellmuth claims that his reputation is strongest in the Middle: "you the earn your reputation and I think it is wise to say that my reputation is perfect in the middle. I integrated and ethical Affairs."
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