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  1. From 2p2:

    "My name is Ricco Pollan. I want to make this clear before I post this very
    important thread.....I really like UB, and it WAS my favorite site to play
    for both real money and play chips. I am still trying to get this
    straightened out, but it has become obvious that UB is not willing to
    refund the real money tourney players who were cheated. I am including
    emails that UB sent to me that completely contredict themselves, making me
    believe that they condone such cheating................this really hurts
    me to do this, but you HAVE to know what is going on.

    Anyone who plays at UB knows that they have been having server troubles
    for the past two weeks or so. They have put in a new tournament software
    that was only tested once before it was put into place for all to use.
    They actually held 5 practice tournaments........but all at once.

    Here goes..........I played in 4 tournaments in the past 24 hours and they
    were ALL cheated in. UB has a glitch that for some reason allowed players
    to "rebuy" chips WELL AFTER the 1 hour rebuy period. This means that you
    could go "all in" as much as you wanted to gain a huge lead in chips and
    not have to worry about being busted out of the tourney. Here is where the
    problem starts.......not EVERYBODY knew about this glitch. Hundreds of us
    simply left the game (like you are supposed to do)when we ran out of
    chips. We had NO idea that we could simply hit the "rebuy" button as many
    times as we wanted to. however........SOME people knew about this
    glitch......probobly players who participated in the trial tournaments.

    I know for a fact (because players told me)that several players rebought
    chips at the FINAL table several times and ended up placing in the money
    winners......THAT IS CHEATING.....PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

    I decided to watch really closely in the next two tournaments to see it
    for myself..........low and behold...I saw it happening right and
    left.......obviously the word was getting around. But I am no
    cheater....so I reported it "on the spot".....and UB replies with "you
    must be mistaken".........but we will refund your entry fee for one
    tourney ONLY. Keep in mind, that does NOT include the rebuys that I made
    during the first hour when you can legally rebuy. I was furious. So I
    decided to prove it to them once and for all by doing it myself and
    reporting it as I was doing it. So, I made the final table at the 5:30
    Feed 500+30 Satellite last night. I finished 7th.........BUT I DID NOT
    LEAVE THE TABLE THIS TIME........I rebought......and rebought......and
    rebought....until I rebought $32,000.00 in chips, which made me chip
    leader technically. I imediately reported to customer service what I was
    doing, and I stayed in the tournament. BUT........I NEVER bet on a single
    hand, I folded every one, and even showed the cards to the other
    players..........AA, JJ, AK suited.......the great cards just seemed to
    keep coming. I was sick at my stomach watching great cards get flushed
    down the toilet like that, but I wanted to do the right thing. I informed
    the final table players what I was doing, and they insisted that I
    continue to do so until a moderator (referee, whatever you want to call
    it)showed up to resolve this problem. Players started wondering if there
    were cheaters sitting right there at the final table.

    BTW, the rebuys didn't always show up in the "chat box" either. I have
    already figured out how someone can easily pad their chips...........when
    you are switched to another table and you have less than 1000 chips....it
    asks you to click an "OK" button before you transfer. Well, if you simply
    click "get more chips" before you agree to transfer........you end up with
    almost 2000 chips when you reach the new table. TELL ME THAT'S NOT
    CHEATING.

    OK, here is where UB comes in. I thought "surely" UB does not know about
    this. That's why I rebought all those chips (which I was charged $5 for
    each rebuy....do the math), so I could finally prove to them that it was
    certainly going on, and the integrity of the tournaments had been
    compromised. Here is the first thing that they emailed me:

    Hello,

    I have credited your account with $9 which was the amount you invested in
    Tourn 21749,which was the only one having this glitch you are referring
    to.

    Feel free to contact us for any further information.

    Best regards,
    Glenn
    Customer Service Department

    You can clearly see that UB says that it was an "ISOLATED INCIDENT", and I
    was refunded. Well, I thought........"great, it's taken care
    of"........WRONG. That was done just before the 4th tournament I entered.
    When I saw for myself that it was still being done, and obviously was
    being done all day long......I emailed them again WHILE I was doing all
    those illegal rebuys. Here is the next email sent to me:

    Dear RICHARD POLLAN ,

    We are sorry.
    We are fully aware there was an unusual occurrence with this tourney.
    The situation in question was that the tourney gave the option to every
    single player to rebuy after the rebuy period was over.
    Since EVERY player had the chance to make rebuys after the rebuy period
    not a single player was given an unfair advantage over any other player.

    Unfortunately we can not and will not refund your account for funds you
    did use to play nor will we grant you an entry to another tournament

    Waleska
    Customer Service Department

    OK......WHICH IS IT......AN ISOLATED INCEDENT OR "EVERYBODY KNEW" AND IT
    WAS ALWAYS HAPPENING?????????

    AND THEY KICKED ME OUT??? FOR BEING HONEST????

    THIS time, they insist that EVERYBODY had the "CHANCE TO CHEAT".........so
    it was OK. Do you believe this? I CERTAINLY did not know about it inthe
    first three tourneys until the Final table in the 3rd one...........so I
    was cheated because I could have rebought and won the darned thing, just
    like hundreds of others could have........only one thing......we all knew
    it was CHEATING.

    I asked all over the website if anybody knew they could rebuy all the way
    to the final table........of course the answer was NO, and now a lot of
    honest players are angry.....and insulted that UB would suggeat that they
    would have cheated if they had known about it.

    Please reply to this post. I have been kicked out of UB because I told
    people about the rebuy glitch.........PLUS.......they kept all my
    money........that's right....they stole my money.

    They will not even let me in to transfer a lousy $3 that is still in my
    account. UB does not want to have to refund hundreds of honest players who
    had no idea what was going on, and wanted to shut me up, and sweep this
    whole thing under the rug. That is what brought me here.

    I have rejoined UB under another screename on my laptop with a Proxy
    between me and them so I can tell others about this crap.

    R. E POLLAN/CEO
    SKYNET ENTERPRISES "

    http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...+bet+cheating#
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  3. listen this is dispicable! i think you should copy/paste this whole article and start a new thread titled booted from UB for leaking information ... i am curious however their exact reasoning for freezing your acct. also why the hell did you reopen an account? UNINSTALL this shit site!
  4. <SPAN>Sep 28 2004</SPAN>
  5. Boycott UB.
  6.  
    Originally Posted by pokergranny View Post

    listen this is dispicable! i think you should copy/paste this whole article and start a new thread titled booted from UB for leaking information ... i am curious however their exact reasoning for freezing your acct. also why the hell did you reopen an account? UNINSTALL this shit site!

    oh its from 2p2 i suppose you cant answer my q's then...
  7. More and more shadey shit happening again from UB. Why the fuck do people still play on the fucking site. We should all boycott Ub and laugh as they go broke.