Team UB Disbanded

Posted May 9th, 2011 by admin No Comments »

The American poker site UB.com has disbanded is team of illustrious poker professionals known as Team UB. This team consisted of some of the top notch poker players and some of the best poker babes in the business. The full Team UB comprised Joe Sebok, Prahlad Friedman, Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin, Maria Ho, Brandon Cantu, Tiffany Michelle, Scott Ian, “Hollywood” Dave Stann, Adam “Roothlus” Levy, Bryan Devonshire and Trishelle Cannatella. Sister online poker site Absolute Poker has also let go of its solitary brand ambassador.

The disbanding of Team UB is a direct consequence of Black Friday. The statement released from St. John’s Antigua by Blanca Games, the operator of UB.com, read, “Recently, Absolute Poker and UB ceased their U.S.-facing operations due to legal developments in the United States. To ensure the on-going viability of the business, it has been necessary to downsize certain aspects of Absolute Poker’s and UB’s operations. These efficiency measures have been taken to enable the brands to continue to operate their non-U.S.-facing business.” Each of the ten Team UB professionals was served personal notification that his or her sponsorship arrangement has been terminated in accordance with the provisions of their agreements. The statement thanked the poker players for their time and loyalty to UB.com.

After the parting of the ways the lead member of Team UB, Joe Sebok, released a statement of his own. At the outset he apologized to those UB players who had contacted him personally for not responding to them. He said that legal reasons prevented him from making any comment. He was aware that one wrong word from him could prevent American players from getting back their money. Besides, he did not have answers to the questions being asked and did not want to add to the panic and confusion. Though Sebok praised UB.com he also distanced himself from the decision making at the online poker room. He said, “I was never privy to the deep inner workings of the business. How money was moved around … was nothing I ever worked on.” He added that at the end of the day he was a consultant for the company and not actually calling the shots.

It seems something from a bygone era, but one of the best sponsorship events at UB.com was Win a Date with Tiffany Michelle (in picture).

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