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Joe Sebok Steps up and gets burned

If anyone knows anything about online poker, they are aware of the Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker scandals. Unfortunately, due to his choices in recent days, people in the poker community also know Joe Sebok. Sebok is an Ultimate Bet Poker Pro. In recent days, FatalError a former friend called him out for blackmailing him to get him to stop talking about Ulitmate Bet. In an effort to clear the air, Sebok signed up for and posted to the 2+2 forum.
In his apology it became clear that the aforementioned former friend and Joe were close enough to know personal details about each other. This information, and the fact that Joe Sebok took the time, and responsibility for his exceptionally poor choice in words, leads to the understanding that his intentions were not to blackmail. His original choice of wording, taken out of context and full understanding of the situation, easily leads a person to the thought the man is or intended to blackmail his previous buddy. As such, the 2+2 thread was relentless in conversation with him.
Through the course of more than 250 posts, Joe Sebok fielded what questions he was able to. Unfortunately those were few and even further between. His best answer was that Paul could answer the plethora of questions. Most of the posters agreed and jumped all over the idea. Many stating that it is Paul’s silence in the forum, and others like it, that lead to a continued distrust of Ultimate Bet and their representatives. Ike – a 2+2 moderator – assured Joe that if he could identify what manner Paul would respond to questions from active and selective participants on the forum, he would facilitate it. Now, after all that has been done at Ultimate Bet, will the voice of knowledge take the offer and face the music with an open mind and offer free information? Many speculate that even with solid ground and protection from the masses, Paul Leggett, will continue to hide from the hard questions

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Former World Series of Poker Champion and Ultimate Bet Consultant Banned From MGM Casinos

MGM has gained a lot of respect throughout the poker community by banning Russ Hamilton, former World Series of Poker Main Event champion and consultant for the infamous Ultimate Bet poker room. Last week, Russ came into the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas to play a few hands. Needless to say, a few players who were at his table recognized Hamilton and let the world know that he was in fact a cheater who scammed several members of Ultimate Bet Poker between May 2004 and January 2008. These dealings led to a refund of over $22 million with Hamilton being responsible for $6.1 million.

MGM Grand decided that it would be in the best interest of their customers to ban Russ from their establishments. This isn’t the first supposed ban that he has faced. Rumors have stated that Harrah’s has put him on their list of guests who are not welcome at their establishments. The decision has been well received by the poker community.

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There is never a shortage of news in the poker world. In this news brief, we will tell you about a new poker league on the horizon, a incident with an infamous WSOP Main Event champion, and the schedule for the Granddaddy of them all has been released.

2011 World Series of Poker Schedule Released

The 2011 WSOP schedule was released yesterday by Caesars Entertainment. The WSOP will be held from May 30th to July 10th of this year and this year’s edition will have 58 bracelet events as opposed to 57 last year. Additions to this year’s schedule are a $25,000 Heads-Up NL Event, a $2,500 10-Game Mix that will include Badugi, a $5,000 Six-Handed PL Omaha Event, and the Omaha 8/Stud 8 Event will be returning this year. The $50,000 Poker Players Championship has been moved to Event #55, and the Main Event will kick off on July 7th.