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Absolute Poker Issues Statement Regarding Indictement

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Absolute Poker, including UB (formerly Ultimate Bet) brand, hereafter “Absolute Poker,” issued the following statement today:

“Absolute Poker has retained Blank Rome LLP as United States counsel to provide legal advice in relation to civil and criminal matters filed in federal court in Manhattan and made public on April 15, 2011. Absolute Poker is aware that on April 19, 2011, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York entered into separate agreements with FullTilt Poker and PokerStars. These agreements concern the use of the respective www.fulltiltpoker.com and www.pokerstars.com domain names. The US Attorney, in a press release dated April 20, 2011, stated that the government is willing to enter the same agreement with Absolute Poker and UB.

“At this time, Absolute Poker’s top priority is, and must be, the refund of balances to its and UB’s US players. However, given the far-reaching consequences of the US Attorney’s actions for Absolute Poker and for the entire poker community, Absolute Poker believes that the responsible course of action is to review with its attorneys the relevant court filings before taking any action.

“Absolute Poker believes that the US Attorney shares the view that refunds to US players are an immediate and pressing concern, and Absolute Poker wishes to make clear that it wants to work cooperatively with the US Attorney to safely and efficiently return its players’ funds. To that end, Absolute Poker’s counsel has initiated communications with the US Attorney’s office and plans to continue proactively advancing those discussions.

“Further information and timely updates will be provided to Absolute Poker/UB’s players as we move forward.”

UB Poker has Suspended Real Money Play in the US

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UB.comUB Poker just suspended real money play for US residents.  A statement regarding the suspension on play now pops up for players trying to connect from the USA.

This comes as a slight surprise to us as they had chosen to remain open for the last few days while Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars had immediately suspended real money play on their poker websites. The UB website has been moved to www.ubpoker.eu for players outside the US. For customer support you can contact support@ub.net. They are being flooded with emails at the moment so please show some patience.

Here is the greeting that players from the US will see when and if they can connect to the UB client:

***Some players in the US are saying they can still log in and play for real money. I cannot even connect to the server.

Absolute Poker and UB Still Open for Real Money Play in the US

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It’s now been 5 days since “Black Friday” and Absolute Poker and UBPoker are still open for real money play in the US. All deposits and withdrawals have been temporarily suspended but players who have funded accounts are still playing online poker.

We’ve contacted the operators of Absolute Poker and UB Poker asking for a comment or announcement and we’re constantly told that there is nothing to announce yet.

We’re starting to get he feeling that Absolute Poker and UBPoker may be looking at ways to continue to serve the US. We’ll continue to  monitor the situation and keep you up to date but for now, They are Open for real money play.

Our list of USA Poker Sites has other poker sites that are still serving the U.S.