Another pot shipped to wrong person at Ultimate bet!

• Author: Qid
• Filed under: High Stakes News, Online poker, Poker, Uncategorized
• Date: Dec 23,2008

We reported earlier about a hand that was shipped to Phil Helmuth even when he was holding an inferior hand. Once again the pot was shipped in wrong direction, this time even to player who was sitting out in the table and was not even participating in the hand.

Here is the hand history and a picture of the hand from the 2+2 forum:

Stage #1165492664: Razz Normal $0.25/$0.50 - 2008-12-22 12:55:02 (ET)
Seat 2 - SOTXBREEZE ($5.15 in chips)
Seat 5 - BTKNIGHTSYO ($13.05 in chips)
Seat 6 - PROJECTUBER ($4.40 in chips)
Seat 7 - DEADWRONG111 ($5.50 in chips)
SOTXBREEZE - Ante $0.05
PROJECTUBER - Ante $0.05
BTKNIGHTSYO - Ante $0.05
*** 3rd STREET ***
SOTXBREEZE - Pocket [H H Jd]
BTKNIGHTSYO - Pocket [H H 8d]
PROJECTUBER - Pocket [Ad 4c 9d]
SOTXBREEZE - Bring-In $0.10
BTKNIGHTSYO - Raises $0.25 to $0.25
PROJECTUBER - Calls $0.25
SOTXBREEZE - Calls $0.15
*** 4TH STREET ***
SOTXBREEZE - Pocket [H H Jd 5c]
BTKNIGHTSYO - Pocket [H H 8d Ac]
PROJECTUBER - Pocket [Ad 4c 9d Qh]
BTKNIGHTSYO - Bets $0.25
PROJECTUBER - Calls $0.25
SOTXBREEZE - Calls $0.25
*** 5TH STREET ***
SOTXBREEZE - Pocket [H H Jd 5c 7c]
BTKNIGHTSYO - Pocket [H H 8d Ac 8s]
PROJECTUBER - Pocket [Ad 4c 9d Qh 7d]
SOTXBREEZE - Bets $0.50
BTKNIGHTSYO - Calls $0.50
PROJECTUBER - Raises $1 to $1
SOTXBREEZE - Calls $0.50
BTKNIGHTSYO - Calls $0.50
*** 6TH STREET ***
SOTXBREEZE - Pocket [H H Jd 5c 7c 3c]
BTKNIGHTSYO - Pocket [H H 8d Ac 8s 4d]
PROJECTUBER - Pocket [Ad 4c 9d Qh 7d Jh]
SOTXBREEZE - Checks
BTKNIGHTSYO - Bets $0.50
PROJECTUBER - Calls $0.50
SOTXBREEZE - Folds
*** RIVER ***
BTKNIGHTSYO - Pocket [H H 8d Ac 8s 4d H]
PROJECTUBER - Pocket [Ad 4c 9d Qh 7d Jh Kc]
PROJECTUBER - Checks
BTKNIGHTSYO - Bets $0.50
PROJECTUBER - Calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BTKNIGHTSYO - Shows [5h 3s 8d Ac 8s 4d Kh] (8,5,4,3,A)
PROJECTUBER - Mucks
DEADWRONG111 Collects $6.35 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($6.65) | Rake ($0.30)
Seat 2: SOTXBREEZE Folded on the 6TH STREET
Seat 5: BTKNIGHTSYO lost with 8,5,4,3,A [5h 3s 8d Ac 8s 4d Kh - B:Ac,P:3s,B:4d,P:5h,B:8d]
Seat 6: PROJECTUBER [Mucked] [Ad 4c 9d Qh 7d Jh Kc]

According pokerati.com, Kahnawake Gaming Commission is investigating these issues and are about to close the servers of Ultimate Bet if there appears more problems concerning the software.

Now when the bug in software has been revealed, I assume that more and more similar incidents will appear. Things are just not going the way Ultimate Bet wanted to. This is another heavy blow for the company that has been having rough times in recent years. Probably this issue is just a software bug and not a systematic cheating issue like superuser-scandal, but still it may be the final mistake for UB.