Phil Hellmuth is Not a Superuser

While I’m not so convinced on the explanation provided by Ultimate Bet on its online poker network’s software glitch, I’m also not an idiot. There are many players out there who actually think that Phil Hellmuth is a superuser, and that he cheated some guy out of a $5,600 pot. Now, if you were to cheat in an online poker room, would you do it, as a renowned and sponsored player of the site, right out in the open?
I mean honestly, these people aren’t giving him enough credit. He’s won something like 11 WSOP bracelets – he’s a pretty good bluff. Don’t you think he’d at least be smart enough to create another account?
I don’t personally believe that Ultimate Bet was intentionally cheating its users. I think they’ve given a bogus explanation of the glitch. I think in order to appease all of the complaints launched, they made a statement too quickly and perhaps a more thorough investigation as to the shortcomings of the software could have been made, is all. There are bound to be a few bugs, the network was just released less than a month ago. But much like with the other scandal, Ultimate Bet seemed to want to keep it out of public knowledge. Like the guy whose hand history was deleted. That’s not appropriate, and I think they just wanted to avoid a confrontation.
Again, this is not fact, it’s my opinion.
I feel bad for Tokwiro, as they’ve had nothing but issues after buying UB and Absolute. It’s going to be hard to maintain a solid reputation after that, but if they would just be open and honest with their users as to what’s going on, perhaps there wouldn’t be so much controversy.
At any rate people, Phil Hellmuth is not a superuser. He was unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time, and did not show enough empathy, as a spokesperson, for what happened. Now he is the victim of all sorts of slander. Poor guy.